Originally posted by midnight Target
Actually I was talking to my boss about BBQ and such and he said he had a smoker in storage that he never used. He gave it to me yesterday. He said it was around $200 but no matter, free to me. It's pretty cool. Electric too BTW.
Everything I've learned about cooking ribs from trial, error, tibulation, and bliss.
Get yourself:
Stubbs Rub
2 Racks of ribs
cherry and mesquite are good
coke
plastic baggies
foil
what ever sauce you like
two rib racks
Take the ribs and trim them as described on the link toad gave ya (basically cut the breast bone off, trim the skirt, and pull the membrane.)
once trimmed put them in a big bowl or baggies and soak them in coke overnight in the fridge.
The next morning pull them out pat them dry and rub them down good with the stubbs
once rubbed put them in the ribrack and cover them with paper towels. Put them back in the fridge and pull them out 45 minutes before you are ready to start cooking.
Get the smoker up to about 250 with a nice wisp of smoke coming from it. Put the ribs on and let the temp settle at about 225. cook them for about 2 hours adding new wood ever 30-45 minutes or as needed. After about 2 hours pull the ribs out and cover them with foil. (optional: BBQ sauce is optional when using a dry rubb, it's all about preference but when/if you foil them up you can cook them in the sauce.)
The foil lets them cook in their own juices. Check them again in about an hour or two, when you can pull the bones out by hand (using a twist and pull) they are good and done
cook time should be 3-4 hours
Make sure you don't let the water pan dry up keep it filled with water or beer.
also while my ribs cook I baste them down with apple juice that I put in a spray bottle. Swap the ribs around on the racks every so often so they cook evenly.
