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Did some ribs today on the Pit Boss. Did straight 3-2-1 at 220° with Lumberjack Hickory pellets to give myself a starting point.
A couple of videos I watched had them placed like so on the grate so I gave it a try.
After 3 hours time to foil.
2 hours in the foil then an hour back on open glazed with a bit of thinned down Sweet Baby Ray's.
Sliced and ready to eat.
First off, these were probably the thinnest ribs I have ever cooked. Safeway has been very hit and miss with even having spares lately. I definitely won't be buying these again. The bone side got a little crispy. Could have been the way they were positioned on the smoker. The heat deflector on a Pit Boss slopes up toward the hooper side so it might have been a bit warm because of the way I placed them. I'll try rotating them 90° in the middle next time.
3-2-1 was a bit too much fall of the bone for me. Some of the thinner stuff was pretty dry but then again these were pretty thin ribs. A few of the thicker bones were good but, again, a bit overdone. They had a pretty good smoke ring but not much smoke flavor.
All in all I would say they were okay. I don't know that it's fair to judge too harshly since they were so darn thin. I think I'll try again with some thicker ribs, placed differently with some adjustments to the time. Plenty of hot weather still ahead to justify another test.
It was nice not to have to sweat my brains out in order to get ribs. But honestly it was kind of boring not tending the fire.
I definitely have a few adjustments to make and a new cooker to learn.
Thanks for looking.
A couple of videos I watched had them placed like so on the grate so I gave it a try.
After 3 hours time to foil.
2 hours in the foil then an hour back on open glazed with a bit of thinned down Sweet Baby Ray's.
Sliced and ready to eat.
First off, these were probably the thinnest ribs I have ever cooked. Safeway has been very hit and miss with even having spares lately. I definitely won't be buying these again. The bone side got a little crispy. Could have been the way they were positioned on the smoker. The heat deflector on a Pit Boss slopes up toward the hooper side so it might have been a bit warm because of the way I placed them. I'll try rotating them 90° in the middle next time.
3-2-1 was a bit too much fall of the bone for me. Some of the thinner stuff was pretty dry but then again these were pretty thin ribs. A few of the thicker bones were good but, again, a bit overdone. They had a pretty good smoke ring but not much smoke flavor.
All in all I would say they were okay. I don't know that it's fair to judge too harshly since they were so darn thin. I think I'll try again with some thicker ribs, placed differently with some adjustments to the time. Plenty of hot weather still ahead to justify another test.
It was nice not to have to sweat my brains out in order to get ribs. But honestly it was kind of boring not tending the fire.
I definitely have a few adjustments to make and a new cooker to learn. Thanks for looking.
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Seems like over the last year or so whenever a possible smoking weekend was coming up it was either raining, we had other plans, or it was going to be hotter than hell.
I'm looking forward to spending some quality time with the RF since my smoking days won't be restricted to just weekends anymore.
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