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Been smoking a long time and tried ribs on various occasions, but they never turned out "just right". Well that all changed today. Didn't eat lunch while at the shop and since I've been watching all these BBQ shows on TV I swung by the store on the way home and grabbed a slab of baby backs. Fire up the smoker and whipped up a quick rub. Nothing special, brown sugar, garlic and onion powder, salt, pepper, cayenne and a bit of cumin. Pulled the membrane and rubbed em up.
Set the smoker at 250° and added a bit of extra smoke with the Amazen smoker. Spritzer with Apple juice every 15 minutes for 2 hours. At that point, I spread brown sugar on foil slathered with butter and laid the ribs on and wrapped in foil with a little Apple juice to steam. Another hour on the smoker. While that was going, I made a glaze. Cider vinegar, sugar, ketchup, hot sauce, corn syrup salt and pepper. I slathered the ribs, both sides after taking out of the foil, turned the smoker down to 150 and let the glaze set about 15-20 minutes. Pulled them off and let rest a bit.
Served them up with my wicked beans, that I heated up at the same time on the smoker. Those things are even better with a little smoke to them.
Forgot to take pics...hey, I was starving. But they were done just perfectly. Not quite fall off the bone, a bit of "tug" to them. Moist, juicy and flavorful. Just a bit of heat to them, maybe too much for some. Just a few bones left. Miss Sue is still kinda sick or she'd have finished them off. Glad I finally got it figured out!
Set the smoker at 250° and added a bit of extra smoke with the Amazen smoker. Spritzer with Apple juice every 15 minutes for 2 hours. At that point, I spread brown sugar on foil slathered with butter and laid the ribs on and wrapped in foil with a little Apple juice to steam. Another hour on the smoker. While that was going, I made a glaze. Cider vinegar, sugar, ketchup, hot sauce, corn syrup salt and pepper. I slathered the ribs, both sides after taking out of the foil, turned the smoker down to 150 and let the glaze set about 15-20 minutes. Pulled them off and let rest a bit.
Served them up with my wicked beans, that I heated up at the same time on the smoker. Those things are even better with a little smoke to them.
Forgot to take pics...hey, I was starving. But they were done just perfectly. Not quite fall off the bone, a bit of "tug" to them. Moist, juicy and flavorful. Just a bit of heat to them, maybe too much for some. Just a few bones left. Miss Sue is still kinda sick or she'd have finished them off. Glad I finally got it figured out!