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Did those short bones once. Never again. Better for braising. 

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40 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

i can never get mine that way. always dry and a little tough. 

 

10 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

Cook them longer. 

 

Este. Not cooking to temp, cooking to feel. When they're tender, they're ready. 

So the consensus seems to be that the plate ribs (dino?) do better on the smoker than short ribs?  I'm hoping to try some soon.

4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

So the consensus seems to be that the plate ribs (dino?) do better on the smoker than short ribs?  I'm hoping to try some soon.

Plate ribs are short ribs.  Chuck ribs are also short ribs.  I prefer plate, but you can make tasty bbq out of the chuck ribs too.

The ones that are not short ribs, are back ribs.  I don't bother with doing those on the smoker but some folks do.  

 

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Just now, utee94 said:

Plate ribs are short ribs.  Chuck ribs are also short ribs.  I prefer plate, but you can make tasty bbq out of the chuck ribs too.

OK, is the consensus that the longer cuts do better than the shorter cuts?  Correct my verbiage if need be, the only beef rib cut I've smoked is prime rib.

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

OK, is the consensus that the longer cuts do better than the shorter cuts?  Correct my verbiage if need be, the only beef rib cut I've smoked is prime rib.

Yeah I think plate ribs smoke up better than chuck ribs, and both are far superior to back ribs which are much smaller and have a lot less meat on them.

 

 

Don’t sell the back ribs short, imo. They’re cheap and still smoke up nicely.

Chuck short ribs are what I mostly do. A plate is usually 3 or 4 ribs and in the $30-40 range. Back ribs are maybe half as much cost for a rack of 7 or so ribs that has roughly a similar amount of meat overall

Those Dino ribs are probably $75-100 I’m guessing? Maybe 20% more meat than the Chuck plate, but superior quality.

Chuck ribs are often sold separated and then cut in half. I’ve not tried smoking them when they’ve been prepped like that, but my guess is they’d cook too quickly for the smoke to set in.

In my Publix, I have to hunt down the butcher and ask for an uncut plate if he has any

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i can never get mine that way. always dry and a little tough. 

Honestly if I can do it anyone can do it. Trim them up a little, s&p, cook til done. Sometimes that’s a lot longer than you expect. I follow the Franklin videos on YouTube.
52 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:


Honestly if I can do it anyone can do it. Trim them up a little, s&p, cook til done. Sometimes that’s a lot longer than you expect. I follow the Franklin videos on YouTube.

I think I'm pulling the too early. maybe the alcohol is rushing me. 3 times and 3 strikes. I'll try again soon. Thanks for the tips

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Fuck! Dont take HEB for granted, Texans. What passes for groceries here is absolute trash by comparison
14 hours ago, nineliveslost said:

I think I'm pulling the too early

Be patient and wait for probe tender. Wrap if you want to help it. Insert your dick in a tub of peanut butter to get an idea of the proper probing perception.

Smoked pastrami beef ribs yesterday. Even after a 14 day cure there was still a spot in the center that wasn't pink, think i should have flipped them over in the brine at some point. Absolutely delicious nonetheless.
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16 hours ago, blacklab said:

Wrong!

$63.85

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Do you smoke the plate whole or separate before smoking?  I'm in uncharted waters here.  Feels like it should be smoked whole.

Whole with very minimal trimming

leave whole

keep temp around 250-300

usually takes 5-7 hours, once it hits 185 or so start probing with fork.

Once it slides through easily take off heat and rest for 30 minutes. I usually put on pan in oven, mainly to prevent dogs from jumping on counter and stealing it.

 

On 7/5/2023 at 10:54 AM, jimmyjazz said:

How many ribs in a 6-lb-ish plate?  3?

 

On 7/5/2023 at 11:18 AM, blacklab said:

there were 3 in this one, have seen 4 

 

Plate ribs usually come in three-bone sections (since the entire plate consists of 6 ribs).  Chuck ribs often are found cut into four-bone sections.  Both are huge and delicious.

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My son picked up a used Oklahoma Joe barrel smoker from a coworker.  He had decided to give stick smoking a whirl after we gave him Aaron Franklin’s cookbook.  He took it full authentic bore by ordering a pallet of post oak from an online Texas supplier.

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Think he done good.

The one thing your son fucked up was not inviting me over. Those look killer!

1 hour ago, Texzilla58 said:

The one thing your son fucked up was not inviting me over. Those look killer!

… didn’t invite me, either.

37 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

… didn’t invite me, either.

Sounds like your will needs to be revised . . .

Be patient and wait for probe tender. Wrap if you want to help it. Insert your dick in a tub of peanut butter to get an idea of the proper probing perception.

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Costco USDA Choice

HEB True Texas BBQ rub on a 22” WSM with B&B oak charcoal briquettes

 

 

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Hell yeah. I need to do these again soon.

I bought some beef short ribs from a local butcher, can I smoke those the same as a would the dino ribs?

I bought some beef short ribs from a local butcher, can I smoke those the same as a would the dino ribs?

Yep. Same technique
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Costco USDA Choice

Do you recall the weight and the price?

4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Do you recall the weight and the price?

They were the 2nd plate from a pack I bought back in June. 
the first plate that I cooked in June was about 4.3 lbs. this one was 5.3

$7.69/lb

Chuck plate I did this weekend.  Great flavor, but that cut is too lean.  I couldn’t resist because they were $3.99/lb at Wally World in Devine…

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Haven't found dino ribs in quite a while, then saw galbi sliced ones at Sam's Club, asked butcher if they sliced on-site, and YES! So asked him to grab me a whole cryopack before slicing. Stoked to have a local source. $9 a pound. That pack came out just under 100 - a steal compared to ordering beef rib at a restaurant.

From this:

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Yes it was as good as it looks. Holy hell I'm still thinking about them days later.

 

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Trim silverskin on top pretty aggressively. Rub with mustard base and then salt pepper garlic.

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Smoke on kamado Big Joe, also a brisket boated above:

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Boated the ribs halfway in. Put on a ring of pork steaks under to use the hot region around the deflector plates:

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Will be ready to slice before the big game. Serving with black-eyed peas and cabbage sautéed in bacon grease.

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Neg away for no money shot.  In all honesty, it was falling off the bone when I went to slice it.  Maybe I went a little too long but it was pure meat candy either way.

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