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Hello. I bought a rack of baby back ribs, and I believe a rack of what the girl called regular pork ribs (they are meatier). I plan on splitting them both to fit on my 009 grates, then smoke them.

Since there is a difference in meat on the ribs, will there big a big difference in the times they will be done? Or is it not that big of a deal, just keep an eye on them, and they're done when they are done.

I thought I have been reading that the baby backs were better, but the girl said the ones with more meat might be better. More meat sounds better to me. So I figured I would try both. This is my first rib foray. Thanks.
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The baby backs will take around 4 hrs. at 225. The spares will take 5-7 hrs. Naturally, these are approximate, but needed for planning.

Start the full spares 3 hrs before the baby backs and start checking them 4 hrs into the smoke (one hr. after you place the baby backs in). If they're done before the baby backs, double heavy duty foil, beach towel, cooler the spares. They'll stay hot to the touch for several hours. When the baby backs are done, voila!!

Read the 101's. Check the ribs forum. Enjoy.
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Originally posted by Capt Q:
...I will pull the baby backs out at apx 41/2 hours, eat them with the girlfriend, have a few, let the spares continue to cook, then eat them when the girlfriend goes home.


Hard to tell, but if you knew the weights of the racks individually you could probably get closer to when they'll be done. Have a read through the rib forum after this, for your next experiment.

Hope they came out.

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