First set of ribs

Be careful of the possibility of over smoking the ribs. A little goes a long way

Copy! Thinking I'll leave at the Cherry.

Or you could use both pecan AND cherry at the same time. I find, for my taste, that 2.5-3.0 ounces of wood in total is just right for ribs. I often use a hickory/cherry combo (two parts hickory to one part cherry).

I am sure others who are far more experienced than I will chime in soon. No question ribs can be made a variety of ways, I have been playing with various methods, spices, rubs, wood, smoker/BBQ combinations for 30 years. My best results have been with dry rubs, and smaller amounts or wood (2 ounces)

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Damm good Ribs!!

Nice job on your maiden voyage.

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Originally posted by Tabcheck:
Damm good Ribs!!

Look awesome, well done for your first batch of meaty gold. Keep notes on what/how/when etc and enjoy the pursuit of BBQ perfection

Nice job. I don't rub down the night before if there is salt in the rub. I have found it tends to dry out the meat. I throw the rub on about 1/2 hour before hand and then throw in the smoker.

I'm with ya Bigpapam, KISS(keep it simple stupid) can work well on ribs.

It can also cause a hammy taste by having salt rub on the ribs too long.

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Originally posted by Tabcheck:
3 racks of BB's from Costco. Over night soak in homemade rub. Going for 5.5 hrs at 200. 2.5 hrs with pecan then 3 hours with cherry.

Changed my rub up a bit. Sub'ed the brown sugar with Turbinado Sugar. Also sub'ed Onion powder with granulated onion.

WILL SEE

So Tab, did you cook according to your plan or make some changes? How much wood did you use and what kind? How long did it take to cook your ribs?

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Originally posted by SmokinMAINEiac:

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Originally posted by Tabcheck:
3 racks of BB's from Costco. Over night soak in homemade rub. Going for 5.5 hrs at 200. 2.5 hrs with pecan then 3 hours with cherry.

Changed my rub up a bit. Sub'ed the brown sugar with Turbinado Sugar. Also sub'ed Onion powder with granulated onion.

WILL SEE

So Tab, did you cook according to your plan or make some changes? How much wood did you use and what kind? How long did it take to cook your ribs?

SmokinMAIEiac, I used about 3 oz of Pecan only, Cooked for 5.5 hours at 200. I rubbed them down the night before. Bigpapam109 said He only rub's them down 1/2 hour before cooking. I will try that next time. My rib's just a tiny bit on the dry side. I'll see if no over night soak fixes that.

I used only 3 tbs of sea salt in this batch of rub. The Turbinado/Natural brown/"Sugar in the Raw" worked well, nice sweet taste. Sub'ed granulated garlic and onion vs garlic and Onion powder. I plan on using Hungarian vs Sweet paprika next time.

-cheers

Thanks for the info on my post.
-cheers

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Originally posted by MaxQue:
Nice job on your maiden voyage.

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