I don't see many posts from people on this forum talking about smoking Beef Ribs, although I have seen a few posts on smoking rib roasts.
Not many supermarkets have slabs of beef ribs, but they sure are good when cooked properly. Taste almost like a good Ribeye steak.
I used to cut meat at Publix Supermarket years ago and we had to break down entire rib sides to get the Ribeye steaks. That always left us with a nice slab of Beef ribs. We didn't usually cut bone-in ribeyes.
Once in a while we would cut the big ol bone in sirloins. Man, you hardly ever find those anymore these days. They were a major pain to cut though. We would also have to wrestle with the whole round cutting out the bottom round, eye of round, top round, london broil etc. Now days, it is so much easier. Once in a while we would take an entire round to the deli for them to cook whole as the "Steamship Round" LOL. That was good !!!
Most supermarkets nowadays get the butcher-block ready-to-cut ribeyes, short loins (t-bone & porterhouse), top butt (top sirloins).
Many supermarkets are even switching to pre-cut and pre-packaged meats.
[This message has been edited by woodking (edited May 26, 2001).]
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