recipes

i don't have a ameri que i do have a fec100 but my ribs for home and competition i do at 224 i do my ribs roughly 4 hrs i take the membrane off the back and usually do Babybacks. we do our own spice rub and also last hour we do sauce the ribs for a hour.

they turn out pull off the bone but not squishy over cooked. let the ribs tell you when they are done.

Ive cooked ribs in the 008, 55 and 150 cookshack models.
Ive also cooked a heck of a lot of ribs on Klose offset smokers as well as many others.
A St.Louis style rack of ribs averages 5 hours at 250 degrees.
A rack of baby back ribs at the same temp averages 4 hours at the same temp.
I grab my ribs in the center of the rack and if they easily fold into an almost update horseshoe shape, there done.
Hope this was somewhat helpfull to you.

absolutely i knew 2.5 was low and i thought maybe they par boiled god forbid wanted to hear what you said thx

I have an AmeriQue and do like N2Que. I do babybacks. Pull the membrane, coat the ribs with my rub, let sit several hours and hang the ribs. I put them in at room temp. I set the AQ to 225. Depending on the weight it takes about 4 hours. When they come out of the smoker, I put on a very little sauce, foil them and let them rest for an hour or so in a ice chest.

I know its a fine point, but the title "recipes" throws me off. I don't have BBQ recipes. Nothing I cook has an exact time and temp every time. Too much variance in meat.

You cook at 300 and small 1.75 baby backs and it may indeed be close to 2 hours

Cook 4 lb spares and 200 and it could be ten.

The answer depends on temp and on the size and type of rib.

Just saying spares doesn't mean much. Trimmed or untrimmed? Note the weights of the racks. Little variance in weight can make the cook longer for sure. 1/2 pd could be another hour.

That's why the variety of answers.

It also depends on how you want them. Bite through or fall off the bone.

Cook a few and keep really good notes.

3lb spares, 225 to 250 will take 5 to 7, times will vary depending on your use of .... ugh....foil

Babybacks in my AmeriQue usually take about 4-1/2 hours at 225* whether on the racks or hung from hooks, but as Smokin says, size will make that vary. I like hanging from hooks best so I can put the thicker end of the slabs down closer to the "fire"/woodbox for more heat so all the ribs comes out evenly cooked.

good tips all thx....smokie i only used the word recipe because it is on the site under that heading...im more a seat of the pants sort of chef ....thanks again...im sure i will have plenty more to ask ...