Spare Rib Question

It all depends on what type of ribs you have. Baby Backs will be done in 4-5 hours, loin backs should take about 6 hours at 225F for tender...not quite falling off the bone. I look for about a half inch of pullback on the bones. When I see that, they are done just about right for my taste.

I have 3 slabs of spare ribs from Sams Club.

I'll plan on 6 hours. If others have suggestions please post. I'm going to get up early and stick these own at 5:30am and pull them off when we get home from service around 11:30am. Hoping to have some great ribs for lunch for Easter.

Thank you for your suggestions.

Let us know how they are please!

Checked the ribs when we got home from Easter service. Ribs on the lower rack where done, moved them to the top and lathered them up with some Dink's BBQ sauce (Bartlesville, OK). Let them stay in another 20 minutes. Just had them, they were outstanding. The wife would have liked a little more seasoning on them, but they were great. Six hours cook time on lower rack of ribs.

Others are still own, plan to take them off at 12:30, 7 hours of cook time.

Thanks for the advice.

Next up will be 2 slabs of baby back ribs and 2 whole chickens. Some time later this week.

Time depends on how big the spares are. For example, the spares I buy at Costco are pretty big and require a minimum of 7 hours.

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I get my spares at Costco and cut them St. Louis style. I don't think I have ever gone more than 5 hours at 230 degrees in my AQ.

Just my 2 cents

Hey Hog,

Did you trim the spares before cooking them??

I nomrally do, but once for a Scout function we were doing adinner to rasie money. And we cooked 15 racks of spares. Pulled the membrane and trimmed the skirt, but left them full width. Thought it would give more meat for the money. The spares took an hour longer than what I had been used to. The cooker was at 240, and we also did 64 chicken thighs at the same time, and they cooked in about 1 hour and 55 minutes. The spares were just a larger piece of meat and took longer.

Good question. Did not trim them. Just pulled membrane and applied the rub, etc. This about the time I was expecting for the cook time. Might trim them next time, they were a little large for the cooker and had a couple of places were they touched the sides and I didn't get good smoke in those areas. Lesson learned.