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Tried something a bit different (for me) with some spares I picked up. Cut off the flaps and liberally sprinkled on my favorite rub (Papa's) and then proceeded to grind up some coffee beans to a medium fine grind and sprinkled that on as well. Covered w/ saran wrap and placed in fridg overnight.

Put them on about 9am at 180º and pulled at 3:30PM. I had to have a sandwich so made one out of the flaps. The flaps were a bit dry but the ribs were still nice and moist. Took the ribs and double wrapped with some apple juice in plastic wrap followed with foil and placed back in the 008 at 200º until 6PM.

Barb said they were the best I've done. I liked them too. I know the coffee is not a new thing, except to me. I'll try it again. Next time, I'll pull the flaps much earlier and include them later when I crib them.
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This was only one side of ribs.. I probably used 3 T. of coffee. I don't think anything was pronounced. Seemed to just add to the complexity.

This complexity is something I'm just beginning to understand.. I took a fish carving (out of wood) class last summer in W.Yellowstone. The instructor hinted at this 'complexity' in painting the fish.. to the point of folks saying "how did you do that?" Regarding cooking/smoking.. this also comes into play as all of you know.. and I'm just finding out.

I don't experiment to any great degree.. find a good process and go with it.. this time I fudged just a bit with the coffee and liked the results. Smiler
Lots of Texans will use coffee in their sauces for the same reason. Not sure I remember coffee in a rub (but my short term memory isn't good I think) ...

now what were we talking about.

Oh yeah, coffee.

Glad the experiment worked. Yeah, "layers" of flavor is preached by Food Network all the time. Hard to do right, but it's fun when it works.

Little things will work. Maybe I'll sneak some coffee in next time.

Russ

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