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Yesterday I decided to work off a few of the items I've been collecting on my "Must Try" list.
Ever since last week's contest I've had visions of the ribs Sparky posted (and that shiny sculpture..uh, I mean new smoker). In a previous smoking life, bad ribs (my bad ribs) kept me from becoming someone who smokes...so, leaning heavily on previous posts by Bear and Sparky, I faced down my (pre-pellet smoking) failures and bought three slabs of back ribs.
I removed the membrane, applied rub, and let sit for an hour before cooking at 225.
2 1/2 hours - naked
1 hour - foiled with brown sugar, honey, and butter pats (opening this was like heaven)
30 min - covered with sauce (was going to do 30 naked, 30 sauced, but they were too close to done coming out of the foil)
Sorry about the tong marks, I knew I wasn't entering these in the weekly comp
The verdict? Simply awesome! Another dragon slayed.
How to top this? With dessert!
Copying Cowgirls "Apple Smoked Apple Dumplings", (as found on BigPoppaSmoking gallery under Appetizers), was high on my list of must trys.
We have a gadget which cores, peels, and spiral cuts apples, so we used this and just stacked the spiral cuts in groups with the brown sugar and cinammon sprinked on each.
Otherwise, this is Cowgirl's recipe.
Ready to smoke, 275 for a bit, then 300, ~1 1/2 hours
The finished product
The verdict: OMG, if you haven't tried these yet, get going! They were fantastic!
Thanks Jeanie!!!
Ever since last week's contest I've had visions of the ribs Sparky posted (and that shiny sculpture..uh, I mean new smoker). In a previous smoking life, bad ribs (my bad ribs) kept me from becoming someone who smokes...so, leaning heavily on previous posts by Bear and Sparky, I faced down my (pre-pellet smoking) failures and bought three slabs of back ribs.
I removed the membrane, applied rub, and let sit for an hour before cooking at 225.
2 1/2 hours - naked
1 hour - foiled with brown sugar, honey, and butter pats (opening this was like heaven)
30 min - covered with sauce (was going to do 30 naked, 30 sauced, but they were too close to done coming out of the foil)
Sorry about the tong marks, I knew I wasn't entering these in the weekly comp
The verdict? Simply awesome! Another dragon slayed.
How to top this? With dessert!
Copying Cowgirls "Apple Smoked Apple Dumplings", (as found on BigPoppaSmoking gallery under Appetizers), was high on my list of must trys.
We have a gadget which cores, peels, and spiral cuts apples, so we used this and just stacked the spiral cuts in groups with the brown sugar and cinammon sprinked on each.
Otherwise, this is Cowgirl's recipe.
Ready to smoke, 275 for a bit, then 300, ~1 1/2 hours
The finished product
The verdict: OMG, if you haven't tried these yet, get going! They were fantastic!
Thanks Jeanie!!!