in the last leg of the 3-2-1 and when took them out of foil the are almost falling apart and I still have to sauce them thinking about turning heat up to "firm" them up first any suggestions?
I was just curious at what temp do you run your ribs? I try to keep at 225ish in my Master Forge propane smoker. I had a similar experience of softer baby back ribs than I wanted(hate it when one unwraps and they break apart trying to get them back on smoker), because I wrapped for the full 2 hrs with apple juice and honey. I do have to admit that the temp was running at 240, about 10-15 degrees hotter than I wanted to. I realize it was a combo of hotter heat and to long in the foil. Lesson learned...its all trial and error...but a lot of fun learning along the way!and there you have it... Chalk one up to a lesson learned ... it's all about the learning process... now you know that the FULL 3-2-1 method was to long (overcooked) at the temps you were running at... assuming they were spares... next time start looking at them (ether BB's or spares) somewhere around the 1 1/4 hour mark when in the foil... especially if you are running a little hot... I find that 1 1/2 hrs is plenty of time in the foil (the 2 hour portion of the method) for me... then I only go 1/2 hr on the last portion (sauced) ... so for me.. spares go 3-1.5-.5 ... BB's go 2-1.5-,5 ...
Hopefully you wrote down your process and reslts in a log book so you can go back and reference your method the next time... next time around adjust your times, temps maybe, and record your process and results... hopefully you will finally find the results your looking for and be able to repeat them consistently...
for me at 275 it's more like 3 - 1.5 - .25....................