Did a couple of racks of babybacks today. Weatherman said it wasn't supposed to rain but it looked like this.
So I was smoking under cover today.
It's been kind of hard to please the whole family when it comes to ribs. My wife does not like a multitude of spices and she and our daughter can't take much heat. My son and I like heat and rub, glaze and the whole nine yards. I asked my wife how she wanted the ribs. She said like Tony Romas. I figured, hell that'll be easy. I'll just boil them and drown them in sauce.
But I ain't boiling ribs for anyone. Not even my wife of 20 years.
Finally hit on a combination that ALL of the family liked. For the women, I went with completely naked ribs, spritzed with apple juice and Jim Beam, added a little spritz to the foil along with a light coating of Sweet Baby Rays, then glazed with more Sweet Baby Rays after the foil. For the men, I slathered it with mustard, rubbed it with Mad Hunky Rub, spritzed with Black Cherry Dr. Pepper, foiled with the Dr. Pepper and glazed with a conglomeration of foil juices, honey, brown sugar, grenadine, and Sweet Baby Rays. I'd tell you the exact amounts but even I don't know what they were. I was just trying to get it to thicken up and it still turned out a little thin. Smoked them on the drum with hickory.
Here they are after the first couple of coats of glaze.
And off the smoker
I would have taken pics of them sliced but we started eating them too fast. I did manage to get a pic of the half racks or so that were left after round one.
They were a HUGE hit. Men and women were both happy.
Thanks for looking.
Dave
So I was smoking under cover today.
It's been kind of hard to please the whole family when it comes to ribs. My wife does not like a multitude of spices and she and our daughter can't take much heat. My son and I like heat and rub, glaze and the whole nine yards. I asked my wife how she wanted the ribs. She said like Tony Romas. I figured, hell that'll be easy. I'll just boil them and drown them in sauce.
Finally hit on a combination that ALL of the family liked. For the women, I went with completely naked ribs, spritzed with apple juice and Jim Beam, added a little spritz to the foil along with a light coating of Sweet Baby Rays, then glazed with more Sweet Baby Rays after the foil. For the men, I slathered it with mustard, rubbed it with Mad Hunky Rub, spritzed with Black Cherry Dr. Pepper, foiled with the Dr. Pepper and glazed with a conglomeration of foil juices, honey, brown sugar, grenadine, and Sweet Baby Rays. I'd tell you the exact amounts but even I don't know what they were. I was just trying to get it to thicken up and it still turned out a little thin. Smoked them on the drum with hickory.
Here they are after the first couple of coats of glaze.
And off the smoker
I would have taken pics of them sliced but we started eating them too fast. I did manage to get a pic of the half racks or so that were left after round one.
They were a HUGE hit. Men and women were both happy.
Thanks for looking.
Dave
