wrapping ribs

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Try giving the an Au-natural Rib???  No wrapping and no sauce. Now that will take some work to do, I mean you'll have to babysit them and leave the lid closed (Keeps it moist) till they are done?

Just sayin...

Have fun and...
 
I  am not a competitor but I used Johnny Triggs method:

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thanks for all the replies! what is the "blue agave" on the trig ribs? and i cant find tiger sauce out here in Arizona. is there any substitute?
 
 
thanks for all the replies! what is the "blue agave" on the trig ribs? and i cant find tiger sauce out here in Arizona. is there any substitute?
 
Blue agave is a sweetener like honey.  I believe Trigg uses honey.

Tiger Sauce is a type of hot sauce with a sweet component to it.  It has a very unique flavor so I am not sure of a substitute.  Here in Bama it's in the Publix grocery store on the same shelf as other condiments.
 
I also do mine like Bama BBQ. I found Tiger Sauce at Walmart. I'm wanting to try no foil on the next ones I smoke.

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Thanks!
 
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I used Chef Jimmy J's recipe on my July 4th ribs, and they were awesome. I'm sticking with it, but may substitute agave for honey next time since I have both - just to see what it tastes like. I use my own raw honey from my backyard bee hive, so that's pretty hard to beat.
 
Last time I foiled ribs I used butter, honey, and brown sugar.  I was going to use apple juice but my son drank it.  So I grabbed a small can of his pears and put juice and all under the ribs.  It turned out great.
 
Brown sugar, parkay, some more rub and apple juice.  I smoke for 3 hours at 250, meat side up.  Wrap it tightly, cook for another 1 1/2 hours at 250, then back on the pit for 30 minutes with a good glazing, perfect ribs everytime, fall off the bone, but not sloppy.  In other words you can leave bitemarks, but not have to put any effort into the bite.
 
Its really cool to read what ingredients everyone is using, but I would really like to hear the 'why'.

Why do you add magarine or butter? What does it exactly do? And why sugar? I guess sweetness? So many people use this method, I guess we can assume that most people like their ribs super duper sweet with all that sugar and honey? 

 
 
I don't wrap often - but occasionally do (depending on who I'm cooking for).  No matter which method I use, I start with a coat of Sriracha sauce and a healthy coating of my rub, which is sugar heavy (I use white, brown and turbinado in my rub).  The amount of sugar in my rub is all the sweetness I really need on the ribs.  When I foil, I only use a few ounces of beer and a bit of apple cider vinegar.  No other sweeteners in the foil.  I do finish them with a very light glaze of sweet sauce and let them set.
 
My rub is sugar heavy too. And I also feel that is all the sweetness it needs. But I will be cooking for other people that's why I was asking.

Does anyone else have anything to say on why all the sugar during wrapping? I guess it just comes down to people like sweet stuff?
 
I think it originally came about from competitions (along with the 321 method).  Competitors were trying to pack all the flavor they can into one bite to really wow the judges, so they started putting the layers of flavor in the foil with the ribs.  This has obviously worked, because almost everyone on the comp circuit does it.  I think that it is too much and really overpowers the ribs if you eat much more than one bone (which I do).  I've seen a few interviews of major competitors that says that they don't like comp ribs for that reason and don't cook them that way at home.
 
Makes sense. I am not a fan of all that sugar at all. My rub is pretty sweet already and I am not a big fan of it, let alone adding a ton of sugar during wrapping.

Thanks for the reply!
 
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