rickplaysbass
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- Jul 18, 2017
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Well, my boy (12) asked to helped with the ribs this weekend. I told him he could make them himself. We went shopping for everything together and I let him choose a rub and sauce.
Taught him how to peel the membrane on one and had him do the other three. Rubbed one down and had him do the other three. This morning I taught him how to fire up the pit and even let him pick his pellets. Out of apple, mesquite, pecan, and GMG Texas Blend he went with the Blend.
We threw all four slabs on at 250. He sprayed them down every hour for three hours. Then he wrapped them with brown sugar and butter for about 1.5hrs. Once they were ready he flipped them and glazed them and dropped the heat. I let him decide when they were ready glaze and ready to pull off the pit.
I should've taken more pics but here are the first two he pulled off. One went to the neighbor who said, "The ribs were freaking awesome!" They really were. The rugged right of the bone, but had a good firmness, they didn't just fall apart. The sauce he picked for the glaze even had just a little heat that countered all that sweetness quite nicely. The boy ate damn near a whole slab by himself. Needless to say, he was extremely proud of his efforts.
Now if I can just get him to be as proud about cleaning the pit. Lol.
Taught him how to peel the membrane on one and had him do the other three. Rubbed one down and had him do the other three. This morning I taught him how to fire up the pit and even let him pick his pellets. Out of apple, mesquite, pecan, and GMG Texas Blend he went with the Blend.
We threw all four slabs on at 250. He sprayed them down every hour for three hours. Then he wrapped them with brown sugar and butter for about 1.5hrs. Once they were ready he flipped them and glazed them and dropped the heat. I let him decide when they were ready glaze and ready to pull off the pit.
I should've taken more pics but here are the first two he pulled off. One went to the neighbor who said, "The ribs were freaking awesome!" They really were. The rugged right of the bone, but had a good firmness, they didn't just fall apart. The sauce he picked for the glaze even had just a little heat that countered all that sweetness quite nicely. The boy ate damn near a whole slab by himself. Needless to say, he was extremely proud of his efforts.
Now if I can just get him to be as proud about cleaning the pit. Lol.
