One of our favorite family Christmas traditions in regards to food is the delicious smoked pork ribs that we pile up on the table for our annual Christmas dinner. This year we are going sticky so get the paper towels ready 'cause it's gonna get a lil' messy! I have been thinking about something else I can do to make these even better [...]
You would think that not too many things could improve the taste of perfectly seasoned and smoked 2-2-1 baby back ribs.. well, there's not really, but since we are all obsessed with bacon, I figured it couldn't hurt. I give you {insert drumroll here} -- smoked bacon wrapped ribs! This is a classic tale of "some say why but I say why not". Unfortunately, this has [...]
It is no secret that my maple barbecue glaze is amazingly good and has been featured on turkey and even chicken but can it be used on things other than poultry? This week we are brushing it onto smoked baby back ribs while they cook in the Traeger pellet smoker we just received and it has, once again, "hit it out of the [...]
Rick Shaw, a newsletter subscriber, smoker enthusiast and one who is obviously not afraid to do things differently, emailed me a couple of weeks ago mentioning that he slices ribs individually before smoking them. He included his own technique and method for doing this. I know that people sometimes cut racks of ribs into halves or maybe into pieces that are 3 [...]
As you may know from reading my posts, I have a "thing" about ribs.. namely pork ribs and to get even more specific with it, smoked baby back ribs! There's a lot to love about these considering they usually have a good bit of meat on them, they cook up in around 5 hours and there's not a lot of fat [...]
We have smoked ribs nearly every Christmas dinner and, in my opinion, it's a wonderful tradition! There's plenty of smoked ribs to go around and if anyone leaves hungry, it's their own fault. Based on emails that I receive, the one thing that many folks struggle with when dealing with ribs, is how to get them super tender. Well, you [...]
Can you imagine a smoked juicy delectable hunk of smoked baby back ribs, bones removed, on a sandwich bun or a french loaf? Its the smoked baby back rib sandwich! Well, this idea came to me a while back although I figured that it had been done before (I was right). I have never served a rack of smoked baby back ribs [...]
This week it's all about smoked baby back ribs and while the extra meaty ones are sometimes hard to find, if you do find some, grab them up and you'll be pleasantly surprised at how much better they are than the scrawny looking things you sometimes find in stores. I find that the meatier ones do require a little more cooking time.. [...]
Hello and welcome to this edition of the smoking meat newsletter! Over the years, I have had a lot of questions concerning the use of a brine on pork ribs and while I have brined ribs, the results were inconclusive and I wanted to take another stab at it. I decided to use a coffee brine to give the ribs some [...]
I don't know about you but I am always and forever cooking too much food (I can't stand a half empty smoker) and this presents a need to find ways to use up the leftovers. In doing this I have found numerous ways to use leftover smoked meat in regular everyday recipes such as the smoked baby back rib calzone [...]
