Ribs 4/9/11

[Bones]

Rubbed these babies Friday night.





Have to beans with ribs too, slab bacon.


Finally was able to use the smoker yesterday. Apple wood for smoke.


Looking good.


After 3 hours it was time for the apple juice bath. Wrap them up and back on the smoker for 2 hours.


I tried 3 different sauces. Rick's Memphis Magic, Memphis Magic with a secret ingredient and Sweet Baby Ray's.


Does it get any better then this? I also finally tried Johnny West's grilled romaine lettuce- drizzled with a little Italian dressing.


Neighbor Big Gun brought over some homemade coleslaw- might have been the best I've ever had. Nice salade before dinner.


Ribs.


They were falling off the bone perfect pork treats.

Rick's straight up Memphis sauce won the contest, the doctored Memphis came in second and SBR a distant third.

Another big hit of the evening was JW's grilled lettuce, people thought I was nuts when I put it on, but after they tasted it they swore they would be making it too. Thanks for the menu idea JW.

I'm going to temp ban myself for 5 minutes for not taking a money shot, there was a feeding frenzy going on and I was part of it.

[pasquale91]

Pure Awesomeness on a pit!

Will have to give the lettuce a try sometime, How long did you let it go and what temp?
Huck a shot of bourbon in the beans sometime, you'll love it

[JAYTEAM]

You just made me hungry, Ron. Somehow I don't think whatever the kids and I have for dinner is going to measure up now.

Jay

[Bones]

Pure Awesomeness on a pit!

Will have to give the lettuce a try sometime, How long did you let it go and what temp?
Huck a shot of bourbon in the beans sometime, you'll love it

Not long Steve, maybe 10 minutes and the temp was low- maybe 175. Next time I'll try grilling it over higher heat, indirect, for a short period of time- it's one of those "try and try again" experiments. I took them off as the outer leaves were starting to wilt. It was really really really good.

I don't have any bourbon, but will buy some. What's a good one?

[Bones]

You just made me hungry, Ron. Somehow I don't think whatever the kids and I have for dinner is going to measure up now.

Jay

Thanks Jay, I know you like good bbq.
Rumor has it that a crack BBQ team might make it to Ohio this year for some fun in September.....just a rumor....

[Rusty Shackleford]

Man those look great!

[TheMrs.]

I don't have any bourbon, but will buy some. What's a good one?

Makers Mark is what we use!
I make a Bouron Butter sauce to pour over bread pudding and over vanilla ice cream.

[Johnny West]

Pure Awesomeness on a pit!

Will have to give the lettuce a try sometime, How long did you let it go and what temp?
Huck a shot of bourbon in the beans sometime, you'll love it

Here is a little tutorial I did on grilling romaine which I posted at Rick's Place.

http://ricksrealpitbbq.freeforums.org/g ... -t146.html

I do it till it's got a nice wilt and smoky flavour. Use Kraft's Zesty Italian for the
baste.

[Bones]

Pure Awesomeness on a pit!

Will have to give the lettuce a try sometime, How long did you let it go and what temp?
Huck a shot of bourbon in the beans sometime, you'll love it

Here is a little tutorial I did on grilling romaine which I posted at Rick's Place.

http://ricksrealpitbbq.freeforums.org/g ... -t146.html

I do it till it's got a nice wilt and smoky flavour. Use Kraft's Zesty Italian for the
baste.

JW, the wife unit thinks you are the best for supplying the know how for this dish. I can't wait to make it again too- one of the best new recipes I seen in a while.

[Johnny West]

Well, tell her thanks. I heard about it, I believe from Emeril and
adapted it to what I know how to do. Clear back in 68, a chick
from high school I know was basting chicken breast with Italian
Dressing so it was always in the back of my head to use the stuff.

[wARmachine]

Woza those ribs look soooo good I'm licking the monitor....

Need to get with Rick and order some Memphis sauce before it warms up to much more, it's soo much better then SBR, Stubbs or any other bottles sauce I've tried.

BLASPHEMY!!!! Theres only one BBQ sauce allowed on my grill and its SWEET BABY RAY'S. I tried to buy some Famous Daves to go with the rub I bought, but it felt like cheating on my wife and I just couldnt stand for it.

[Bones]

Woza those ribs look soooo good I'm licking the monitor....

Need to get with Rick and order some Memphis sauce before it warms up to much more, it's soo much better then SBR, Stubbs or any other bottles sauce I've tried.

BLASPHEMY!!!! Theres only one BBQ sauce allowed on my grill and its SWEET BABY RAY'S. I tried to buy some Famous Daves to go with the rub I bought, but it felt like cheating on my wife and I just couldnt stand for it.

You just need to try some and the debate will be over. Rick's has no high fructose crap and is homemade. It's a kicked up version of SBR's.

I used to use SBR's too...