I've been smoking pork ribs at least 3 times a month and I see many recipes that suggest smoking at 250 degrees and a few others suggest smoking at 275. Is there a preference for the best ribs?
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What's the difference between Smoking Ribs 250 or 275 Degrees?
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I know restaurant guys that prefer 275 just to speed things up a tad.
I've done all my meats from 225-350, whatever is needed. I like to go slow and just chill when I can.
Gotta watch closer the higher you go, especially with something as thin as ribs.
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+1^ and not a thing else.
Cooking at 275 is called a "Turbo Cook" and is done at a lot of competition cooks where you can be under time pressures. To really power through a lot of folks will also wrap their ribs, brisket, or butts.
As for me, smoking is more about the relaxing journey to meat heaven rather than the end. I cook all my low-n-slow stuff at 225.
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Since there have been some very good answers, I will go down a different tangent. If my wife requests both ribs and chicken, like she has for this weekend, I will try to run around 275 to accommodate both. Chicken doesn't do as well at 225 and 325+ is way too hot for ribs, IMHO. So I split the difference and try to run at 275. Normally for ribs I will run between 225 & 250.
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225-250 are very forgiving temperatures to cook at and probably a good place to start. But I think it's a mistake to chase temperatures. Every pit is different. My Pitmaker is not happy running under 250 unless I use water. It really purrs at 275 when cooking dry. Gotta know your pit instead of trying to dial in a specific temperature.
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No Limits if your running 3 a month maybe run one at each with a rack or half? I mean at this point you got the skillz to know where you need to get to.
I tend to be a 220. 221 whatever it takes guy. : )Last edited by Jon Solberg; May 6, 2016, 03:03 PM.
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Those are beauteous baby backs! I think higher temps work a bit better to render fats out of spare ribs, but I've eaten good ribs that are cooked in the entire range. Best spare rib I ever ate was in March at HPBexpo when I got one hung in a drum at 300 degrees, cooked for 2 hours. Absolutely incredible!
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CandySueQ, Is that what they call Eating Your Own Mistakes?
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