Sous Vide Beef Back Ribs

[josht138]

I had some leftover beef back ribs from my prime rib roast and also found some on sale for $1 per lb. It's raining here today so I thought I'd give them a shot in the bath.

My plan is to cook about 6 hours at 162F and if it's dry outside I'll try to smoke them for about 30 minutes and then sear or let the vents open and cook hot to finish. I'm somewhat basing this off the chefsteps indoor ribs recipe for pork ribs.

What do you think? Good plan?

[tbob4]

I have not done beef ribs in SV but my guess is that they would take much longer than 6 hours. Potkettleblack or Breadhead - any thoughts?

[Steve Vojtek]

Go to Google and tipe in ' chefsteps beef ribs your way ' . Then all you have to do is decide......If you want to smoke them afterwards just throw them into the hot tub at 158f for 12 hours and then apply your rub or mop and smoke them at 150f for 3hours. They come out tender and awesome.....


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[josht138]

It's too late. They have already been in the bath around 2.5 hrs. Good news is the rain is going to let up so I'll smoke them on the grill to finish at about 275.

[EdF]

Potkettleblack is probably the resident expert for these.

[josht138]

Pulled them from the bath and stuck in the garage fridge while the smoker is heating up. This is after 4+ plus hours in the bath.

[josht138]

This is a little over an hour and a half in at 275. They already feel pretty tender. I'm going to give it another 30 mins or so, sauce and then pull.

Today, I set the vents, preheated, threw the meat on, and I hit 275 perfectly without any adjustments. The SnS is awesome!

[EdF]

Looking forward to the results. Looks seriously on-track at this point!

[josht138]

Here they are... Turned out just about perfect. Not sure how I would improve them. They were super tender and had a good bark. Even had a nice thin smoke ring.

[HorseDoctor]

I about took a bite out of my screen! Look great!!!

[tbob4]

HorseDoctor - hahahahaha. They do look good, don't they!

[Atalanta]

I'll take two.

[Potkettleblack]

I'd go a minimum of 8 at a high temp, like 165. I would go lower and looonger. Below 140 for 24+.