My First Plate Ribs

[Sid P]

I lean towards brisket in the plate ribs/brisket debate, but I don’t deny that ribs taste amazing, and the shorter cook time is certainly attractive. Ribs are usually $8-9/lb at our Costco, so when I saw these for $5.99/lb last spring I grabbed them.


I was pleasantly surprised by the thin fat cap. I doubt I took off a pound, but I forgot to weigh it.


My usual messy trim job.


Rubbed with Meathead’s Big Bad Beef Rub minus the cayenne pepper, and ready to go.


This won’t be an DaveD style deep dive, but I’ll check back with a couple progress reports. I can tell you that it was a balmy 41°F/5°C when I fired up the Silverbac 😉.

[Huskee]

Yum yum! Have a good cook.

[Sid P]

Thanks.

[Sid P]

BTW, love the avatar. That pic always cracks me up.

[Panhead John]

Looking good Sid! Thanks for including Celsius in your weather report, but damn man, you didn’t give us the dewpoint readings!

[Spinaker]

Well when it feels like this in December, you gotta check all the readings to make sure you’re not crazy. Cause these temps in the upper Midwest this time of year is nuts! 50 F in Minnetonka today! +25F normal temp. I will take it!

[DaveD]

John, as any good Houstonian should, you know perfectly well that it is ALL about the dew point. There is no more informative datapoint for describing weather conditions! [insert nerd emoji here]

[Sid P]

DaveD I’ve been beating that drum for 20 years, but no one up here wants to hear it. I mentioned it back in September and my brother said "you’re the only person I know who talks about the dew point".

[Jfrosty27]

Beef plate ribs are my #1 favorite Q. I’ve done the Costco choice grade several times and never been disappointed. At $5.99/lb they’re a steal.

[rmeugene]

It is unseasonably balmy for us today. Should have planned something myself.

[Sid P]

It’s not too late!

[Spinaker]

Nothing better! I am a huge beef plate rib fan.

Congrats on your first beef rib cook!

[ecowper]

ohhhhh, looking good! That's about my level of trimming tidiness right there ..... can't wait to see the finished product.

[Sid P]

Three hours in. They’re looking good, but I can’t believe the pull back from the bones. Is that normal? I’m smoking at 275°

[Jfrosty27]

Let’s see. If I leave here about 3:00 PM, I will be there in time for an early dinner! You should be pulling them out of their resting cooler or wherever about then. 🤣😊😉

[ecowper]

those look great!

[Sid P]

Jfrosty27 Dang it Jim, has it really been 7 months since the NC Meatup? I wish I had enough to share today!

[Sid P]

Four hours in, and the temp is already 187°F. Honestly, although it isn’t butter tender all the way through the thickest part, most of it is already very tender. We’re eating at 5:30, so there’s plenty of time.

I don’t hear much about spritzing, but Aaron Franklin spritzes his for the last 3-4 hours, so I hit them with some water.

[Bkhuna]

My Costco never has these. I wonder why?

[Sid P]

Costco definitely has some regional differences. I haven’t tried them, but Porter Road and Wild Fork both get high marks for their beef ribs.

[Sid P]

5:31 in, 192°F. Just a couple spots that aren’t quite done.

[DaveD]

Wow Sid P!!! Those looks stupendous! And yeah, that's totally normal on the pullback. I reckon when those are done you'll be able to slip those bones right out of the meat like Arthur's sword out of the stone...

[Sid P]

Thanks Dave.

[Draznnl]

Like Arthur's sword out of the stone... our resident science guy is delving into fantasies now. C'mon DaveD leave some genre for the rest of us.

Those ribs look great Sid P Very impressive for a first try. Heck, make that just very impressive.

[Sid P]

Thanks, but I owe it all to Meatheads’s book and The Pit 🙇♂️.

[DaveD]

Draznnl, it's the nerd factor... just can't help myself. Sometimes my lovely bride has to wake me at night because I'm Tolkien in my sleep...

[Sid P]

Pulled at 6:29. 194° and probing everywhere like butter. Wrapped in butcher paper, a couple layers of towels, and sitting in a cooler.

[Panhead John]

Great job Sid, those look tasty!

[DaveD]

Oh MAN do those look good. Can't wait to see the plated pic!!

[Sid P]

ecowper Panhead John DaveD Thanks, I sure hope they taste as good as they look. I’m not gonna lie - 5:30 can’t get here soon enough.

[Smoker_Boy]

Man, those look great!

So how long total?

[Sid P]

Thanks. An hour at 200° and 5:29 at 275° for a total of 6:29. The all important rest will be 2-2.5 hours.