3-2-1 Ribs, who invented this method?

[bbqLuv]

Not me, but here is what I found. So who am I to argue with Tuffy Stone?

The 3-2-1 method for smoking ribs, which is a popular technique for achieving tender, fall-off-the-bone ribs, was invented by George “Tuffy” Stone
This method involves smoking the ribs for three hours, wrapping them in foil and cooking for two hours, and then finishing them unwrapped for one more hour. It’s a method that has been embraced by many home smokers for its reliable results.

Tuffy Stone in action: Bing Videos

Spring and BBQ season is upon us. I thoughts are on Ribs.

[Smoker_Boy]

Let the fireworks begin....

[bbqLuv]

No fireworks, fireworks not intended.

[Smoker_Boy]

bbqLuv - Oh, I know, but it's bound to happen, over and over ad nausuem.

Hell, over in the free section there is this quote:

Sterling Ball of BigPoppaSmokers.com and winner of the prestigious American Royal in Kansas City says “I’d like to kill the man who came up with the 3-2-1 concept. He’s ruined more meat…”

[Smoker_Boy]

For the size of the half racks I buy, a modified 3-1-1 works very well for me.
We like the fall-off-the-bone-doneness.

[Donw]

When I saw your post I had deja vous all over again. Thinking back you might remember a post from May of last year when you posted on the exact same topic and made the same claim.

[bbqLuv]

I enjoyed it then and enjoy it now. Time to get ready for BBQ Ribs.

[bbqLuv]

Johnny Trigg Method for Barbecued Pork Ribs - Learn to BBQ - YouTube
this video is also a read.

[Sid P]

Sigh.

[jfmorris]

I did. So there!

I have no idea who invented it, but it was all over the internet 20 years ago when I was working to up my rib game. Nothing new about it. So I have to dispute that Tuffy Stone invented it in 2011, as I am very confident that I was using the technique years before that.

Unfortunately, I wasn't taking photos of anything I smoked on my offset in the early 2000's beyond a couple of Thanksgiving turkeys I found in my photo library from around 2006.

[bbqLuv]

I bow to the Master jfmorris

[jfmorris]

Hahahaha. bbqLuv No master here. Just a peon. I just know the 3-2-1 method was around before 2011. Maybe Tuffy invented it, but before 2011... who knows?

[Finster]

You mean it wasn't this guy?

[Lynn Dollar]

It was invented in a time when we cooked ribs at 225* . Makes a huge diff at 275* or hotter.

[Greygoose]

It definitely wasn’t me,,,,

[smokenoob]

I think it was NASA during the Gemini rocket series

[Smoker_Boy]

Sterling Ball of BigPoppaSmokers.com and winner of the prestigious American Royal in Kansas City says “I’d like to kill the man who came up with the 3-2-1 concept. He’s ruined more meat…”

I have to wonder why this statement ^ is even a part of this place.

[jfmorris]

My family for the most part prefers them that way too, and while I don't use the method for spares, I use the foil wrap for the extra meaty loin-back ribs, as otherwise those are too dry. I just don't buy those extra meaty loin back ribs if I can help it because of the drying-out issue.

[Smoker_Boy]

jfmorris - Someday soon, I'm gonna try those meatier ribs.

[Smoker_Boy]

And also, do you get a notification that I sent this comment but didn't add the @ thingy??

[Mosca]