I remember that Guy from Triple D show ate ribs that were boiled first in a Las Vegas restaurant and he was quite surprised how good they were. For me, NO. Look at the liquid after boiling to see the flavor that has come the meat during boiling.
Large Big Green Egg, Weber Performer Deluxe, Weber Smokey Joe Silver, Fireboard Drive, 3 DigiQs, lots of Thermapens, and too much other stuff to mention.
Folks have done this for years. That’s why Meathead has had to make it a mantra: if you boil your ribs, the terrorists win! It doesn’t make it right; it just makes it acceptable to some, like boiling vegetables to a nice mushy army green.
I DO find it interesting that media and the internet has played a huge role in instructing people how to bbq correctly, leading to the surge in pellet cookers, kamados, and other backyard solutions that transfer the convenience of boiling to a different convenience of technology, and now an article swims against that tide, going back to the low tech solution that was popular in suburbia in the middle of the last century!
I don’t pay it no never mind. They’re their ribs there, they can waste their money any way they want to.
I’ve never understood that phrase “if you boil your ribs the terrorists win”. Many pellet grills are manufactured in China or Vietnam. I would think it more appropriate to say, “if you smoke your ribs on a pellet grill, the terrorists win!”
bbqLuv Not me. Got nothing against pellet poopers. I tell people all the time to buy one over an offset. I just thought the boiling ribs, terrorist wins phrase was always odd.
Before I had a smoker, I would par-boil my ribs, let them cool, season with a rub, wrap in cellophane and refrigerate over night. Next day, bring them up to temp in a 250 d oven and then finish them on my gas grill. Came out pretty good.
I’ve got nothing against par-boiled ribs. Just not the way I make
them anymore.
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