Split Ribs!

[CandySueQ]

I need some ribs to cook for someone this weekend. Went looking at my usual store. They had these!

Never seen half racks sold this way! Have you? I didn't buy any...

[SheilaAnn]

I’ve never seen it either…. Nor from restaurant distributors, for that matter.

[Ace]

That's weird...

[dpearce]

Nor have I seen those! Looks like a candidate for boiled ribs!

[TripleB]

Love boiled ribs....Yum

[Michael_in_TX]

That is....unusual. Must be a PBC fan.

[dpearce]

Hey now!

[TripleB]

Wonder if it is kind of like Cap Pinwheels I've gotten at Costco before. They take separate ribeye spinalis muscles and wrap them around to form a pinwheel. In this case, just separate 1/2 rib racks in a bag.

I can't tell but were there babybacks and spare racks in the same bag?

[Duanessmokedmeats]

I have a store, with its own butcher shop, and they occasionally sell half ribs.

[CandySueQ]

These are baby backs, just 2 halves in one cryovac bag. Just moved the PBC around to the back, just may have to hang a couple of packs.

[texastweeter]

Granzens has them occasionally.

[CaptainMike]

I live alone and I do this to full rib racks every time. I cook one half for a 1 person meal and freeze the other for later.

[Lynn Dollar]

Local Asian international market sells baby back racks split end-to-end. I've been tempted to smoke a couple racks to take to family get-togethers, cause it would make these small ribs that are more like hors d'oeuvres , easy to eat with little mess

[Murdy]

I cut mine in half sometimes, particularly if I'm not doing many and hanging them on the Bronco. It's not that hard; I don't see the advantage of having them pre-cut.

[jfmorris]

That is kinda weird - to come packed that way I mean.

I've been smoking ribs since the mid 90's myself, and never cut a rack of ribs in half for smoking until I bought my PBX, and decided that I had plenty of hooks, and could avoid risking the rib(s) a the bottom of the rack from getting burned from proximity to the fire. Now I am cutting both baby backs and spares in half for the PBX. If I do them on the kamado or kettle, I will keep them intact.

That said, not sure I will ever make ribs any way but the PBX again! They are coming out amazingly well, and cooking in half the time it takes me on my other cookers - I've had 2 rib cooks now on the PBX, and in both cases, both spares and baby backs have been done in 2.5 hours from when I hung them, with amazing bark and great flavor.

[Purc]

I have never seen pork ribs packaged like that. I also like hanging 1/2 pork racks on my Bronco vrs laying whole flat on the Bronco grill grate or flat on the Weber Kettle w/SnS.

FWIW, I have never hung beef ribs, just laid flat on grill grate on either cooker.