I smoked up some St louis ribs today from costco, and as i was eating them I notice the rib bones would separate where a knuckle would be at. I should've taken a picture, i'll try tomorrow when I smoke another 3 racks. But has anyone had this issue? I follow my normal recipe and smoked for about 5.5 hours with the bend test around 250 degrees.
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I suspect, (absent pictures) what you are noticing is the separation of the boney and the cartilage component of the rib. If the "St. Louis rib" was cut a little on the long side, there may well have been some cartilage portions of the rib still attached. The "separation" you noted was this juncture anatomically known as the costal-chondral (bone-cartilage) junction. This is normal, and just a function of how the ribs were cut. They sold you a little more "riblet" as part of a St. Louis rib. No big deal. It's all good!Comment
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I get that a lot. I agree it's just the butchering, common in my area.Comment
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Awesome great feedback I have another three on the GMG from the same butcher (Costco) I'm heading to restaurant depot later this week to pick up ribs from them to try them out.
a separate question: would it be cheaper to buy spare ribs and cut them my self?
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