The Saint Louis Cut Ribs wins out again. I do love those ribs!
That said, I was wondering what you guys thought about what appears to be "extra meat" on the backside of the ribs? I left it on, but now I'm thinking it might have been a wasted effort. It overlaid part of the silver skin, so I was not able to remove it all. It actually covered about 40% of the silver skin. I may have just answered my own question, as it was not particularly easy to eat.
But. . . It sure looked good!
This was after 6 hours of cooking at about 230*. I think I could have let it go another hour. Maybe that should read "should have." Here is what my wife started on:
And this is the plate I started with:
Oh yes, I did add the Drip 'n Griddle for this cook and the difference it made was amazing. It really does stabilize the air flow, making temperature control MUCH easier! Couldn't recall if I mentioned that after my Bacon cook or not. But I can now confirm that it does make a huge difference.
And one other note, I've been using one of those little tables, one from BBQ Dragon called the "Dragon Wing." It hooks over the lip of the kettle. It is perfect for me, as I set it up next to, and sometimes under, a lawn canopy where I now have a heavy duty cast aluminum table and set of chairs. It like it as it gives me a place to put my temp transmitter and to hang a couple of tools. I have noticed that during a long, slow burn that there's something of an air leak where the thing hooks to the kettle. I'm not really sure it is even worth worrying about, but being just a little OCD, it's starting to bug me. So I just ordered a gasket kit from BBQgaskets.com. I think I can fix that air leak, probably by laying the gasket material around the rim, except where the table device attaches. If that doesn't work, I can then try covering the rest of the rim with the gasket material. I'm pretty sure the two probe cables will cut their own little grove in the gasket material and should not represent a problem.
In any event, I did a site search and found that several people were also wondering how using the Dragon Wing would affect any air leakage, and they indicated they'd "get back" with the information. But that didn't happen for one reason or another. I will post my results, be it a "win, loose, or draw."
Mike S.
That said, I was wondering what you guys thought about what appears to be "extra meat" on the backside of the ribs? I left it on, but now I'm thinking it might have been a wasted effort. It overlaid part of the silver skin, so I was not able to remove it all. It actually covered about 40% of the silver skin. I may have just answered my own question, as it was not particularly easy to eat.
But. . . It sure looked good!
This was after 6 hours of cooking at about 230*. I think I could have let it go another hour. Maybe that should read "should have." Here is what my wife started on:
And this is the plate I started with:
Oh yes, I did add the Drip 'n Griddle for this cook and the difference it made was amazing. It really does stabilize the air flow, making temperature control MUCH easier! Couldn't recall if I mentioned that after my Bacon cook or not. But I can now confirm that it does make a huge difference.
And one other note, I've been using one of those little tables, one from BBQ Dragon called the "Dragon Wing." It hooks over the lip of the kettle. It is perfect for me, as I set it up next to, and sometimes under, a lawn canopy where I now have a heavy duty cast aluminum table and set of chairs. It like it as it gives me a place to put my temp transmitter and to hang a couple of tools. I have noticed that during a long, slow burn that there's something of an air leak where the thing hooks to the kettle. I'm not really sure it is even worth worrying about, but being just a little OCD, it's starting to bug me. So I just ordered a gasket kit from BBQgaskets.com. I think I can fix that air leak, probably by laying the gasket material around the rim, except where the table device attaches. If that doesn't work, I can then try covering the rest of the rim with the gasket material. I'm pretty sure the two probe cables will cut their own little grove in the gasket material and should not represent a problem.
In any event, I did a site search and found that several people were also wondering how using the Dragon Wing would affect any air leakage, and they indicated they'd "get back" with the information. But that didn't happen for one reason or another. I will post my results, be it a "win, loose, or draw."
Mike S.
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