I had to try this after reading about them here and listening to the podcast. Cut up a rack of baby backs. I had some Memphis Dust in the cupboard, so that is what I used. Overnight in the ziplock, tumbled around once in awhile. Fired up the MAK with CookinPellets Perfect Mix pellets. The MAK is great at holding temps which fits the timed cook requiremetn pretty well.
The sauce I used comes from a market in Cardiff By The Sea down near San Diego. Their signature meat is a trip-tip marinated in a vacuum tumbler for many hours. It is called "Cardiff Crack" because once you start eating it, there's no stopping! I have made it at home, but on our gasser, not smoked. Indirect to get to almost desired temp, then high heat to sear. OMG! But I digress - they also make their own sauce, which is excellent. Sweet with a tang to it similar to Famous Dave's Zesty.
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he ribs come out very tender, good bark and a good bite. Definitely not a "fall-off-the-bone" cook. Here pics of the ribs getting ready to go on, after the 2.25 hours and a cut of one of the smaller ones. My only criticism of this cook is that I over-rubbed the ribs. Instead of a light dusting, which I think I would have preferred, these were pretty coated.
the order of the pictures came out backwards. The first is a pic of sliced open, finished rib. The second is the uncooked, rubbed ribs and the 3rd is from when I flipped the ribs to sauce the undersides.
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