Hi guys,
So I had another crack at ribs at the weekend. Bought 2.5KG of spare ribs for £20 at the local butches, they were very thick, so I prepared for a 6 hour cook on my 57cm Weber Kettle.
I was using heat beads and big k lumpwood to start it off, had a few issues with heat control but generally managed to keep it between 225 and 275. I've stopped trusting my lid thermo and I'm a using a cheap IKEA one to keep an eye on the grill temp.
After about 3 hours I hit a stall, the ribs were pretty thick so I could use my Thermopop to get the temps. I eventually wrapped them for the last hour. I read that ribs need to be 180f for at least 30 minutes to soften...so I took them to 190f and pulled them off.
They were nice, less tough than my previous attempt but not really "fall off the bone" ribs. I've never really had amazing ribs so I'm not 100% sure how soft the meat should be? Should the meat just fall off the bone?
Below is a shot of the finished product, they looked good...not much of a smoke ring, ran out of cherry wood
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Any thoughts are most welcome, thanks!