Beef ribs - 1st long cook

[trebor127]

I Had my first long cook on my weber 57cm one touch yesterday. Used weber premium briquettes and oak for the smoke.

I lit the bbq at 9:30am and it ran between 220 and 250 degrees for 9 hours using only 3kg of charcoal (according to my maverick digital thermometer). I used 3 smallish pieces of oak as didnt want to over smoke and used the minion method. 1 full chimney of unlit and rest of small bag lit - just under half.

The temperature of the meat rose steadily for a few hours then stalled at 160f for about 3 hours - I hadn't planned on this. Once the temp hit 175 I wrapped the meat in foil for a further 2 hours and took it off at 190 and let it rest for a good 30 minutes. Whilst the meat was resting I made up a simple coleslaw of cabbage, onion, carrot, mayo, white vinegar, pepper and celery seeds. I then cut up a few spuds, covered then with olive oil and rosemary and out them in a cast iron pan and put on the bbq with the temp up about 400f for 35 minutes. The bbq sauce I made didn't really hit the spot so had to turn to bottled but overall a pleasant meal... Hadn't even heard of beef ribs till I went to the butcher the other day.

Most pictures I see are a lot smaller so what would mine b classed as? I bought them as 'beef ribs'...

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[slatts]

Hi

I always ask for "Jacobs ladder" when I want beef ribs, mine look like this,

Before cooking, covered in Frenches yellow mustard and seasoned salt



After cooking and sliced



Notice how the meat shrinks up the bone.
Not sure what cut you have there to be honest as the meat hasn't shrunk and every time ive done beef ribs the bone is always exposed.
Maybe you are getting "short ribs" but im not to sure.

At the end of the day, if they taste nice then its all good

All the best
Slatts

[slatts]

My latest ones, these are my favourite things to cook and eat, you probably noticed lol

[trebor127]

Looking good