First beef ribs cook on kettle

[DARTHSMOKER]

Been lurking for a bit, better post something.
So I thought I'd try beef ribs for the first time.
Picked some pre cut from my local mega meats, no full racks, oh well next time... got them home & trimmed a little bit, not much treats for the dogs.
Applied grapeseed oil, the rub was GMG beef rub, I added mustard powder & a little bit thyme. Gladwrapped & in the fridge ...watch some footy.
Up at 6am, raining & humid, just another day in qld.
Get ribs out & ready for some smokey goodness.
Made a spritz of 1 cup apple juice, & a sploosh of apple cider vinegar.




Minion method seemed the go, neatly stacked about 50-60 heatbeads, & then started them with roughly 10 leftover coconut beads from last cook. Stabilised about 115c.



Added a handful of mesquite chips, & placed a large apple chunk about halfway down the pile for smoke later on. Ribs on about 7.00am good spritz to start....family still snoring!
8am, quick spritz. 9am, more spritz & apple chunk is going ...om nom nom
Got red barbeque sauce ready:
Onion finely chopped & caramelised in pan with butter, garlic & little bit of ginger.
Add 4 tbls brown sugar, 1 cup tomato sauce, 1/2 cup Worcestershire, 2 heaped teaspoons of Cajun injector hickory shake, a little paprika, cracked pepper & a sploosh of apple cider vinegar. Simmer slowly.



11am, meat thermometer in, rocking at 75c internal, bbq at 120c. Threw some pork snags on the gas Q.




Basted ribs with red sauce, a few more mesquite chips. And then basted every 20min till 82c. Was pretty much 1pm then.




Missus made a great salad, a few rolls & a selection of mustards for the snags & reheated the red sauce.
Ribs were pretty darn nice, very tender, bone came off easily ...the sauce was a hit though, a fight at the end to mop it up with the bread!
A fair bit of fat however, trim more next time, & maybe push internal temp a bit more to render it more perhaps? All input is good, open to ideas there.
Got all my info off this forum ... This place is myriad of information! Thanks to all who contribute!
Apologies if the pics are average.
Oh look, the footy is on

Thanks Narmnaleg for the editing advice!

[Narmnaleg]

Great looking ribs Darth, they must have tasted fantastic!

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[Hogsy]

Oh yeah they look good!!!!
Sounds like bbq meal fit for a king....I need to do some beef ribs again soon

[beachbums]

Yumm Darth, just Yumm!

Cheers, Wayne

[DARTHSMOKER]

Cheers Narmnaleg, thanks for the info

[Grillnoob]

Just got hungry again ..........
Awesome work