Rib rack or no

Erikbarnes25 · May 16, 2018

Need advice! Going to be doing baby back ribs very soon! Do you use a rib rack or straight on the grates? Thank you all in advance!

Stlsportster · May 16, 2018

I always go straight on the grates...unless i need more room...then use the rib rack.

kevinstaggs · May 16, 2018

Rack only when necessary. Mine bunches the racks up too tightly in my mind.

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Pig_Farmer · May 16, 2018

^^this

Demosthenes · May 16, 2018

If space was an issue....rib rack. Otherwise, flat on the grate. Actually, when having to use the rib rack....they're a pain to clean afterwards
. :tsk:

Erikbarnes25 · May 16, 2018

Appreciate the advice! No rib racks will.be used in the cooking of 3 racks of babybacks

70monte · May 16, 2018

What those other guys said.

Sodaking27 · May 16, 2018

+1 What they said above.

OklaDustDevil · May 16, 2018

I don't even own a rib rack, never cook more than 3 racks at a time.

JD08 · May 16, 2018

I use bamboo skewers to hold them upright. It only takes two, you just push them through and space them the way you want. When they're ready, there's no rack to clean and store.

Bear's BBQ · May 16, 2018

I don't have a rib rack. I have to admit, after all these years, I have never inquired, read anything about and have any info on rib racks. I have always gone straight on shelves. I am curious to see answers. Do folks have any experiences with the fat rendering and the ribs losing a significant amount of rub?

dadsr4 · May 16, 2018

I just saw mine in the basement today. The spiders seem to like it.
If you are cooking on a kettle.

For ribs, if you need room for more, pick up a spare cooking grate. Flip it upside down and rotate it so the handles on the new rack are at 90 deg from handles of the old rack, so the new rack is supported in four places. It will fit under the lid.

Nuco59 · May 16, 2018

I've got one I hacked for a mini wsm- had to... sucker cooks good- but grate space is super tight.

If I'm cooking on one of my others: flat on the grate- always. (but I'm not like some of these fellas doing 8+ racks at a time)

Whitewookie · May 16, 2018

Same as most of these boys. Straight on the grate unless room becomes an issue.
I cook on a kettle, indirect. Two racks of spares go straight on. Three or four get the grate.
I don’t notice much, if any difference in quality or cook time. The main reason I don’t use the rack unless needed is the cleanup PITA.

VR,
Harold

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LMAJ · May 16, 2018

Like the others have said- on the rack unless I need extra space, then they get the rack.

R.C. Dubs · May 16, 2018

great thread. i was just about to buy a rib rack, and now see for my purposes i dont need one. thanks guys

Czarbecue · May 16, 2018

I’m not a comp cooker but I do like a drumstick rack. Keeps the important things like skin away from the grate. Just don’t get any folding kind. They suck.

aerotech11 · May 17, 2018

No rack here either. Just straight on the grate. I don’t own a rib rack and have never used one. Never really needed it.

Corky · May 17, 2018

kevinstaggs said:
Rack only when necessary. Mine bunches the racks up too tightly in my mind.

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Same here.

Erikbarnes25 · May 19, 2018

Czarbecue said:
I’m not a comp cooker but I do like a drumstick rack. Keeps the important things like skin away from the grate. Just don’t get any folding kind. They suck.

Yeah the drumstick rack is in my.list as my kids looooove drumsticks and i inly eat them with crisp skin.

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