1st times smoking Beef Back ribs (pics)

those don't look too bad. It's hard to explain to a butcher what Dino Bones are. It's like they can't grasp the concept of that much meat left on the rib. :drama:

Pappy said:

They were just OK. I won't buy them again. You're just buying bones. Not enough meat on them thar bones.

Next time I,ll get some short ribs.

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That's exactly the same thought I came to. You'd get one good bite of meat per bone, and realize that you were paying a lot for it..

Switched to shorts and never looked back.

I dunno... those don't really look like true "beef back ribs." Beef back ribs are supposed to be the ribs off the rib-eye roast (or rib roast...damn you labeling bastards!). Those look pretty darn big. Although, it does look like you have 7 ribs there so (ribs 5-12 is correct).... I dunno.

Usually I've had "great success!" (please say in your head as Borat) with beef back ribs, but I have only cooked them when I've removed the rack myself for making prime rib. Cook gets the spoils. They usually are quite tender and about four ribs will do ya.

Yes, like most beef back ribs available to the retail market, (ribs 6 through 12), they're very well trimmed. Beef back ribs have the majority of their meat in between the ribs, as opposed to on top of the ribs. Because there is generally more "value" in trimming the premium beef from between the beef back ribs versus leaving the meat on the back ribs, butchers trim them out.

These are most definitely beef back ribs. I do alot of these, but I've had to go to a local beef distributer to get beef back ribs that have not been all trimmed out. If you google a company out of Kansas City, for example, called "National Beef" (BTW - I'm not associated with them, I'm just a backyard cooker here in Houston), and search for a product called beef back ribs deluxe - those are what I'm buying (I purchase them by the 52 pound case). They have more meat between the ribs - hence the "deluxe" moniker. According to the distributer, this is the product he sells to local BBQ restaurants.

Anyway, I like the beef back ribs alot. They are freakin' delicious - I'm getting ready to put some on now.