|
Q-talk *ON TOPIC ONLY* QUALITY ON TOPIC discussion of Backyard BBQ, grilling, equipment and outdoor cookin' . ** Other cooking techniques are welcomed for when your cookin' in the kitchen. Post your hints, tips, tricks & techniques, success, failures, but stay on topic and watch for that hijacking. |
|
Thread Tools |
01-10-2005, 01:19 PM | #1 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 04-13-04
Location: Pacheco, CA (NCAL)
|
Beef Ribs vs. Pork Ribs (Baby Back or Spare)
Sorry if you guys have covered this before but I just wanted to bring it up.
I made Beef Ribs for the first time this weekend on my smoker. Did a 3-2-1 on them just because I thought they would be tender as a result. Thought I had some mesquite but only had hickory chunks so that was the source of the smoke. Man they were GREAT!! Now I don't know if that is because it has been awhile since I have had any (at least 1yr) or what but they were great. Thinking about doing another rack next weekend. What is the consensus here? Beef or Pork Ribs? |
|
01-10-2005, 01:23 PM | #2 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 08-13-03
Location: Long Beach, CA
|
It's probably pork but beef ribs are damn good. Albertsons had them for $0.79# over the weekend. In retrospect I shoulda done some of those for Big and Mrs Mista.
__________________
tk PitBitch |
|
01-10-2005, 01:41 PM | #3 |
Full Fledged Farker
Join Date: 04-13-04
Location: Pacheco, CA (NCAL)
|
Ralphs had a simlar sale this weekend. That is why I picked up a rack in the 1st place.
__________________
Big Al - [url]http://www.hogwildbarbeque.com/[/url] _____________________________________________________ Kamado #7, WSM, 3 Weber Kettles, Smokey Joe, Gasser & Foreman |
|
01-10-2005, 03:42 PM | #4 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 08-11-03
Location: Richmond, TX
|
pork.
made beef once, got sicker than a dog for 3 days. it was probably coincidental, but that was "aversion training" for me.
__________________
This Space Left Intentionally Blank |
|
01-10-2005, 06:45 PM | #5 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 05-24-04
Location: Long Beach, CA
|
Can't remember the last time I had a beef rib. Probably because whoever made them didn't do them right. Maybe I'll try some soon. Just to see what I can do with them.
__________________
Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Rec Tec RT-700 Bull Pitmaker Vault Remembering Scott |
|
01-10-2005, 07:36 PM | #6 |
is Blowin Smoke!
Join Date: 12-24-03
Location: Kennesaw, GA
|
Pork Ribs > Beef Ribs
Of course, people from Texas will always say that beef is better than pork, but they are really close to their cows.......REALLY close, if you know what I mean.....
__________________
"Whose chopper is this?" "It's Zed's." "Who's Zed?" "Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead." |
|
01-10-2005, 07:50 PM | #7 | |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 08-13-03
Location: Long Beach, CA
|
Quote:
__________________
tk PitBitch |
|
|
01-10-2005, 08:55 PM | #8 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
Join Date: 09-17-03
Location: Wichita, Kansas
|
My favorite beef rib is the short rib. They can have lots of meat on them is they are carved right.
__________________
Bigdog Senior member of the Brethren Weber Platinum Kettle, Weber OTS, Meco square grill, a PK, ECB, UDS, Large BGE, a camping grill, a Blackstone flattop, a Camp Chef grill,The MOAB, and a YS640. MOINK. Pitman for Andy Groneman at the All Things BBQ cooking classes. Smoke on Brother KC Father of the Fatty (the name) 4/20/04 on the BBQ Brethren with inspiration from Brother parrothead. |
|
01-10-2005, 09:07 PM | #9 |
Knows what a fatty is.
Join Date: 12-31-04
Location: Redmon IL
|
i like beef better myself but cook pork more often becase nobody around here sells them. dont like baby back because they are just to damn expensive.
|
|
01-10-2005, 09:07 PM | #10 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 08-13-03
Location: Long Beach, CA
|
Forgot to mention - you could par boil them too (running for cover)
__________________
tk PitBitch |
|
01-10-2005, 09:09 PM | #11 |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 12-26-04
Location: Selma, TX(You better slow down when you hit town)
|
This is one Texan that prefers pork ribs. Just too much fat/stringy beef on finger ribs. Short ribs, etc, are dang near impossible to find.
__________________
Wannabe BBQ Illuminati |
|
01-10-2005, 11:07 PM | #12 | |
Babbling Farker
Join Date: 08-11-03
Location: Richmond, TX
|
Quote:
Of course, for 22 years I grew up on pork and mutton...... Beef ribs really aren't for bbq'n in my book.
__________________
This Space Left Intentionally Blank |
|
|
01-11-2005, 12:11 AM | #13 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 08-26-03
Location: Fall River, Kansas
|
Beef or pork doesn't matter. When it comes to meals you simply fix what turns you on at the moment. Today I might want pork, but next week maybe I will want beef. Eating the same thing all the time makes Wayne a dull boy. Sometimes I might even want chicken or even fish. In fact home smoked salmon really sounds good right now. So I guess today I would prefer fish ribs with a nice dill rub.
__________________
Wichita Wayne Long in the tooth, Long in the tooth, I'm lookin' 'round the corner, An' I'm long in the tooth... |
|
01-11-2005, 03:16 AM | #14 |
Quintessential Chatty Farker
Join Date: 06-04-04
Location: St. Joseph, MI
|
It's all good! Key to tastey tender beef ribs is real low and slow. When smoking beef ribs I get my best results when I'm able to keep pit temps in the 180*-200* range.
__________________
"You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you just might find you get what you need" Mange Bene Viva Bene! Old Country Over/Under, Weber: 18.5" WSM, 22.5" WSM, Weber Performer(Col. Steve Austin Mod), Two 22.5" Kettles, & a Smokey Joe; Old Country 36" griddle, Luhr-Jensen Big Chief, Turkey Fryer, Rocky Mountain Camp Stove and a UDS. |
|
01-11-2005, 08:20 AM | #15 |
Lives in Spirit
Join Date: 02-17-04
Location: Wherever there's Sweet Blue
|
The results of my one attempt at beef ribs, they suck. That could just be the ribs I got though, so I will try them one more time. Unless the next ones are much better than the first, Baby Backs Rule!!!
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Baby Back vs.Spare Ribs | Chefy | Q-talk | 72 | 04-19-2019 04:16 PM |
Baby Back or Spare Ribs? | gbh52 | Q-talk | 38 | 06-18-2010 09:03 PM |
ABT's, MOINK Balls, Spare Ribs, & Beef Ribs | Papa Payne | Q-talk | 14 | 10-27-2009 06:43 PM |
Baby back ribs, Beef tube steaks, Taters -pron | BigAl | Q-talk | 6 | 04-27-2009 04:01 PM |
Baby Back Ribs or Spare Ribs? | NCGrimbo | Competition BBQ | 9 | 11-23-2005 11:38 PM |
Thread Tools | |
|
|