Do you sauce both sides of your ribs?

Bigmista · 09-05-2007, 01:49 PM

I've heard that some people on rub the top side of their ribs. I was curious about sauce. Do you put the sauce on both sides of the ribs, just the top or turn in a dry rub rib?

jtfisher63 · 09-05-2007, 02:14 PM

We sauce the bottom side only once and the top twice. I don't like flipping them around much so we only sauce the bottoms when we are pulling them out of the foil.

Jason

Puppyboy · 09-05-2007, 02:30 PM

Rub & sauce the top only.

Bigmista · 09-05-2007, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Puppyboy

Rub & sauce the top only.

What's your reasoning for this?

Fredbird · 09-05-2007, 03:09 PM

I put the rub and the sauce on both sides.

BBQchef33 · 09-05-2007, 03:42 PM

I sauce and rub both sides.. pay a little less attention to the bottoms though. Jst quick dashs and brushes.

I think it all stems back to years ago, when watching emeril and he was seasoning both sides of something, he said,

"I hate one sided tasting food."

thats stuck and now I feel guilty when I ignore the bottoms. i even put rub on the fat caps of butts and briskets and I know some people ignore them too.

bbqjoe · 09-05-2007, 03:46 PM

Ribs were meant to be eaten with the sauce on the side.

paydabill · 09-05-2007, 03:50 PM

I never really thought about saucing the bottom side. However, I think I am goign to start.

Bigmista · 09-05-2007, 03:51 PM

My logic is that most people bite a rib with the curve going up. You have to get the judges attention on the first bite. So why have all of the flavor stuff on the top if the judges tongue is on the bottom?

Westexbbq · 09-05-2007, 03:55 PM

I'm a both on this one.
Rub and sauce.
Just not much on the bone side.
Sometimes no sauce at all.
Can I change my vote?

Bigmista · 09-05-2007, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbqjoe

Ribs were meant to be eaten with the sauce on the side.

If the sauce is on the side, how do you get sauce in the middle of the rib?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Westexbbq

I'm a both on this one.
Rub and sauce.
Just not much on the bone side.
Sometimes no sauce at all.
Can I change my vote?

Yes. As soon as you figure out what it is...

Roo-B-Q'N · 09-05-2007, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigmista

My logic is that most people bite a rib with the curve going up. You have to get the judges attention on the first bite. So why have all of the flavor stuff on the top if the judges tongue is on the bottom?

I think I am broken then, I have the curve down.

We slather, rub, then cook and then put a slight layer of sauce on the tops only (just like the brisket to give it a shiny finish)

Bigmista · 09-05-2007, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Roo-B-Q'N

I think I am broken then, I have the curve down.

We slather, rub, then cook and then put a slight layer of sauce on the tops only (just like the brisket to give it a shiny finish)

So when you eat your rib, it looks like a smile instead of a frown? Weird, man...

butts a fire · 09-05-2007, 04:16 PM

We sauce and rub both side like most that do it we use less of both on the underside.

bbqjoe · 09-05-2007, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigmista

If the sauce is on the side, how do you get sauce in the middle of the rib?

Don't make me come down there!

View Poll Results: Do you sauce both sides of your ribs?
Both sides	52	59.09%
Top Only	31	35.23%
Just a dry rub	5	5.68%
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09-05-2007, 01:49 PM	#1
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA	Do you sauce both sides of your ribs? I've heard that some people on rub the top side of their ribs. I was curious about sauce. Do you put the sauce on both sides of the ribs, just the top or turn in a dry rub rib? __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Rec Tec RT-700 Bull Pitmaker Vault Remembering Scott

09-05-2007, 02:14 PM	#2
jtfisher63 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 04-23-07 Location: Modesto, CA	We sauce the bottom side only once and the top twice. I don't like flipping them around much so we only sauce the bottoms when we are pulling them out of the foil. Jason __________________ -Jason The Smokepranos Competition BBQ Team Custom 24" x 72" trailered offset Large Big Green Egg Stumps clone WSM Char-something Gasser Modesto, CA

09-05-2007, 02:30 PM	#3
Puppyboy Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-07-06 Location: Osage City, Kansas	Rub & sauce the top only. __________________ www.facebook.com/BarkinDawgsBBQCatering

09-05-2007, 03:09 PM	#5
Fredbird is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 08-01-06 Location: Columbia, MO	I put the rub and the sauce on both sides. __________________ John Traeger 075 22-1/2" WSM 18" WSM Weber One-Touch Gold Aussie Gasser MOFO Chapter KCBS CBJ "BEER is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy". - Benjamin Franklin

09-05-2007, 03:42 PM	#6
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Name/Nickname : Phil	I sauce and rub both sides.. pay a little less attention to the bottoms though. Jst quick dashs and brushes. I think it all stems back to years ago, when watching emeril and he was seasoning both sides of something, he said, "I hate one sided tasting food." thats stuck and now I feel guilty when I ignore the bottoms. i even put rub on the fat caps of butts and briskets and I know some people ignore them too. __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Built Shirley built to feed our Veterans(A.K.A "Abrams"), 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 2 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 2 Pit Barrel Cookers, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a Blackstone 36 and 17, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

09-05-2007, 03:46 PM	#7
bbqjoe Banned Join Date: 01-16-06 Location: Wikieup Arizona	Ribs were meant to be eaten with the sauce on the side.

09-05-2007, 03:50 PM	#8
paydabill is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 05-21-07 Location: Moberly, Mo	I never really thought about saucing the bottom side. However, I think I am goign to start. __________________ Paydabill Lit & Loaded BBQ I remember a day when I hated pellets - 2 pellet cookers latter! CBJ - love judging KCBS - member for 4 years MOFO Chapter Super fast - BLUE Thermopen

09-05-2007, 03:51 PM	#9
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA	My logic is that most people bite a rib with the curve going up. You have to get the judges attention on the first bite. So why have all of the flavor stuff on the top if the judges tongue is on the bottom? __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Rec Tec RT-700 Bull Pitmaker Vault Remembering Scott

09-05-2007, 03:55 PM	#10
Westexbbq somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 09-02-05 Location: Rockin' Lake Ronfarkoma, Hinterlands of BBQ .	I'm a both on this one. Rub and sauce. Just not much on the bone side. Sometimes no sauce at all. Can I change my vote? __________________ Illuminated, circa 1967. KCBS CBJ-Texas Transplant. Texas Smokemaster offset, Well-cured NB Silver Smoker, Santa Fe grill (retired). glory bee gasser. Texas International Pop Festival, Labor Day 1969. IMBAS Certified. Just roll me up and smoke me when I die. Always remember, no matter where ya go, there you are. I wanna tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat. Someday, I hope to visit Penelope. Hondo Crouch, Famous Late Mayor of Lunkenbach, Texas who advocated a 'dillo diet: "You can eat nothing but armadillos for a month, but you will have to run down and catch all the armadillos you eat and it can really take the weight off!"

09-05-2007, 04:16 PM	#14
butts a fire is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 06-13-07 Location: Parkville, Mo	We sauce and rub both side like most that do it we use less of both on the underside. __________________ Chad B NB Bandera, Webber Kettle, Backwoods Party, Large BGE

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