Peoples Choice Ribs?

Granny's Gang Barbeque · 06-03-2013, 10:10 AM

Howdy Folks,
I've got an upcoming competition that is going to feature a "Peoples Choice Ribs" category. I've done Peoples Choice Wings before, not a problem. I've done Peoples Choice Pulled Pork, once again not a problem. Peoples Choice Ribs... Problem!
Cooking ribs for a BBQ Judge, we do that all the time. We know the tenderness criteria.
However cooking Ribs for the General Public, I don't know. Thanks to places like Chile's and TG Fridays, most people expect ribs that "Fall off the bone." (I feel dirty just typing it.) So my question is this: Knowing that the ribs are going to the "General Public" and NOT a BBQ Judge. Would you recommend slightly overcooking the ribs to give people the "Fall off the bone" that they will be expecting?

Thanks for you feedback,
Granny's Gang Barbequ

MikeJ65 · 06-03-2013, 10:20 AM

Hawg Father of Seoul · 06-03-2013, 10:28 AM

Yes, or lose to teams that do.

Goddahavit · 06-03-2013, 10:32 AM

umm who are you cooking for?

cook for your judges whomever they may be.

Public and me overcook them...

Harmony BBQ · 06-03-2013, 10:34 AM

I agree, we over cook them. Put alot of sauce on them too. People's choice = sauce contest.

Sawdustguy · 06-03-2013, 10:58 AM

You would be foolish not to overcook them.

Lake Dogs · 06-03-2013, 12:12 PM

+1 said above. Sanctioned cooks; cook to the sanctioning bodies' standard. FYI: across them, there are many differing standards; KCBS is certainly one of them...

I'd have it perfectly tender and right to the point of falling off the bone, but not. That's very similar to MBN's "pull cleanly from the bone with only slight resistance" definition, by the way...

boogiesnap · 06-03-2013, 01:01 PM

overcook them. but not to the point where they can't be sliced. don't ask me how i know.....

CBQ · 06-03-2013, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Granny's Gang Barbeque

Would you recommend slightly overcooking the ribs to give people the "Fall off the bone" that they will be expecting?

No.

Overcook them A LOT, not just slightly. You should be able to pull the meat from the bone with no resistance using 2 fingers. If you can pick up the rib bone and pull it out without the meat moving, that's probably still OK.

We did that one year in Troy and over 50% of the people that tried them voted for us. (Of course we didn't realize it's also a volume game. We just cooked the provided case, and got buried by people cooking 8 cases - something else to keep in mind. You can also buy tickets and vote for yourself, or pool the ribs from 5-6 teams together to get the volume up. All of these tricks are why we don't do people's choice much anymore.)

Pole D · 06-03-2013, 09:27 PM

You got your answer. I got nothing else to add.

Smokin J's · 06-03-2013, 10:25 PM

Pull apart, fall off the bone, saucy and sweet!

Skip · 06-03-2013, 10:42 PM

Don't compete in Peoples Choice to win. You will be disappointed. Do it for whatever fundraiser they are doing it for. If you get something its a bonus.

I'd like to add that a well cooked rib taken just too far will yield the same tenderness as a fall off the bone rib and offer a better eat. Don't purposefully try to crush them or you will

Oh and don't bother with the foil you will never want to do it again.

BBQchef33 · 06-04-2013, 01:06 AM

You have to overcook them...dont bother with foiling each one.. just place as many racks in a foil pan that will fit, add some apple juice, foil the pan real tight and back to the cooker until they are falling off the bone.

.. when you slice them, put them back in a pan sliced and pour the sauce over the sauced ribs.. and cover them till your ready to serve.

BevBrother1 · 06-04-2013, 10:11 PM

Dr. Pepper!!

In all seriousness, overcooking is a must. In addition, stick to flavor profiles that the general public can get ahold of. Common sauces and rubs that you can get in your local supermarket may score better than obscure ingredients ordered from a specialty BBQ site on the Internet.

Butt Rubb'n BBQ · 06-04-2013, 10:23 PM

Yes and by the way fall off the bone is not over cooked.

06-03-2013, 10:10 AM	#1
Granny's Gang Barbeque Got Wood. Join Date: 09-13-12 Location: Attleboro, MA	Peoples Choice Ribs? Howdy Folks, I've got an upcoming competition that is going to feature a "Peoples Choice Ribs" category. I've done Peoples Choice Wings before, not a problem. I've done Peoples Choice Pulled Pork, once again not a problem. Peoples Choice Ribs... Problem! Cooking ribs for a BBQ Judge, we do that all the time. We know the tenderness criteria. However cooking Ribs for the General Public, I don't know. Thanks to places like Chile's and TG Fridays, most people expect ribs that "Fall off the bone." (I feel dirty just typing it.) So my question is this: Knowing that the ribs are going to the "General Public" and NOT a BBQ Judge. Would you recommend slightly overcooking the ribs to give people the "Fall off the bone" that they will be expecting? Thanks for you feedback, Granny's Gang Barbequ

06-03-2013, 10:20 AM	#2
MikeJ65 is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 09-03-12 Location: GRETNA	Yes. __________________ Mike Chief Cook - When Pigs Die CBJ - KCBS

06-03-2013, 10:32 AM	#4
Goddahavit is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 08-18-08 Location: PA, Fleetwood	umm who are you cooking for? cook for your judges whomever they may be. Public and me overcook them... __________________ Fire & Spice Catering & Competition Team [EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL] Stumps Platinum 5 on a porch trailer Backyard Jambo Stump's Stretch Bubba Keg Weber WSM Old weber gasser

06-03-2013, 10:58 AM	#6
Sawdustguy Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-14-05 Location: Vernon, Connecticut	You would be foolish not to overcook them. __________________ Guy (Pitmaster) BBQ Team: Lawn Guyland Smokers Stupidity for Dummies …because sometimes, you just can’t dumb it down enough…

06-03-2013, 12:12 PM	#7
Lake Dogs Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-14-09 Location: Lake Sinclair, GA Name/Nickname : Hance	+1 said above. Sanctioned cooks; cook to the sanctioning bodies' standard. FYI: across them, there are many differing standards; KCBS is certainly one of them... I'd have it perfectly tender and right to the point of falling off the bone, but not. That's very similar to MBN's "pull cleanly from the bone with only slight resistance" definition, by the way... __________________ Hance - MiM/MBN/GBA CBJ and comp cook Lake Sinclair, GA (strategically about an hour from darn near anywhere) My competition daze are probably behind me now; I pretty much cook for family, friends, and frankly the peace and solitude I get from smokin' on an offset... Was Lang 84DX, now Bubba Grills 250R and many Weber grills

06-03-2013, 10:28 AM	#3
Hawg Father of Seoul is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 09-14-10 Location: Rogers, AR	Yes, or lose to teams that do.

06-03-2013, 10:34 AM	#5
Harmony BBQ Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 12-01-09 Location: Lodi WI Name/Nickname : Mike	I agree, we over cook them. Put alot of sauce on them too. People's choice = sauce contest.

06-03-2013, 01:01 PM	#8
boogiesnap Babbling Farker Join Date: 04-22-10 Location: NEW ENGLAND	overcook them. but not to the point where they can't be sliced. don't ask me how i know..... __________________ [SIZE="3"][B][COLOR="Blue"][I][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"][/FONT]"YAWN"[/I][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]-[COLOR="Red"][SIZE="2"]In memory of a friend.[/SIZE][/COLOR] avatar by grillman. patent pending. :mad2::becky:

06-03-2013, 09:27 PM	#10
Pole D is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 09-06-09 Location: Cary, NC	You got your answer. I got nothing else to add.

06-03-2013, 10:25 PM	#11
Smokin J's Got Wood. Join Date: 05-21-13 Location: Seattle Wa Name/Nickname : Jeff	Pull apart, fall off the bone, saucy and sweet! __________________ WSM 22.5, Weber Kettle, Nexgrill, low and slow is a way of life, One Rib Smokin Son Of A Gun!

06-03-2013, 10:42 PM	#12
Skip is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 07-24-07 Location: Wantagh, NY	Don't compete in Peoples Choice to win. You will be disappointed. Do it for whatever fundraiser they are doing it for. If you get something its a bonus. I'd like to add that a well cooked rib taken just too far will yield the same tenderness as a fall off the bone rib and offer a better eat. Don't purposefully try to crush them or you will Oh and don't bother with the foil you will never want to do it again. __________________ Yeah it looks good...but how does it smell? "you're eating tree RAT, tree RAT, you're eating RAT!" -- landarc

06-04-2013, 01:06 AM	#13
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Name/Nickname : Phil	You have to overcook them...dont bother with foiling each one.. just place as many racks in a foil pan that will fit, add some apple juice, foil the pan real tight and back to the cooker until they are falling off the bone. .. when you slice them, put them back in a pan sliced and pour the sauce over the sauced ribs.. and cover them till your ready to serve. __________________ 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

06-04-2013, 10:11 PM	#14
BevBrother1 Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 06-09-10 Location: South Kingstown, RI	Dr. Pepper!! In all seriousness, overcooking is a must. In addition, stick to flavor profiles that the general public can get ahold of. Common sauces and rubs that you can get in your local supermarket may score better than obscure ingredients ordered from a specialty BBQ site on the Internet.

06-04-2013, 10:23 PM	#15
Butt Rubb'n BBQ Take a breath! Join Date: 05-07-12 Location: Woodstock ga	Yes and by the way fall off the bone is not over cooked.