what knife do you use to cut ribs

bbq lover · 09-25-2008, 11:22 PM

hello all im looking for your input what knife do you use to cut ribs ?thanks

Plowboy · 09-25-2008, 11:37 PM

Same knife I use to slice brisket and pork... 14" slicer with gratan edge.

bbq lover · 09-25-2008, 11:49 PM

thanks todd

kcpellethead · 09-26-2008, 07:11 AM

I want to be able to feel how tender my ribs actually are as I'm slicing them. So, I use a 6" curve boning knife - rigid, not flexible. Sometimes you try a rib off the end and it's the perfect tenderness, or even a little over done, but as you cut the ribs you discover that the middle of the slab is a little tight. It's easy to tell my the resistance you feel as you cut. This has saved me turning in tough ribs many times.

Rod

Sledneck · 09-26-2008, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcpellethead

I want to be able to feel how tender my ribs actually are as I'm slicing them. So, I use a 6" curve boning knife - rigid, not flexible. Sometimes you try a rib off the end and it's the perfect tenderness, or even a little over done, but as you cut the ribs you discover that the middle of the slab is a little tight. It's easy to tell my the resistance you feel as you cut. This has saved me turning in tough ribs many times.

Rod

Thank Rod, that is the same knife that I use but now I have an explanation for it!

Jacked UP BBQ · 09-26-2008, 08:02 AM

I use whatevers clean!!!

Jeff_in_KC · 09-26-2008, 10:54 AM

Same as Rod... boning knife.

VA BBQ PIRATES · 09-26-2008, 11:51 AM

Boning knife here too.

Indy Hogger · 09-26-2008, 12:01 PM

I also use a boning knife, does a fine job.

Big George's BBQ · 09-26-2008, 01:04 PM

Lately have been using a chefs knife or which one is sharp. I need a set of good knives. That is what I am asking from Santa. Will have to make sure I am extra good

Fatback Joe · 09-26-2008, 01:20 PM

I use an electric for my ribs at the comps.

Bigmista · 09-26-2008, 02:12 PM

I've been using a smaller knife lately. Easier for me to work on the slight curve in spares without looking ragged.

bbq lover · 09-26-2008, 02:20 PM

thanks for all your input I was at a cookout and we had sharp knifes but the guy next to use his knife cut the ribs like butter so I thought I would ask the masses

Bentley · 09-26-2008, 02:51 PM

I like to use dental floss.. OK!

After that last turn in box at Clovis I will need to think hard about it for 2009, we are done for 2008. Started out using the 14 inch Forschner Granton, then went to the 10 inch Chefs knife. I have a friend in the CBBQA that competes and swears buy the 7 inch boning knife, may have to give that a try.

Did not read any posted before this, will be intrested in the responses.

Mod: Will definitly have to try the boning knife this weekend on the spares!

txschutte · 09-26-2008, 04:08 PM

I use a cleaver in a rocking motion on the backside of my spares. Perfect everytime.

09-25-2008, 11:22 PM	#1
bbq lover is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 09-05-08 Location: tracy ca.	what knife do you use to cut ribs hello all im looking for your input what knife do you use to cut ribs ?thanks Last edited by bbq lover; 09-25-2008 at 11:23 PM.. Reason: spelled lookinh with 2 l

09-25-2008, 11:37 PM	#2
Plowboy somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-09-06 Location: Blue Springs, MO	Same knife I use to slice brisket and pork... 14" slicer with gratan edge. __________________ Pork Pullin Plowboys (and Smoke on Wheels) Save a hog, ride a plowboy! www.plowboysbbq.com Todd Johns (me); Blue Springs, MO Randy Hinck (PigBoy); Concordia, MO Andy Groneman (Hodedo); KC, KS (Cameo Appearances) FEC-500SS; FEC-100 (Right handed); FEC-100 (Left handed); Country Smoker Tailgater; Big Green Egg (2-large, small, mini); Cookshack Pellet Fired Charbroiler

09-26-2008, 07:11 AM	#4
kcpellethead Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 07-25-05 Location: Kansas City	I want to be able to feel how tender my ribs actually are as I'm slicing them. So, I use a 6" curve boning knife - rigid, not flexible. Sometimes you try a rib off the end and it's the perfect tenderness, or even a little over done, but as you cut the ribs you discover that the middle of the slab is a little tight. It's easy to tell my the resistance you feel as you cut. This has saved me turning in tough ribs many times. Rod __________________ Rod If I do everything half ass, how can I be a "full fledged" anything?

09-26-2008, 10:54 AM	#7
Jeff_in_KC somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-04-05 Location: Pleasant Hill, MO	Same as Rod... boning knife. __________________ KCBS Member #14287

09-26-2008, 12:01 PM	#9
Indy Hogger Found some matches. Join Date: 09-18-08 Location: Indpls, In	I also use a boning knife, does a fine job. __________________ Genesis 27:4-8

09-25-2008, 11:49 PM	#3
bbq lover is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 09-05-08 Location: tracy ca.	thanks todd

09-26-2008, 08:02 AM	#6
Jacked UP BBQ Babbling Farker Join Date: 06-09-08 Location: Forker River, NJ	I use whatevers clean!!!

09-26-2008, 11:51 AM	#8
VA BBQ PIRATES On the road to being a farker Join Date: 05-08-07 Location: Springfied, VA	Boning knife here too.

09-26-2008, 01:04 PM	#10
Big George's BBQ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 02-07-08 Location: Framingham, MA Name/Nickname : George	Lately have been using a chefs knife or which one is sharp. I need a set of good knives. That is what I am asking from Santa. Will have to make sure I am extra good

09-26-2008, 01:20 PM	#11
Fatback Joe Babbling Farker Join Date: 01-07-08 Location: Memphis, TN	I use an electric for my ribs at the comps. __________________ FBJ WSM Medium Spicewine Stumps GF223 Humphrey's GF Tank II 24 x 60 Shirley Fabrication

09-26-2008, 02:12 PM	#12
Bigmista somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 05-24-04 Location: Long Beach, CA	I've been using a smaller knife lately. Easier for me to work on the slight curve in spares without looking ragged. __________________ Wait! Bigmista wrote a cookbook? Rec Tec RT-700 Bull Pitmaker Vault Remembering Scott

09-26-2008, 02:20 PM	#13
bbq lover is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 09-05-08 Location: tracy ca.	thanks for all your input I was at a cookout and we had sharp knifes but the guy next to use his knife cut the ribs like butter so I thought I would ask the masses

09-26-2008, 02:51 PM	#14
Bentley Babbling Farker Join Date: 03-14-07 Location: Culpeper, Virginia	I like to use dental floss.. OK! After that last turn in box at Clovis I will need to think hard about it for 2009, we are done for 2008. Started out using the 14 inch Forschner Granton, then went to the 10 inch Chefs knife. I have a friend in the CBBQA that competes and swears buy the 7 inch boning knife, may have to give that a try. Did not read any posted before this, will be intrested in the responses. Mod: Will definitly have to try the boning knife this weekend on the spares! __________________ Certified Master Judge #5382 What is best in life? "To crush your BBQ opponents, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."

09-26-2008, 04:08 PM	#15
txschutte Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-02-07 Location: Cozad, Nebraska	I use a cleaver in a rocking motion on the backside of my spares. Perfect everytime. __________________ "Bring it on, you bananna thong wearing killer of brisket!"-Chambers If you really care about this place, you'll show some respect for it. Your beard is so stupid, it took two hours to watch 60 Minutes.

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