GBA ribs

Butt Rubb'n BBQ · 05-31-2012, 03:37 PM

Does anyone know what style ribs most of the teams are cooking?

cdkeach · 05-31-2012, 04:32 PM

With GBA you'll see a pretty good mix of spares and loin backs. You can win with either. A lot of the judges are also MIM/MBN so there may be a little lean toward the loin backs from that perspective.

olewarthog · 06-01-2012, 08:26 AM

The majority cook spares. Most of the teams who do loin or baby backs, are consistently in the top 10 however.

Lake Dogs · 06-01-2012, 01:47 PM

^^^ +1 what they said. GBA defines the perfect tenderness of the rib like MBN/MIM does. Tendencies being what they are, it fits better consistently with a loin/baby back rib. The winning ribs that I've seen are pretty much the exact ribs in GBA that we'd see in MBN.

If I were cooking them (and I probably will this year in Tennille to finally get my GBA Master CBJ), I'd cook baby backs. Put them in the box 2 bones per slice. They should "pull cleanly from the bone with only a slight resistance". Think of how a judge must pull it from the bone. 1 bone per slice doesn't facilitate this well. 2 bones per slice is highly recommended.

05-31-2012, 03:37 PM	#1
Butt Rubb'n BBQ Take a breath! Join Date: 05-07-12 Location: Woodstock ga	GBA ribs Does anyone know what style ribs most of the teams are cooking?

06-01-2012, 08:26 AM	#3
olewarthog Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 01-07-10 Location: Hazlehurst, GA	The majority cook spares. Most of the teams who do loin or baby backs, are consistently in the top 10 however. __________________ Jim Sewell --

06-01-2012, 01:47 PM	#4
Lake Dogs Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-14-09 Location: Lake Sinclair, GA Name/Nickname : Hance	^^^ +1 what they said. GBA defines the perfect tenderness of the rib like MBN/MIM does. Tendencies being what they are, it fits better consistently with a loin/baby back rib. The winning ribs that I've seen are pretty much the exact ribs in GBA that we'd see in MBN. If I were cooking them (and I probably will this year in Tennille to finally get my GBA Master CBJ), I'd cook baby backs. Put them in the box 2 bones per slice. They should "pull cleanly from the bone with only a slight resistance". Think of how a judge must pull it from the bone. 1 bone per slice doesn't facilitate this well. 2 bones per slice is highly recommended. __________________ 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

05-31-2012, 04:32 PM	#2
cdkeach Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 09-01-10 Location: Acworth, GA	With GBA you'll see a pretty good mix of spares and loin backs. You can win with either. A lot of the judges are also MIM/MBN so there may be a little lean toward the loin backs from that perspective.