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pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 01:10 PM
I never cooked ribs in my UDS yet.
One advantage I already see to cooking ribs on a UDS is clear. I started the ribs and then went into town for 2 hours. SWEET.
I'm usually tending a side box smoker for 6 hours when cooking ribs.

I had to go to town to get the fixins for "Roxy's Rib Glaze"
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
1/4 cup apple juice
1/8 cup cider vinegar
1/8 cup bourbon

Combine ingredients and wisk together well. Paint on ribs every 10 to 15 minutes during the last hour of cooking for a nice shiny glaze.

RO lump, Apple wood, Oakridge competition rub and a sprinkle of HDD. I dribbled some worchester on it after rubbing it.

I am trying to duplicate the results of my mega rib cookout last summer (http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118179). this is the first time I made ribs since then.

This was the price of 3 racks. I froze one of the racks and I'm cooking the other 2.
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I went outside to see what kind of damage the hail storm did. I found that it shredded both covers on my drums and some monster stone dropped and bashed in the top of the lid. I'm glad that that ice boulder didn't hit the car's sun roof!!
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I fired up some RO red bag lump with some apple wood, got it up to temp, added food (and my pizza pan diffuser), slammed it shut and went to town.
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After 2 hours, I foiled. They are baby backs, so I'm thinking of going with a 2-2-1 method.
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More soon. We are 3.5 hours into the cook and I believe everything is going good. I'm going into the kitchen to "sample" the bourbon to be sure it's good enough for the Roxy's glaze.

Big Bears BBQ
03-03-2012, 01:14 PM
Looks like their doing good .....

bigabyte
03-03-2012, 01:19 PM
Looking good! Two hours in foil might be a bit much, but give it a whirl and adjust to your tastes!:thumb:

pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 01:25 PM
:)
my wife is showing cravings already. she's 3.5 weeks pregnant.
this morning she wanted eggs for breakfast even though it's the only thing we don't have around here. We went to town and she didn't want to get out of the car, So we ate micky dees "big brakfasts" in the car. now she has a large bucket of peanuts I bought for the ice cream and she's picking thru them and selecting which peanuts to eat. I asked her what the difference was between one nut and the other and she said they were all the same. but, she's still picking thru them. this could be an interesting 9 months

bbqwilly
03-03-2012, 01:34 PM
That looks awesome. Cant wait to see the finished product.

pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 01:57 PM
Thx all

4.5 hours into cook.
My cider vinager was bad so I gave it a shot of white vinager and added more bourbon. I think it will be OK. the taste test of the glaze was goood.

unfoiled and glazed
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Q-Dat
03-03-2012, 02:01 PM
Lookin good! Would you mind sharing where you got that cover for your drum? It looks like a regular kettle cover, but longer.

pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 02:08 PM
Home depot.
I have a new one in the pickup. I will dig it out and get some info from it.

daninnewjersey
03-03-2012, 02:23 PM
Looking good. More bourbon=better.....

bigabyte
03-03-2012, 02:28 PM
With all that bourbon...I'm thinking these are contenders for the "Cooked With Booze" Throwdown!:thumb:

pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 02:36 PM
:)

5 hours and 4 layers of glaze!
I spiked the temp to finish things up
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bigabyte
03-03-2012, 02:37 PM
I've got my plate and my bib at the ready!

JMSetzler
03-03-2012, 02:41 PM
Jeez... I guess I need to work on my ribs. I have made them. They taste great. They just don't LOOK that good... nice work!

Durzil
03-03-2012, 02:52 PM
Nice looking ribs. How was the texture with that much foil time? I love BB ribs off the UDS!

pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 02:58 PM
Nice looking ribs. How was the texture with that much foil time? I love BB ribs off the UDS!
the wife wants "fall off the bone ribs". the wife gets "fall off the bone ribs" :-D

pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 02:59 PM
I took out the diffuser and placed ribs face down on a lower level after the 5th glazing. We should be eating soon.

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pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 03:01 PM
Jeez... I guess I need to work on my ribs. I have made them. They taste great. They just don't LOOK that good... nice work!
I'm following the steps of giants. "oakridge competition" and the Roxy's glaze described above.

bigabyte
03-03-2012, 03:09 PM
These are looking absolutely amazing. I hope these make it to the Throwdowns!:cool:

pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 03:38 PM
I liked the extra sear in the end. I've never done that before. We are stuffed. The wife made some mozzaralla covered asparigus for the side. It was awesome and the wife keeps saying she loves me as she's munching. Life is good around the pit!!

now for the PRON!!:
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pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 03:40 PM
Here is my UDS cover. Home Depot carries it:
http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q607/pinkelephant64/SANY2807-1.jpg

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bigabyte
03-03-2012, 03:41 PM
Stellar!:clap:

PaPaGrizz
03-03-2012, 04:34 PM
Wow!! BBR next on the menu for my UDS!!

I went outside to see what kind of damage the hail storm did. I found that it shredded both covers on my drums and some monster stone dropped and bashed in the top of the lid. I'm glad that that ice boulder didn't hit the car's sun roof!

Same storm that hit Branson Mo. Wednesday night (appox 30 mi. North of me) ?

Thanks for the idea of putting mozzarella cheese on the Asparagus, love both of those and never thought about putting the 2 together.:clap:

pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 04:46 PM
THX all.
yup, Thursday around 7am in central IL. I have some pics on her Droid but haven't gotten them off yet.. they were from marble sized to larger than a golf ball and a few biguns mixed in. the BBQ (garden) shed has a few dents in the roof and the drums got banged but that's about it. I was truckin in IN when it all happened. my Filipina wife never saw a hail storm before and she called me screaming because she bought a car 2 weeks ago and she was sure it was going to get trashed. she was begging me to call a neighbor to come help. I assured her that NOBODY was stepping outside for ANYBODY and to ride it out.

Q-Dat
03-03-2012, 05:46 PM
Here is my UDS cover. Home Depot carries it:
http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q607/pinkelephant64/SANY2807-1.jpg

http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q607/pinkelephant64/SANY2808-1.jpg

Thanks! I'm gonna have to pick one up! According to the measurements, it shouldn't cover it all the way down, but obviously it does! Just what I've been wanting and right under my nose the whole time!

BigBobBQ
03-03-2012, 06:26 PM
those ribs do look pretty awesome right there.

bbqwilly
03-03-2012, 06:35 PM
Great work man. :clap2:

pinkelephant
03-03-2012, 07:13 PM
Thanks! I'm gonna have to pick one up! According to the measurements, it shouldn't cover it all the way down, but obviously it does! Just what I've been wanting and right under my nose the whole time!
it barely covers the intakes and stops a 1/2" from the bottom of the drum

JS-TX
03-03-2012, 07:21 PM
Great looking ribs, thanks for posting!

BluegrassSmoke
03-03-2012, 07:26 PM
In a word Sa-Weet!
I just picked up two drums to build me a UDS....can't waite to finish it and cook some ribs......these look AWSOME!

Saving this thread!

BillywannaQ
03-03-2012, 08:11 PM
Nice shine!

gtr
03-03-2012, 10:21 PM
Fantastic looking ribs right there - great thread! :clap2: Glad to hear y'all are safe. Congrats on the bun in the oven - that's the good stuff right there!

N8man
03-03-2012, 10:49 PM
Man!!! I so want some ribs now....

pinkelephant
03-05-2012, 09:07 AM
I love the grill marks :-D
I'm going to sear my ribs from now on

LoneStarMojo
03-05-2012, 11:58 AM
I have 3 tri tips to work with today and I am really looking forward to it, BUT after seeing your thread ribs are def the next thing on my list! Those are some of the most awesomely prepared ribs I've seen posted on here as of late. Also, with the baby on the way it seems your cookin nite and day :wink: Congrats!