Beef Ribs fail, Brisket success

[bignburlyman]

Smoked beef ribs for the 3rd time today, first time was a real fail: over-seasoned (salt) but decent tenderness, second time came out so-so, today complete fail. I must not have got them rendered well, really fatty and tenderness was hit and miss.

https://goo.gl/photos/zVP7faFegedEbmgv9

https://goo.gl/photos/3mjTicocaPjApHei6

I was much happier with the brisket results, smoked 3 flats today, wasn't going to take or post any pick until I sampled a slice and saw this result.

https://goo.gl/photos/FBrQvfg84RmVUjG89

https://goo.gl/photos/6thxZSByX87pNGmm6

Thanks for looking.

[bignburlyman]

Well I don't know why Google Photos didn't work. I am mad at Photobucket and looking for somewhere else to link pictures from. Here are the pics.

http://i897.photobucket.com/albums/ac171/bignburlyman/IMG_4460_zpsio0nmk5s.jpg (http://s897.photobucket.com/user/bignburlyman/media/IMG_4460_zpsio0nmk5s.jpg.html)

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[Garrett]

That brisket does look good!

[fnjay]

I use imgur. Brisket looks great! Haven't done many short ribs but those at least look tasty:grin:

[VoodoChild]

That brisket does look good!
Wut He said !!! : )
Could it be you may have gotten some funky ribs ?

[V1VRV2]

My beef ribs today turned out similar to yours. As I posted in my thread I cooked some prime grade ones I got from Pat Lafreida a couple of months ago and they were some of the best things I've ever cooked, on or off the smoker. But you absolutely killed that brisket though-beautiful!!

[pjtexas1]

I'd be damn proud of that brisket!

[KevinJ]

Brisket looks great, did you cook the ribs till they were probe tender? Beef Short Ribs are my favorite cook, Brisket on the other hand. I have a 10# in the fridge for my next cook, hopefully it will turnout as nice as yours.

[Rockinar]

Good brisket. Flats are hard to do.

[Hoss]

Beef ribs can be a greasy,funky mess if you do not hit the sweet spot!
Just sayin.Take them hotter than you think they need to be!

[MikeBBQ]

Brisket looks great! Well done~

[shares]

Beef spare ribs are a little bit trickier than back ribs. IMHO, what you have there is a rack that needs another hour or two in the pit. For me, 6hrs at just under 300 is usually perfect.

[mattmountz94]

Awesome looking brisket!

[bignburlyman]

Brisket looks great, did you cook the ribs till they were probe tender? Beef Short Ribs are my favorite cook, Brisket on the other hand. I have a 10# in the fridge for my next cook, hopefully it will turnout as nice as yours.

I probed in several placed with a toothpick, thought they were ready. Missed the mark I guess.

[bignburlyman]

Beef spare ribs are a little bit trickier than back ribs. IMHO, what you have there is a rack that needs another hour or two in the pit. For me, 6hrs at just under 300 is usually perfect.

They were on the Traeger at 225 from 7:30 to 1 then foiled and heat turned up to 300 until 3, rested until 3:30 when I sliced and sampled.

[COS]

Your brisket looks good. Cook your beef ribs like a brisket, till tender. Your ribs do look good. I think on that one picture you got a big fat pocket on one end. Looking at your pics again looks like you got another big fat pocket on the middle rib. I think you just got a bad rack of beef ribs that is really fatty. Part of cooking ribs is choosing the right rack of ribs. One suggestion I would make is start at a high temp and maintain it, like 275 or so.

[THoey1963]

Yeah, that 5.5 hours at 225* and then another 2 hours at 300* probably wasn't enough. My plates take 6 to 7 hours at 275*. A toothpick should slide easily between each bone before you pull it.

Brisket looks great!

[bignburlyman]

Your brisket looks good. Cook your beef ribs like a brisket, till tender. Your ribs do look good. I think on that one picture you got a big fat pocket on one end. Looking at your pics again looks like you got another big fat pocket on the middle rib. I think you just got a bad rack of beef ribs that is really fatty. Part of cooking ribs is choosing the right rack of ribs. One suggestion I would make is start at a high temp and maintain it, like 275 or so.

There were a couple of fat pockets, I trimmed a little off before cooking. These were part of a pack of 4 slabs that I got at Restaurant Depot. I have one slab left to mess up, I mean cook right :pray: .