First attempt at Beef Short Ribs

Well I'm making my first attempt at Beef Short Ribs. And naturally I cannot do anything easily, I choose to attempt doing it for a tailgate at a 2:00 kickoff football game. So the goal is to get them on the smoker, finish them up in the morning so that I can foil them, pack in the cooler, and be out to the tailgate lot by 9:00 AM. I'll be taking my kettle for cooking/reheating some other dishes, I can reheat these on there as well if needed, but if my experience is anything with other cuts of meat I shouldn't have a problem still having them plenty hot at noon or so when we're ready to eat.

I'll be smoking with pecan and the WSM is coming up to temp as we speak. I pulled. I went ahead and removed the membrane on the back of the bones and rubbed with just salt and fresh cracked pepper.

Can't wait to see how this cook goes...should make for an interesting night (morning?) if it's gonna be high maintenance. Usually not an issue on the WSM though.

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Apparently I need to figure out how to embed pics on this site...my usual forum tricks don't seem to work with pics on my Google Drive. How do ya'll get your pics from phone to a thread?

dadsr4 said:

Start checking them around 5 AM.

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Thanks for the tip!

BBQ Freak said:

I cook some two weeks ago on a reverse flow cooker @ 250 degrees and they took 6 hours to cook if that helps you out any .

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Every piece of info helps, thanks. Mostly gonna cook by feel but there if always the fear with a $50 hunk of meat!