Hot Banana Pepper ABTs, Spatchcock Bird, Ribs 2 Ways

Dinner of opportunity tonight.

Found some hickory last week laying out for trash. Split it all this week and some of them were ready to burn.



Farmers Market over the weekend had Hot Banana Peppers...figured we'd try them as ABTs.





Went to the grocery store today for a slab of spares on sale at $1.67/lb and they had a small 4 pack of beef short ribs marked down as Managers special...$4.00 for the package.




Making chicken soup this week and needed a chicken. Sam's has them $.99/lb but you have to buy two and I only need one for soup.



So what do you get? Dinner.....

The banana peppers were not really hot at all. They are thinner walled than the Jalapeño which makes them easier to cut and trim, and they take less time to cook. Flavor was good, but I prefer the Jalapeño. It was a decent experiment.

I had a wing and a few ribs, plus some ABTs. My 11 year old put down a leg and thigh plus a baked potato and some brocolinni. The 13 year old had about 8 ABTs and 2 short ribs plus the broc. All in all a great meal and we have leftovers for the next few days.