Ribs cooked 3 ways side by side (foil, paper, unwrapped)

[The Wookiee]

Important to know the temp variation across that Wichita... being closer or farther from the firebox seems to be a big possible variable in the product... pulling them all at the same time also seems a bit of a variable; the ‘crutch’ and BP accelerate the finish; naked should take the longest all other things being equal.

Great video. I’ve done the same test with back ribs on a pellet (even temps) and pulled each rack when the bend was the same (fastest off was foil, then BP, last naked by the bend test rather than time) and I liked naked best but BP was liked by most everyone else who tried them...

[Czarbecue]

What's with the over use of the BP when wrapping? If I remember correctly, it is the same thing on the brisket video. I do Memphis style for ribs so I keep it unwrapped...

[Baby Back Maniac]

Originally Posted by smoke ninja

Nice video.

Id like to see each method done independent. Its like you modified the cook plan to work for all three instead of making a specific cook plan for each method. Its almost like in the effort to go head to head compromises were made to each process.

Now i know this would be very hard to do logistically and may even add more varibles. Anyway still appreciate the work yall put into this

Yep. you are exactly right. One of my regrets looking back is that I didn't explicitly explain that. The original point was to isolate the effect of the wrap vs non-wrap all other things being equal...and I'm still not sure they were exactly but it was as close as we could get knowing what we knew at the time. Now we can build on it. Really appreciate you watching!

[Baby Back Maniac]

Originally Posted by Czarbecue

What's with the over use of the BP when wrapping? If I remember correctly, it is the same thing on the brisket video. I do Memphis style for ribs so I keep it unwrapped...

Yeah, good point. Honestly I wasn't thinking about it at the time because I was thinking about the camera. He was going side ways on the roll so it didn't strike me as excessive at the time.

[Baby Back Maniac]

Originally Posted by BlueandGoldBBQ

I did a no wrap, foil plain, and foil with butter brown sugar honey.

most of my guests liked the no wrap the best

Good to know. Which did you like?

[Baby Back Maniac]

Originally Posted by ironmanerik

I'd love to hear about the results.
Don't have the 22 minutes to spare.

Just skip the end for the punch line. I won't be offended. Sorry, it's too much to type out.

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[BlueandGoldBBQ]

Originally Posted by Baby Back Maniac

Good to know. Which did you like?

I leaned towards no wrap also. This was via hanging in the WSM fwiw. I'm going to do another round because I also did sauced/no sauce and having 6 options was a little overwhelming

[el luchador]

@babyback,

thanks for doing the test.

without giving anything away, you and t-roy mentioned some bitter smoke - what do you think caused that?

[nautique1228]

I think the biggest Benefit to a wrap is the liquid you put in there to braise the meat. It’s another way to add flavor and help tenderness. Also I think for the most even/fair results, I would cook 3 racks each, that way you could dial in the tenderness on each one. You would probably have to do it in different days, which would be harder to film and another variable. Good video

[70monte]

Great video. I always cook ribs unwrapped but may have to try them wrapped in foil to see if I like them as well.

[NickTheGreat]

I did a wrapped in foil vs naked one time. They were pretty similar, with the slight nod to the wrapped. I still don't wrap my ribs after that, mostly because I'm lazy.

[g257945]

Ordered both the rub and sauce because you three guys said so. Better be good...

Scott

[upStomp]

Loved the vid. I agree with others that cooking to tenderness on each would maybe have yielded more "useful" results, but this is a great baseline and may raise some interesting questions about the traditional view of each method.

[Baby Back Maniac]

Originally Posted by el luchador

@babyback,

thanks for doing the test.

without giving anything away, you and t-roy mentioned some bitter smoke - what do you think caused that?

Troy has a huge batch of pecan wood and most of it was too small to split so it smoked a lot more than usually. I think that's the reason but I don't know.