ninja cooks live: pitmaster T's frank-illen spare ribs

[smoke ninja]

I've been playing around with coarse rubs lately and a recent video from the Ole pitmaster is right on target.

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204586

This is my first go fixin ribs with this recipe and I figured I'd post it win lose or draw.

Before I started I had to dig out my grill from nearly 2 ft of snow.



with that finished it's time to prepare the spritz and rub. The spritz is Worcester, balsamic vinegar, and fish sauce cut with water. The rub is a combination including dirty dalmatian, coffee, garlic, onion and super coarse black pepper.

Here's the rub, it kinda looks like gravel in the pic (iI used peppercorn melody instead of straight black pepper)



A light coat of generic bbq rub followed by a hot sauce slather goes on before the coarse rub



They've been on for an hour now at 275. I'll hit em with the spritz in about another hour.

 

[bbqwilly]

So far so good

 

[landarc]

We used to use a sand for playgrounds that looked like that.

 

[Wickedcajun]

Gonna be tasty....:mad2::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:

 

[smoke ninja]

2 hrs. Let the spritzing begin.

 

[mchar69]

We used to use a sand for playgrounds that looked like that.

That ain't right
Looking Good Ninja, is your foil a diffuser?

 

[Decoy205]

Looking good so far ninja!

 

[Wolverine]

Very nice , it's always fun to try new things.

 

[16Adams]

Experimental cold weather ribs. I predict success!!!

 

[jamaicamon]

thanks for the post!

 

[smoke ninja]

That ain't right
Looking Good Ninja, is your foil a diffuser?

Yes sir patented ninja heat shield there. Probably don't need it but I've been doing it forever, so I still do out of habit.


3 hrs in getting a bit of color. About a half hour to go I'd say.

 

[Shagdog]

Lookin good, ninjasan. I'll be right over!

 

[c farmer]

They are looking great.

 

[mcgreggor57]

Makes me hungry! Those are looking very good.

 

[Fwismoker]

Fantastic ninja-son s****! It's always nice mixing up the rubs

 

[landarc]

Coming along nicely, that fish sauce is great stuff

 

[Decoy205]

Yeah, those are gonna be good.

 

[Pitmaster T]

tap. tap. tap

 

[smoke ninja]

And done




Conclusion: they were good and savory, a bit more color than I wanted. The ribs had a brisket like bark too them which isn't a bad thing, just it was bit more than the pics from Killens. I'd like to try without the regular rub and just slightly less gravel rub. I like the idea of the hot sauce slather I'll give it a try on future cooks. I also think hitting a rack with a pinch of the gravel will add something to my standard rib cooks. The spritz added a nice savory element, I think I liked it more than just watered down Worcester. I'll give this method another go and see how it goes. definitely techniques here that I'll use in other cooks, I like to mix up my rib cooks to keep things from getting stale. Thanks for sharing Donnie

 

[landarc]

Nice cook, yeah more than Killens, but, close to what Donnie did.