Some baby backs on the BGE.

[Chris89Stang]

I have to admit I don't have much experience bbqing ribs because my wife doesn't really care for them (and still married her!).

So I was kind of surprised when should she didn't care if I threw a couple of racks on the BGE this weekend.

I wanted to try it 2 different ways to see which one we liked better.

Both have the same rub (my pork rub). One I did 2 hours unwrapped, wrapped for an hour with honey, brown sugar, and a little apple juice, and then another hour on the smoker. I didn't sauce these. The other rack I just left on the smoker the whole time, not wrapping, and sauced them.

Here are some pics.

Rubbed up and ready to go on.

After 2 hours

One wrapped

Almost done!

Finished product

Everybody said they liked the rack that I didn't wrap and sauced better than the other. I think the rack that I wrapped was a little more tender but they were real close. Maybe I should have sauced both of them but I think for the next time I won't wrap because it didn't really do much.

Thanks for looking! :thumb:

 

[Stingerhook]

I would say either rack would work for me, they both look great.

 

[THoey1963]

I did a similar test with SLC's. One rack nekkid all the way, the other nekkid for 2 hours, wrapped for one with no additives, nekkid until done. No sauce on either as I serve it on the side.

The wrapped rack was slightly juicier, but the other rack was not dry. I pulled them both when they were all bendy, so both racks were tender with just a slight pull. My decision was that if I was just making a rack or two for us, I would wrap. If I am making more for a party, they can go nekkid.

 

[KORND4WG X]

Looks great! :clap:

 

[Tonybel]

Nice work.

 

[Fwismoker]

The wrapped rack was slightly juicier, but the other rack was not dry. I pulled them both when they were all bendy, so both racks were tender with just a slight pull. My decision was that if I was just making a rack or two for us, I would wrap. If I am making more for a party, they can go nekkid.

First nice job Chris!

Terry I can't even tell you how excited I am about my new rib process partly because even though they are cooked nekkid the whole time they are also juicier than any wrapped ribs i've had.

 

[JE22]

Very nice!

I tried some baby backs this weekend as well, went with the simplest method I found (K.I.S.S. tends to be best for me) 250 on the BGE for 4hrs. Came out fantastic! I'd like to try the wrap method but I'm not generally a fan of the real sweet rib.

 

[BigBobBQ]

I use to wrap my ribs, but found out that they were just as good running néekid so since then that is what I have been doing.

 

[frognot]

Both look great!

I'm a wrapper since my women folks (three generations) prefer them that way.

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

Both slabs look good to me! Maybe I prefer the shining one!!! It looks more appealing to me.

 

[Decoy205]

I love ribs! Thanks for posting some good pron!

 

[Lytnin]

Looks good. Last time I did ribs I did the wrapped/no wrapped comparison. I liked the nekkid but the GF liked the wrapped. Then I again I don't like my meat to be mush.

 

[Doog]

Looks good! What temp you cook them?

 

[Chris89Stang]

Looks good! What temp you cook them?

250 and they were done (bend test) after about 4-1/2 hrs.

 

[THoey1963]

That makes sense as I do my spares @ 275* and they are usually done right around 4 hours.