what is the bend test on ribs ?

[Twisted T's Q]

sorry guys I don't know what the bend test is ?

 

[daninnewjersey]

Pick up a rack of ribs with tongs you think are done. Grip them lengthwise to about the middle of the rack and then pick them up. The meat between the bones should start to almost tear....I'm sure someone on here has a picture of what I'm trying to say......

 

[SmittyJonz]

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45468

 

[SmittyJonz]

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72976

 

[SmittyJonz]

I use bamboo skewer and probe between the bones.

 

[dadsr4]

I use bamboo skewer and probe between the bones.

I do this with a toothpick, they are done when it goes in and out smoothly. The bend test only seems to work for St. Louis spares or loinbacks. For whole spares, by the time they bend, they are over cooked. Even with the others, the bend test, for me, is frequently over cooked. Each to their own.

 

[Twisted T's Q]

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45468

thanks Smitty

 

[Smoking Piney]

I'll check the bend and look to see how the meat has pulled away from the bone ends, but the toothpick is the real test for me.

 

[Bob Ivey]

I prefer the toothpick test myself.

 

[Springram]

Kind of look to see if meat is shrinking back off of the bones plus the toothpick test. Never have done the bend test.

 

[Decoy205]

 

[THoey1963]

Bend test:

You should see some cracking on the top:

I have started doing the tootpick test too. If I remember. I like a little bone tug...

 

[4ever3]

What Terry said!