rdstoll
is one Smokin' Farker
So experimented with some Baby Backs this weekend. Did four racks, two types of rubs on two each of the racks, then experimented further by taken one rack each of each kind of rub and wrapping in foil along with butter, brown sugar, and honey (Trigg method, I guess?) to get a sense for which ones would be better. Since I've only been smokin' since the end of July it's all about experimenting!
Read up a lot on here about the 3-2-1 method. Since I was running my UDS at 250-275 I decided to foil two of the racks at the 2-1/2 hour mark. Here is how they looked.
Pre-foiling #1
Pre-foiling #2:
I left them in the foil for about 1hr and then unwrapped them and left them on the smoker to finish until they were (mostly) probe tender, which was only about 30 minutes later. Here is how the end-product looked
These are the two racks I wrapped in foil using the Trigg method:
On the left is one of the racks I foiled while on the rack on the right was NOT foiled.
Finally a close-up of what turned out to be the best rack, which was foiled with the Trigg method.
Observations:
- Trying to do four racks at a time on the UDS was fine but for a "rookie" it was a bit of a challenge to manage the cooking times of two unwrapped racks and two of them that were wrapped, with people eagerly awaiting their arrival! The unwrapped racks were more tender.
- Consensus of the family was that the one wrapped with Trigg method were BY FAR much better and tastier.
- One of the rubs I used had a lot of sugar and I ended up using DARK Brown Sugar. The bark on the two racks that had that particular rub was particularly tough so unless someone else has a different view I think I'm going to focus on rib rubs that have less sugar in them.
As I'm learning I'm open to all advice and observations from our "experts" here in order to perfect my trade.
Read up a lot on here about the 3-2-1 method. Since I was running my UDS at 250-275 I decided to foil two of the racks at the 2-1/2 hour mark. Here is how they looked.
Pre-foiling #1
Pre-foiling #2:
I left them in the foil for about 1hr and then unwrapped them and left them on the smoker to finish until they were (mostly) probe tender, which was only about 30 minutes later. Here is how the end-product looked
These are the two racks I wrapped in foil using the Trigg method:
On the left is one of the racks I foiled while on the rack on the right was NOT foiled.
Finally a close-up of what turned out to be the best rack, which was foiled with the Trigg method.
Observations:
- Trying to do four racks at a time on the UDS was fine but for a "rookie" it was a bit of a challenge to manage the cooking times of two unwrapped racks and two of them that were wrapped, with people eagerly awaiting their arrival! The unwrapped racks were more tender.
- Consensus of the family was that the one wrapped with Trigg method were BY FAR much better and tastier.
- One of the rubs I used had a lot of sugar and I ended up using DARK Brown Sugar. The bark on the two racks that had that particular rub was particularly tough so unless someone else has a different view I think I'm going to focus on rib rubs that have less sugar in them.
As I'm learning I'm open to all advice and observations from our "experts" here in order to perfect my trade.
