I originally planned on attempting baby back ribs on the grill on Friday night but think Saturday would be better seeing i would have more time to marinate and cook instead of having to rush everything. I want to run my plan by you guys to make sure I'm doing this right. let me know what you think.
Baby back rib prep:
1. getting the ribs from Hobe Meats (i don't have a Sam's membership
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2. Pull membrane and trim
3. Place ribs in 1 gallon ziplock bag with Dr pepper, jack daniels, garlic, and apple cider vinegar and refrigerate over night. turning once or twice.
4. remove from refrigerator about 2 hours before cooking, rinse and pat dry.
5. right before cooking, lightly lather with Dijon mustard and apply rub which consists of brown sugar, garlic powder, chili powder, onion salt, black pepper.
6. cut Hormel Black Label Maple Bacon to size so that it can be laid across top of ribs.
Grill prep:
Left Side
1. remove grates and heat spreader from grill.
2. Turn heat to low.
3. make several "smoke bombs" with soaked hickory chips.
Right Side
1. replace heat spreader with drip pan. add some water to the drip pan
2. heat is to remain OFF.
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Cooking the Ribs:
1. Once grill reaches a consistant 225 degrees, place ribs directly on the rack on the right side, right above the drip pan. Place bacon weave on top of ribs so that the bacon fat drips down onto the ribs an keeps it moist while giving it a little added flavor. Place 2 smoke bombs directly on the active burner.
2. check ribs, smoke bombs, and spray down ribs with apple cider every hour or so for 3 hours. remove bacon if/when it looks cooked. the bacon will then be chopped up and added to a side dish.
3. up the grill temp to 250-275 for the last hour or so.
4. slather ribs with BBQ sauce 15 minutes prior to removing from the grill.
5. remove ribs from grill and cover with foil for about 30 minutes (this will allow me to get other stuff ready too) and then serve.
for sides I'm going to do the Mac & Cheese and tater salad that you guys have on here:
http://www.azbarbeque.com/forums/bbq-recipes/bear's-baconcheddar-tater-salad/http://www.azbarbeque.com/forums/non-bbq-recipes/killer-macaroni-and-cheese/let me know if i am spot on... I'll pretty much be following these directions to a T so if you see anything that isn't right or have any suggestions please let me know