I was gonna suggest the 3, 2, 1 method but you already found it online.

I use a variation of that method if I'm in a hurry, where I smoke for 2 hrs, wrap in foil for 1 hour, then back on the grill for another 30 to 45, depending on how many racks I'm doing and how quickly I can get them sauced, after they've been smoked for another 15 minutes directly out of the foil.

Tip 1: For each rack of ribs, when wrapping the ribs in the foil, I add about a cup of hot water mixed with the same BBQ sauce being used on the ribs.

Tip 2: Be careful when removing from the foil. You'll have the meat wanting to fall from the bones, so have a good set of tongs.

Stewart

 

I did rub them down yesterday and will pull them out now to warm up. Notes, didn't think of that but I should have, thanks!

 

Just FYI, I do this for all of the meat I cook. Steaks, pork chops, burgers, chicken, etc... It all gets seasoned well before time to cook and then brought to just below room temperature before putting in the smoker or grill.

 

I do mine a little different than you guys. I rub them down with my favorite dry rub (just stuff i put together myself) after they get room temp then put 'em on for about 2 1/2 hours at 250 degrees in my gas grill with some green peach limbs sitting on the side for smoke.

Of course this isn't really smoked, it's grilled, so it's a different animal. Still falls off the bone and is lairapin' good. It'll feed a grumpy family and you don't have to babysit it all day.

 

I figure that there are quite a few ways to make it work. Up at camp I have a campfire grill that I made modeled on the Mountain Man grill that's on the market. Most of my wood there is Beech with some maple and I use whichever is on top of the stack. I have a lid on it and a thermometer stick to the lid and keep the temp at 175*, the ribs are closer to the fire so they are definitely in more heat, I figure 200+. I flip them every 1/2 hr and baste with bbq sauce and in about 3 hrs they are done and the bbq sauce is not burnt. I know that they're done because the top side still bubbles after flipping them. One of my other forum friends reports that he just uses oak wood stove pellets and they work fine at a lot lower price.

On spraying with apple juice, how frequently is that applied? I've got 'em going now.

 

That sounds delicious! The apple juice spray is used like a baste. You just hit it every 45 mins to an hour.It will give you a slight apple flavor though.

 

This morning was flushing the hot water heater and replacing the anode rod. I learned something about anode rods this time around that I wish I had known years ago. I thought I would share that here with anyone that cares about changing their anode rod.

Our water heater is a 55 gallon and stands about 5' tall in the basement. Well, the rod that came with the heater was 44" and that means that the water heater needed to be drained, disconnected and tilted a bit in order to get the rod out of the heater and clear the subfloor from the level above. What a pain in the ***. So, I started cutting off a few inches of the anode rod with a hacksaw in order to get the rod in the tank without disconnecting it.

This time around while shopping for the best deal, I ran across a "flexible" anode rod and thought, WHAT THE HELL!!! WHERE HAS THIS BEEN!!!

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1




The install was so simple and quick that I wish I had thought of that idea. Just wanted to share a bit of "learnin".

After that, I finished weed whacking the tall grass around the pond that the mower cannot reach without taking a bath. Tomorrow we run to town to stock up on beer and meat for the holiday weekend before the tourists show up and the population swells to 5 times what it is today.

 

Not sure if you have tried apple wood or have it available to you in your area, but give it a shot if you are able.

That is a new technique of grilling/smoking at the same time I had not heard of.

 

Sous that broke-neck annode is the coolest thing since sliced bread. I've never seen one of those before. Our water here eats annodes like candy. I'll definitely be getting one of those next time.
I've had the applewood too. It's pretty good, but my wife doesn't like the apple-y flavor. She prefers peach or (believe it or not) sycamore, which is more nutty flavored.

 

Well, .. it's a done deal.

I've accepted the job offer in Catawba, SC, and we are closing on our new (2005 build) house in Waxhaw, NC at the end of the month. Now, to get a few projects finished at our house here in Birmingham so we can get it on the market, and hopefully for a fast sell.

 

Congrats Pete

Unfortunately it's a buyers market here. Trying to list ours n hope the one we want doesn't disappear b4 then

 

Thanks, Wesley. Hope your situation resolves itself quickly to your satisfaction.

 

Well done Pete!

Don't hesitate to call if you or your family needs something when you get up our way.

 

Congrats, Pete and good luck.

 

Congrats Pete. . Safe travels!