LOL Flintstone Ribs

[dgaddis]

So what had happened was:

Just up the road in Forsyth is Rocking Chair Ranch – they raise hormone/antibiotic free grass fed cattle. A local store sells their stuff, and I wanted to try a rack of chuck/short ribs for smoking. So I Facebook messaged the store and asked them to order me some “chuck/short ribs still together as a whole rack, not cut up into individual bones”. I worded it that way because:
-Chuck and Short ribs are different, they’re literally different bones from the ribcage. There are 4 bones in the chuck section, and 3 in the short plate – both are from the lower portion of the ribcage, closer to the breastbone. Back ribs are from higher up closer to the spine. Around here however the ‘chuck’ and ‘short’ are generally used interchangeably. At Publix they sell chuck ribs, but they’re labeled as short ribs, I’ve never actually seen true short ribs available. And when you read around the web there's a lot of confusion in general of what to call various parts of the rib cage.
-Also around here they generally take them and cut them into individual bones, and then saw those in half. That style works great for braising, but not BBQing.
-I've asked the butcher at Publix if they still had a whole rack in the back, and they usually do. They measure about 8"x12" give or take, and look like this:



Well…they messaged me back yesterday and said the ribs were in. I went to pick them up, and HOLY COW. I think what I have is both chuck & short ribs, with some of the back ribs still attached. This is a monster rack of ribs!! 10.5lbs, 20” across corner-to-corner, 2.5” thick at the thickest end, each bone is about 12” long.

This qualifies as the most ridiculous food item I've ever bought.

After the baby gets here we're gonna have some friends and family down for a BBQ!

FYI, this rack is larger than the cutting board in the pic above.

[Too Tall]

Low / Slow beef ribs is my most favorite BBQ item bar none and they are hard to do right. Bet you do them right.

[Moke]

Man, what time is dinner TT? Smoke em since you got em my friend. That there is some manly meat. Tip of the hat brother.

[guido]

Yaba-daba-do!

[taz]

You know I'm local, right? I mean what's an hour drive when the payoff is those ribs.

[Cookietruck]

i see them called "Dino ribs" sometimes

scroll down about a third here and there is a great pic of some smoked beef ribs. they aren't small...

The List: The Top 5 Barbecue Joints in Texas – Texas Monthly

[dgaddis]

i see them called "Dino ribs" sometimes

scroll down about a third here and there is a great pic of some smoked beef ribs. they aren't small...

The List: The Top 5 Barbecue Joints in Texas – Texas Monthly

Yeah I've cook 'em before, but I've never seen any this big!

Here's a previous cook, the bones are about ~8" long. The new rack is 12"!



They're often called 'brisket on a stick'



Beef ribs are easier to cook than pork ribs IME. No need to wrap or anything else, just give them about 7-8hrs of time in the smoke and they're good to go.