While there is always a lot of debate about the best way to cook ribs, sometimes, you just don’t have the time to play around. That obviously doesn’t mean you don’t care about how the ribs taste etc. This Hot & Fast ribs method below is very simple to follow, and it won’t take up much of your time to prepare and monitor, with a total cook time of less than four hours.
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Step 1: Unwrap your rack of ribs and get it down on the board. This recipe is about speed and simplicity, so there is very little prep time involved.
Step 2: Any thin areas of meat around the ribs you will want to trim off. Otherwise, these thin edges will be burnt by the time the ribs themselves are finished cooking.
Step 3: Next you’ll want to square up the rack of ribs by cutting off any smaller edge ribs. Again, the point here is so that all the ribs will cook to the same tenderness/doneness.
Step 4: Removal of the membrane on the underside of the ribs is optional. If you do want to remove it, place a blunt knife/table knife under the middle of the membrane, and then use a paper tow to grip it to tear it off.
Step 5: It’s then time to season the ribs with your rub of choice. In this case, the Pit Boss Memphis BBQ Rub was used, which is a mixture of Paprika, Brown Sugar, and Garlic.
Step 6: Make sure to generously apply the rub over the entire surface of the ribs. You may also want to pat it down a little to help it adhere to the surface.
Step 7: Flip the rack of ribs over and season the other side. This recipe doesn’t use a binder, but if the rub isn’t sticking, you could rub the surface with mustard/mayo to help it stick.
Step 8: To get the best overall appearance, you want to make sure you hit the edges of the ribs with your choice of seasoning rub. Then leave the rub to absorb into the ribs while your pellet smoker/oven comes up to temperature.
Step 9: The ribs were then placed on the left side of the pellet smoker (not over the burn pot) which was pre-heated to a temperature of 300 degrees. After around 30 to 45 minutes, if the ribs are starting to look dry, give them a spritz with some Apple juice.
Step 10: This is what the ribs were looking like after two hours on the pellet smoker at 300 degrees. Note, they were spritzed with Apple juice several times over that two hour period.
Step 11: After two hours the ribs were taken off the pellet smoker and placed on some foil with a bed of butter and honey ready for them.
Step 12: Some brown sugar was also laid down over the butter/honey before the rack of ribs were lifted up and placed meat side down over that sweet and buttery goodness.
Step 13: So not to neglect the bone side of the ribs some honey was dressed over the top.
Step 14: Along with a final dressing of brown sugar over the bone side of the rack of ribs.
Step 15: If the rack of ribs is looking a little dry before you wrap them up, maybe hit them again with a good spritzing of Apple juice.
Step 16: Then fold in the edges of the foil before folding over the sides.
Step 17: Its best to double foil. Therefore place the ribs wrapped in the first layer of foil with the seem at the bottom and wrap over with a second layer of foil to contain any leakages.
Step 18: The wrapped rack of ribs then went back on the pellet smoker on the left side, avoiding the direct heat of the burn pot, for around another hour at 300 degrees.
Step 19: After an hour, the ribs were tested for doneness with the bend test. If they do have a good bend on them, they’re ready to be taken off the heat.
Step 20: After unwrapping the ribs they are obviously looking pretty good, but they’re not quite done yet, as they don’t have a nice crispy exterior bark.
Step 21: Therefore, the unwrapped ribs are placed back on the pellet smoker at 300 degrees while some BBQ sauce is applied to them for around 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 22: After around 4 hours of cooking, this is the end result: an excellent rack of ribs with the meat receding from the bone.
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