Decided with the nice weather this weekend I would fire up the pellet grill and cook some beef ribs I picked up at HEB a while back.
Thawed them out Saturday - seasoned with salt, pepper and some HEB brisket seasoning. Let them sit in the fridge overnight.
Here's my fancy pellet grill - made by Char Griller. Picked it up at HEB 4 years ago for around $300. The controller is pretty good - holds the the temp +/- 5 degrees on a sunny day.
Got the grill going and put the ribs on at 9:45am Sunday morning. Decided to try some pecan pellets today. Bluetooth thermometer all set - One probe in the ribs, the other watching the grill temp (Don't have one of those fancy wifi/wireless grills...) Set the grill thermostat to 250 degrees - here we go!
Once things got warmed up decided to add the smoke tube
Checking it every hour or so... cooking good....Look at those bones!....The pic below was right before they hit 190 degrees internal.
Pulled the ribs when they hit 190 degrees, wrapped in foil and returned to the grill until they reached 205 degrees.
Once they hit 205 degrees, pulled off the grill and let them rest for an hour and a half.
Summary of the timing to cook.
The package of ribs was a little over 5-1/2 pounds.
Cooked for close to 6-1/2 hours at 250 degrees. (ribs were at "refrigerator" temperature)
Wrapped when the internal temp was 190 degrees (around 5 hours)
They stalled for a while around 170 degrees - interesting to watch.
Cooked for another hour and a half (wrapped) until internal temp was 205 degrees.
Removed from the grill and rested another hour and a half before eating.
How did they turn out?
Very moist/juicy.... The taste/texture is more like brisket than steak. Brisket on a stick!
They didn't last long... Family destroyed them.... Got some scraps off the bones to mix in eggs for breakfast tacos this week.
Pretty dang good! SW '86
Thawed them out Saturday - seasoned with salt, pepper and some HEB brisket seasoning. Let them sit in the fridge overnight.
Here's my fancy pellet grill - made by Char Griller. Picked it up at HEB 4 years ago for around $300. The controller is pretty good - holds the the temp +/- 5 degrees on a sunny day.
Got the grill going and put the ribs on at 9:45am Sunday morning. Decided to try some pecan pellets today. Bluetooth thermometer all set - One probe in the ribs, the other watching the grill temp (Don't have one of those fancy wifi/wireless grills...) Set the grill thermostat to 250 degrees - here we go!
Once things got warmed up decided to add the smoke tube
Checking it every hour or so... cooking good....Look at those bones!....The pic below was right before they hit 190 degrees internal.
Pulled the ribs when they hit 190 degrees, wrapped in foil and returned to the grill until they reached 205 degrees.
Once they hit 205 degrees, pulled off the grill and let them rest for an hour and a half.
Summary of the timing to cook.
The package of ribs was a little over 5-1/2 pounds.
Cooked for close to 6-1/2 hours at 250 degrees. (ribs were at "refrigerator" temperature)
Wrapped when the internal temp was 190 degrees (around 5 hours)
They stalled for a while around 170 degrees - interesting to watch.
Cooked for another hour and a half (wrapped) until internal temp was 205 degrees.
Removed from the grill and rested another hour and a half before eating.
How did they turn out?
Very moist/juicy.... The taste/texture is more like brisket than steak. Brisket on a stick!
They didn't last long... Family destroyed them.... Got some scraps off the bones to mix in eggs for breakfast tacos this week.
Pretty dang good! SW '86
