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Beef Ribs, The Triumph
Yesterday marked a very significant personal triumph. An all day event began around 1:00pm when I poured the first round of wood and charcoal into the pit of a Brinkman brand Smoker. With my confidence growing and my sights set high, I began a 5 hour long slow cooked beef rib dinner for myself and several friends. Having never BBQ'ed Beef Ribs before in my life, this would be a defining culinary moment in my life. If Should I fail, there would be plenty of people around to remind me how bad it was.
The setup was simple. I took a large foil pan at 1.5 feet across and filled it with store bought beer (which in Oklahoma we call "Near Beer") to help with tenderization during the process. I utilized a small amount of match light charchoal sitting below a deck of hickory wood blocks (not the small ones mind you). The ribs had been skinned, trimmed and basted with dry rub the night before.
About a half hour after lighting the initial fire, the temperature leveled out at about 215 degrees. A block of wood about every half hour worked to keep the right amount of heat into the smoker, and by 6:00pm - the ribs "Be Ready".
I was delighted to cut into the first slab and find a large, purple colored smoke ring all the way around, only to lead into a moist and tender cooked inside. It was a first try success - after a long day of cooking I had reason to be proud.