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So we're at about three and a half hours in the cooking process on the ribs. Things are
going along really well. Now is the time when you brush some great barbeque sauce on it
and really finish these up.
So they've been in foil for about an hour and a half at this point. We're going to open
them up and I think one of the things you'll see is the beautiful color that you get on
the ribs. I'm going to flip these over. But you can see, just that great amber color.
Everything looks really juicy. You can see that they're starting to get some movement
on the bones. We've still got some cooking time to go, and that's what this part is.
So I'm going to brush on some sauce. We like to give it a good coat. A lot of people like
to use sweet sauce. We do on ribs. We think it just is a right compliment, particularly
if you have a rub that has a little bit of heat to it. And remember part of the reason
that we're doing this process is to make sure that you have some complexity to the ribs
that you're cooking. So sauce at the end makes a huge difference. I'm going to hit this side
with the sauce. You don't need as much on the bone side, but you need just enough to
make sure that you have especially messy ribs, which is what everybody likes at the end of
the day.
So we're coated up. Now what we do is we take them out of the foil. Put them back on, bone
side down. We're going to go about 15 more minutes. Probably put another coat on in another
10 to 15 minutes. We'll check for doneness. Pull them out and we'll be ready to have award
winning barbecue ribs for your friends and family.
We've got our final product. We just pulled the ribs off the smoker. They've been sauced.
Now it's time for cutting and eating. This is what the final product looks like. You
can see that it has a fantastic color. It's got a lot of different layers of coloring
and flavor, which are just going to really wow your friends and family.
Now the secret to cutting ribs, as you might think, you have to put them down this way
and cut them. The problem is, is that it's hard to see where the bones are and so it
makes it difficult to cut. So, our secret, flip it over this way. Let's you really be
able to see the direction of the ribs and it makes it a lot easier to cut.
Another tip is, this is a pretty large slab of ribs, but you can actually hold them with
your fingers and it gives you a good direction to cut.
Now we use a grout blade, but you're welcome to use any kind of big knife. It will work
fine. You cut in the direction of the bones. You'd like to cut as close to the bone that
you can and that way you get as much meat as possible on the ribs. Cut a few here. They
end up serving really well. Nothing looks more impressive to your friends and family
when you stack up a tray full of ribs. We'll show you how you can stack them here. This,
you can see, we've got a nice smoke ring on the ribs. That came from the first two hours
before we foiled it, and then really at the end of the day's about the flavor.
Award winning ribs, my friends. You can cook them at home. Enjoy.