KCBS Rib Practice

In our never ending quest to improve our scores, we tried some new techniques for our spare ribs.  What did we do this time?

1.  Used Dukes Dirt rub.
2.  Spray with apple juice after two hours on the cooker.
2.  Foiled after 3 hours in two ways:  One with just apple juice.  One with apple juice and Franks Sweet Chili Pepper sauce.
3.  A modified 3-2-1 method.  It was more of a 3-1-1 method.  We have found that 2 hours in foil overcooks the ribs.
4.  Lower cook temperature of 235 F.
5.  1 cup of Sweet Baby Rays mixed with 1/4 cup of honey for our glaze.

Here are the results:

Here they are after 3 hours, just before the foil.  I love the nice red color that the Dukes Dirt gives to the ribs...

Franks Sweet Chili sauce on the foil...

Placed meat side down and sprayed with apple juice...

Wrapped and ready for the cooker...

Back on the cooker for 1 hour...

Out of the foil and ready for glaze...

All glazed up.  I applied the glaze and put back on the cooker for one hour...

Bottom line review?  It was a dead heat.  Half of the taste testers loved the ones without the Franks Sweet Chili sauce.  Half loved the ones without.  Hope and I couldn't make our minds up either.  This will require more testing before the season starts to pick our recipe for 2013.

Thanks for stopping by...

Bill