Iron Chef WAYCT - What Are You Cooking Today
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Wow, that looks fantastic! Great job! Happy with it so far?
Looks good. The tiles are beautiful!
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Started with some great bread. Rye is preferred, but in a pinch I had to use sourdough. Next, some homemade thousand island dressing and some fresh sauerkraut. Swiss cheese, homemade corned beef piled high, and into the pan. Cooked low and slow to make sure they're crispy and hot all the way through.
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Today I'm making BBQ spareribs. I trimmed the flap, removed the membrane from the back of the ribs, slathered in mustard, and rubbed with a spice rub that I made just for ribs.
The smoker is getting hot as we speak. I'll be cooking these ribs for about 6 hours with a combination of lump charcoal and pecan wood.
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Looks great! Ever tried the 3-2-1 method? It's pretty damn effective. 3 hours smoked, 2 hours wrapped in foil to get some tenderness, 1 hour to crust, optionally saucing with a half hour left.
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I have tried the 3-2-1 method. I honestly don't see the point. Ribs should have a little bit of bite to them, and every time I've done 3-2-1, the meat ends up falling off the bone. That's overcooked. I've even adjusted to 3-1-1 and still wasn't crazy about the results. I've tried foil, butcher paper, and different liquids inside.
I cooked them yesterday for about 5 hours at 225, and the last hour I spent basting them with sauce every 15 minutes. They came out very tender, and the meat was firm enough to take a bite out of, but came cleanly off the bone. YMMV with 3-2-1, but I'm sticking with the classic low and slow!
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Interesting, that's never been my experience with 321 at all. Maybe your foil was too loose and it over steamed the bones. That would certainly account for fall off the bone. I tend to sauce later than you do, as I've had sauce burn and become bitter instead of caramelized given too much time over a half hour at 225F. I love dry rub style so I do that as often as saucing, though I always make sauce as at least a condiment.
YMMV!
One cool thing to try is subbing Asian ingredients for an otherwise mid-south style BBQ sauce. Gochujang for ketchup, rice wine for apple cider vinegar, soy or tamari for worchestershire, etc. Gets you to a Korean BBQ vibe and is quite delicious if you're looking to change things up.
