Are these ribs overcooked?(let’s see if you’re blacc or cac)

Thoughts on these ribs

  • Cooked perfectly

    Votes: 29 82.9%
  • Overcooked

    Votes: 6 17.1%

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KillerPups

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As someone who has been smoking meats religiously since getting a smoker 5 years ago there is such thing as cooked too long. I’ve done anywhere from 8-18hrs smokes, and can tell you there is such thing as cooked too long. I prefer my bbq to have some what of a bite rather than just meat mush, which can happen with some longer cooks and tbh it usually looks like what ol boy is cooking up. I don’t know his process or what it taste like so I can’t judge. But usually when the meat come off the bone like that it’s passed my preference. Ima eat it forsure, but yeah just my two cents.
what kind of smoker would you recommend for a beginner?
 

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what kind of smoker would you recommend for a beginner?
Depends. How much time are you looking to invest in smoking? I started with an offset during covid cause I had the time, but I switched to pellet once I went back to work. You looking to just smoke for you, fam or a gang of people?
 

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Y'all ain't never had meat jelly.

It ain't supposed to fall off just by picking it up. And it shouldn't fall into several pieces.

If you can pick a piece up it just falls apart for no reason or because your touching it, it's garbage.

You should be able to hold your slice of brisket up with 2 fingers and it should stay together. And you should be able to pull it apart with ease.

Same with your ribs. You can pick it up by the bone, hold the bone up, and then you should be able to hold the meat and slide the bone out. Then you should be able to separate the meat with your hands if you want.
 

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Depends. How much time are you looking to invest in smoking? I started with an offset during covid cause I had the time, but I switched to pellet once I went back to work. You looking to just smoke for you, fam or a gang of people?
just me and fam starting out. once i get very good... whole gang.

i have a charcoal gravity smoker. uses a ton of charcoal and i don't think it is that great of a grill or a smoker so i want dedicated tool.
 

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I've been barbecuing for 20 years at this point. The way I learned was that if the meat falls off the bone like that, it's overcooked. Ribs should have a bit of pull to it. Not too much because then it's undercooked and too tough. In my experience, when ribs, both pork and beef, are cooked like old breh in the video, the meat tends to be mushy. And ribs are supposed to have a slight bite to them. But again, this is how I learned and these are lessons going back to my grandfather, who learned from his people. I can't speak what's being taught and experienced elsewhere.

Makes perfect sense.

As for the question, I preferred my ribs BBQ so crispy. I wanna taste that right burn. Not burnt up but grilled and fired right with love. Now I dont know about the sauces though. Sweet and ribs dont go together. I need some tang and sour sauce. Gotta go down south to taste some REAL BBQ. Might do a BBQ travel trip. Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas
 

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just me and fam starting out. once i get very good... whole gang.

i have a charcoal gravity smoker. uses a ton of charcoal and i don't think it is that great of a grill or a smoker so i want dedicated tool.
Fasho. What’s your budget?
 

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How you not gonna let us see who voted for what bro?
 

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Makes perfect sense.

As for the question, I preferred my ribs BBQ so crispy. I wanna taste that right burn. Not burnt up but grilled and fired right with love. Now I dont know about the sauces though. Sweet and ribs dont go together. I need some tang and sour sauce. Gotta go down south to taste some REAL BBQ. Might do a BBQ travel trip. Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas
Oh I disagree with that. At least when it comes to pork ribs. Sweet and salty pork rib is fantastic if it's the right sauce. One of the guys that always wins a bunch of BBQ competitions, Heath Riles, has a sweet sauce that will make you slap yourself. I've been using that sauce for about the last 3 or 4 years now and people go crazy for it. He also sells a set that has both the sweet and vinegary sauce and you can mix them together to create a whole different flavor profile.


Now on beef ribs, I don't do sweet sauce on those. I usually don't do any sauce on them just because of the flavor profile of beef. But that's more of a personal preference.
 
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