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the temperature of the cooking
chamber.
Fire Up Your Ribs: Split up the
coals and the heat source with
about 6-7 pieces of hot coals on the
left and 6-7 hot coals on the right in
the pit of your cooker. You will need
to add a couple additional pieces of
charcoal if you are cooking more
than one rack or ribs. The pan of hot
water is in the center. Below the
grates, to put the prepared slabs of
ribs over the hot water. No hot coals
should be under the ribs to avoid
grease flare-ups. Cover grill for an
hour, do not open the grill or you will
loose the temperature.
Add Wood Chips: Before you close
the cover on the grill, add water-
soaked wood chips onto your coals
to make some smoke.
Adding Coals: Every hour add
another 6 coals and add some more
water soaked chips. Maintain a
constant smoky temperature of
In the Fire
Real BBQ
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Small shovel to move hot
Making real BBQ ribs is a daylong
charcoal
event. Wake up early in the morning
and begin the day’s activity. The
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Foil or metal pan for water
secret behind meat-falling-off-the-
bath
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bone pork ribs is long cook time over
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A good grill/ oven
low heat. If you cook pork ribs over
thermometer
low 200-225 degrees F sustained for
a long time, the collagen will soften,
Hickory Wood Chunks
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the fat will dissolve and the meat will
Charcoal: Use a good lump
start falling off the bone. You will end
charcoal such as Cowboy Hardwood
between 200 and 225 degrees F for
up with some of the best pork ribs
Lump, a chimney and newspaper.
8 to 12 hours.
you ever made. Your family and your
Never liquid lighter fluid. Start with
friends will love the results.
about 10-12 lit coals on each side of
your grill or slow cooker, with a pan
Turn Your Ribs: Turn ribs when
adding new coal to grill to rotate the
Equipment List::
of hot water in the middle to catch
the grease from the ribs as it falls
heat
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Charcoal Grill or Fire Pit
into the water, not onto the coals,
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Hardwood Lump Charcoal
avoiding grease fires and flames.
All Great Things Take Time: You’ll
know your ribs are done when the
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Charcoal Chimney
Heat Your Water. Boil some water to
meat starts falling off the bone and
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Hickory, Mesquite, or
put into your center pan. You don’t
the rib slabs start falling apart.
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Fruitwood Chips/Chunks
want a cold-water bath to pull down
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