"My Cheat'n Ribs" (half assed ribs) - With the pictures!

This is the rack that Baah Ben showed me a couple of days before he cooked them, what happened?

John A


This is the rack that Baah Ben showed me a couple of days before he cooked them, what happened?

Are those Brontosaurus ribs? 

annpeeples


I have a question...I bought some beef ribs today( my father-in-law and his wife are visiting for 2 WEEKS!!) and he doesnt eat pork. I do not have a smoker, only a gas grill. I was told by the butcher to start them in the oven, with a rub, and then finish off on the grill.Anyone have any other ideas?? Thanks...

 
Hi Ann,
 
First off, everyone's ribs look mighty good to me no matter how they are prepared. Years ago a friend that cooked at a very good resturant, not a BBQ place so they did not have a smoker, gave me the their recipe. It's basically the same as Baah Ben's, just another way to skin that cat. Place a cup or so of water in the bottom half of a broiler pan with some liquid smoke. Pam the top half, place the ribs on it, then tent tightly with foil. Cut a few slits in the foil and put the rig into a 225 degree oven for 60-90 minutes. Check them for desired tenderness and either continue cooking or remove them. Finish up on a grill.
 
Ann, this will work just as well with beef ribs as pork.

Tony Bad

John A


This is the rack that Baah Ben showed me a couple of days before he cooked them, what happened?

Are those Brontosaurus ribs? 

 
Baah Ben told me he shot this hog with a black powder rifle just like the one used by Davey Crockett.
 

Baah Ben - I do exactly your cheatin ribs all the time.  Why?  In the past, no space, no smoker.
 
For a long period of time I lived in a 500 sq/ft apt, no deck, 4th floor, no options for smokers or grills, no decent BBQ places in reasonable driving distance.  So if I wanted ribs, I made them myself in the oven almost exactly as you described.  When I lived in Tokyo, if I could even find a 1/2 rack of ribs, I didn't even have an oven.  I only had a toaster oven. (ie: definition of effort in futility.)
 
Under certain circumstances, you do what you gotta do, the best you can do.
 
I have a house now, a smoker now, but still in the depths of winter in North Dakota, when it's noon and -35, windchill taking it to -65, I'll throw a rack in the oven and maybe, maybe, a quick finish on the grill.
 
You do what you gotta do, the best you can do.

WarToad..So, let me understand this.  You don't do your ribs outside in the winter? Is that because you need a flame thrower to light the charcoal briquettes?

JohnA is a show off!

That little piggy went to market and fed a hell of a lot of people!   

John - One question..Did you brine that meat first?

John, that feller is biggern you!

Hogzilla.  Bane of the southern swamps.