Equipment

For this cook you'll need a Plate Setter, Water Pan, and a Rib Rack or Grid Extender (for multiple racks of ribs).

BGE Prepare

Indirect with the Plate Setter on the Fire Ring, legs facing up.  Water Pan beneath meat, on the Plate Setter. Smoking wood of choice.

Dome Temp

Melt at a dome temperature of 225 – 250F

The Cook

Smoke with Dome closed for four.v hours. Mop with BBQ sauce of pick, and smoke for 30 minutes more. Check for doneness using poke or bend test.

Ingredients

  • Baby Back Pork Ribs
  • BBQ Seasoning of Option
  • BBQ Sauce
  • Smoking Wood of Choice

Preparation

The first stride to amazing ribs is to remove the membrane found on the os-side of the ribs. Slide a butter knife (or your petty finger) betwixt the membrane and the bone on the behind of the ribs. Work it around until y'all can grab a agree and remove the entire membrane. Information technology'southward easier to catch if you use a newspaper towel to grip. Rinse off the ribs and pat them dry.

The next step is seasoning the ribs with your rub of selection. Showtime I rub both sides of the ribs with a small coat of chocolate-brown mustard (olive or vegetable oil volition work likewise), just so that the seasoning will adhere. My current favorite rib rubs are Dizzy Pig make Original and Swamp Venom (for a piffling more bite). Liberally season both sides of the ribs, wrap in plastic and let them sit overnight in the fridge. I get the best results when I have them sit overnight, just if yous don't have time for this information technology's non a huge loss.

Right before you put the ribs on the grill, season them 1 more time with your rub for a little extra season.

BGE Configuration

We are tiresome smoking these ribs, so set your Egg upwards to cook Indirect. Identify the Plate Setter on the Fire Ring with the legs facing up. On top of the Plate Setter, identify your H2o Pan (filled with h2o). Terminal, identify the cooking grate on top of the Plate Setter. If yous are using a Rib Rack, place it on top of the cooking grate.

Don't forget to add your smoking wood to the lump charcoal! I take had amazing results with pecan and cerise woods, and apple tree wood is always a classic choice.

The Cook

Stabilize your Big Green Egg betwixt 225 – 250F, so put the ribs on when yous see "Sweetness Blue." Smoke for 4.5 hours with the dome closed, and no peeking! This is the "lazy method," after all. After 4.5 hours of cooking, the ribs should be about done. The concluding pace is to utilize our BBQ sauce and let it caramelize during the last 30 minutes of cooking. A half hour after you apply your BBQ sauce, the ribs should be ready to go!

A simple check for done-ness is necessary before you take the ribs off (my v hours is an estimate, all cooks will vary). Some people use a toothpick or fork (meat should yield easily), some people wait and meet how much the meat has pulled back from the os, and some use the "bend examination" (the rack of ribs should bend easily when held from the center). Whatever method works for you is fine, just be sure you bank check those ribs before you serve them!

Boosted Notes

In that location are several methods to making Large Green Egg ribs, and I'g certain they are all amazing. This is my "lazy method" that requires no flipping, no continuous mopping, and no foiling. I similar to utilise this method when I accept a busy twenty-four hour period, because I don't demand to babe sit down the grill while the ribs cook. I tin throw the ribs on the grill, become iv or five hours of errands taken care of, and then enjoy a delicious rib dinner!