Babybacks, to wrap or not to wrap?

[Slippy]

I did two yesterday wrapped so I already know how that turned out.

True, but you probably overcooked them, so not a fair fight... But I do hope those unwrapped bones come out good.... I am curious myself. I don't wrap beef ribs, but just about everything else...

[Chasdev]

Funny thing about yesterday's batch is after they cooled down they tightened up quite a bit.
Now there's a tug but but not much of one.
I guess I should stop slicing and sampling right off the fire..

[Chasdev]

Okay all done..4.5 hours at 250.
I was afraid they might need to go a little longer but I figured I could always poke them in the oven if they needed more whereas its hard to un-cook overcooked meat.
I cut one out while still hot for the test and bingo, nice tug but super moist and tender.
From now on I'm going to skip wrapping that's for sure.

[OldUsedParts]

Don'tcha just love it when an idea "Works" ?

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[daBertl]

It doesn’t take that long to do ribs, especially baby backs. Always remember that when you foil, it accelerates the cook time. And if you maintain a steady 250, in my opinion you only need about 4 hours or so.

I couldn´t say it better

[egghead]

At 3/1.5/1 the ribs were in the smoke 5-1/2 hours.

I don’t wrap and my BB’s take about 6 hours at 240 but I don’t cook to time. I start checking with the bend test just after 5 hours.

Bend test - ribs bend close to 90 degrees when ribs are picked up with tongs are about halfway down the rack. Reminder: it’s a law in Texas to double click the tongs each time you pick them up.

[GRailsback]

At 3/1.5/1 the ribs were in the smoke 5-1/2 hours.

I don’t wrap and my BB’s take about 6 hours at 240 but I don’t cook to time. I start checking with the bend test just after 5 hours.

Bend test - ribs bend close to 90 degrees when ribs are picked up with tongs are about halfway down the rack. Reminder: it’s a law in Texas to double click the tongs each time you pick them up.

If you foil, you are done in the 4 hour range.

[egghead]

No foil zone here. Set it and forget it at 240. Finish time is predictable at 5-1/2 to 6 hours.

[TwoGuysBBQ]

I’m taking notes,.......taking notes. Love those pics egghead

[TechieQ]

Reminder: it’s a law in Texas to double click the tongs each time you pick them up.

I'm so glad to hear I've been doing it right all this time, without even being told to! whew