Bad ribs -old meat

[Norway Joe]

Planned on smoking some nice ribs today. Fired up a half chimney with briquettes and made the WSM ready. Went downstairs to the cold storage room to get the ribs. There was a bad smell in the room, almost like sewer smell. Thought I had to check that out after the ribs was prepped. Back in the kitchen I was about to open the packages with the ribs and again I felt the bad smell and I understand the smell was from the ribs. The label said best before yesterday, but they've been stored cold since I bought them two days ago. Shouldn't be any problem. Pretty irritating. Stores are not allowed to be open on sundays, except for only very small grocery stores with only the bare necessities. We have one close to me so I drove there and found two packages with precooked ribs. Not very fan of them but that's what I found.

Do you still think I can smoke them, and eventually for how long?

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[Boots]

Just me, would be no on the smelly ones but ok for the precooked. Once at room temp give them the “thumb” test with a good press to see how tender. If not very tender, then they probably can absorb additional time. Can then warm them up in yer cooker probably at very low temp (200-225 degrees F) to give some smoke and flavor until say 165 internal. Then lift one end to see how much they bend to gauge how tender. You can also tug at little bone #13 at the end (I’ve observed most full racks I get here have 13 bones) and see if it feels like a loose tooth - means they’re ready.

[Norway Joe]

Just me, would be no on the smelly ones but ok for the precooked. Once at room temp give them the “thumb” test with a good press to see how tender. If not very tender, then they probably can absorb additional time. Can then warm them up in yer cooker probably at very low temp (200-225 degrees F) to give some smoke and flavor until say 165 internal. Then lift one end to see how much they bend to gauge how tender. You can also tug at little bone #13 at the end (I’ve observed most full racks I get here have 13 bones) and see if it feels like a loose tooth - means they’re ready.

Thanks. I give it a try in the WSM. The bad ones went straight in the garbage. I don't eat smelly food if it ain't supposed to smell.

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[Rambo]

Picking up our slang word “ Ain’t “ is not a good thing. Discard this from your English vocabulary

[Norway Joe]

Picking up our slang word “ Ain’t “ is not a good thing. Discard this from your English vocabulary

What is wrong with it?

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[Rambo]

It is not proper English

[OldUsedParts]

It is not proper English

CORRECTION: "It ain't proper English"

"Ain't" along with a couple more words should be put in the Dictionary IMHO

[Norway Joe]

It is not proper English

Is it offensive?

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[GRailsback]

No, its not offensive, carry on, you are fine. You do very well with your english.

[GRailsback]

Mr joe, I to have had pork go bad on me that was recently store bought. It is frustrating for sure. If you have some freezer space, get with your butcher and get some of the freshest ones you can find and freeeze a few racks.

[bsooner75]

It is not proper English

CORRECTION: "It ain't proper English"

"Ain't" along with a couple more words should be put in the Dictionary IMHO

There should be a separate dictionary for OUP’s language


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[Norway Joe]

No, its not offensive, carry on, you are fine. You do very well with your english.

Good to hear I wasn't misbehavin'.




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[Norway Joe]

Mr joe, I to have had pork go bad on me that was recently store bought. It is frustrating for sure. If you have some freezer space, get with your butcher and get some of the freshest ones you can find and freeeze a few racks.

I have a freezer and often buy fresh and freeze. Will look for longer best before dates before time next time.

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[OldUsedParts]

There should be a separate dictionary for OUP’s language

[Chasdev]

I've had the same shock more times than I like to remember, get everything ready...open the plastic and whoosh, rotten sulfur smell.
Now I like to cut a small hole in the bag and sniff as soon as I get home from the store.
If the ribs stink, back they go.
If not, I tape up the hole with strong packaging tape and place in the fridge.