Rib Wrap Test | Should you wrap Ribs in Foil or Butcher Paper or Unwrapped | Smoked Baby Back Ribs
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ธ.ค. 2022
- BABY BACKS
Foil Wrapped, Butcher Paper Wrapped, Unwrapped
• 3 Racks of Baby Backs Ribs
• 3 TBSP of Yellow Mustard
• Killer Hogs AP
• 2 TBSP of Squeeze Butter
• 4 TBSP of Brown Sugar
• 2 TBSP of Rib Glaze
• Sweet Rapture BBQ Rub
• Butcher BBQ Honey Rub
We used our RT 700 for this cook, set at 275 degrees.
We prepped each rack by removing the membrane and trimming away any large fat.
Use about a tablespoon of mustard on each rack as a binder.
Coat each rack liberally with the AP and BBQ seasoning.
Add a light coat of the honey rub.
Place on the smoker for 2.5 hours or until your rub has set.
Spritz each rack about every 45 mins with apple juice.
We wrapped one rack in butcher paper and one in foil.
We used about 2 tbsp. of Brown sugar, 1 tbsp. of squeeze butter and 1 tbsp. of rib glaze in each wrap.
One rack we cooked uncovered and continued to spritz for the duration of the cook.
At about the 3.5 hour mark we unwrapped and glazed the ribs with our favorite BBQ sauce.
Once the sauce was set we removed and enjoyed.
Overall we thought each rack was exceptional. Our two favorites were the two that were wrapped and we lean more toward the foil wrapped rib!
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Smoked 20 St. Louis rib racks and 130 drumsticks on memorial wknd for 70ppl. I used apple and cherry splits. 250 degrees for 3 hrs then wrapped in BP with 1/3c rendered pork lard per rack, after an hr. I had good pull back on bone. Proceeded to dust rub, sauce and put back unwrapped in the smoker for an hr to let sauce set with residual heat!
Not a fan of aluminum foil because ribs come out wet, in my opinion!
Smoked drumsticks at 225 for 2 hrs then charred them on the Weber kettle.
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Sounds awesome!
Unwrapped is probably the best one
Just made ribs tonight crispy them up on the flat top, then wrapped them in banana leaves and finished them on the grill. Came out fantastic.
I like fall-off-the-bone ribs. But what I don't like is the ribs tasting like they were cooked in a pressure cooker. The answer to this is butcher paper. Juiciness doesn't come from water, it is from fats and oils. Butcher paper lets the water out while keeping everything else in. Works great for almost everything that needs wrapped.
Makes perfect sense to me!
The handles on the grill are legit!!!
They are pretty awesome!
Butcher paper is my go-to. Foil always made the ribs more like an "oven-cooked" rib texture
I agree, we’ve been using Butcher Paper more often!
Good video. Reminds me of when Malcolm Reed first started.
OH YEAH!!! I finally found MY sweet spot for ribs that's SO much easier! But good.... GREAT taste works! Thanks! Great video!!
Thank you!!! We appreciate you watching!
I wouldn’t mind all of them!
Foil is steaming them… I like no wrap but have eaten good ribs all 3 ways… I like more bark which why no wrap is my favorite
So, no matter what you do: ribs are amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will try tomorrow. Looks good. Thanks
Nice! Let me know which you like best!
Those trimmed ends make a great add to big pot of beans. Mind the bone chips though.
Yep. I rarely cook baby backs, but when I buy full spare ribs, I trim them into St. Louis style ribs. I just add a little salt and pepper to the trimmings and smoke them, then vacuum seal to add to a pot of beans later on. Way better than spending money on store bought smoked ham hocks.
Love that SLAYER sweatshirt!!
Where did you get it?
Hot Topic
Thanks for sharing. I am going to try the wrapped paper, Take Care
Thanks for watching, let us know what you think!
I love that Bill is wearing a Slayer hoodie! Great video. Will be trying it soon.
Great job! Love my RT 700 and think I’ll go no wrap today
Thanks for watching! I like no wrap once an a while! Love my Rec Teq too!
I have yet to cook baby back ribs the same way but all were awesome
I love those B&B pellets ❤
Good video.
My personal favorite method is butcher paper wrapped. Having said that, if I came to your house I’d Mack down any one of these & be bummed if you ran out.
Thank you for your comment about not liking them to be “fall off the bone tender” that’s just over cooked in my opinion.
Thanks for the info brother.From the Ozark Mountains 😊
You bet!
I've been wanting to try this to see if there's a noticeable difference like brisket. Great job, great results
Thank you so much for watching!!!
Hey, great video. I think you did a nice job on the video and all the cooking. Keep it up.
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Thank you!
GREAT VIDEO!!❤
Thank you so much!
I prefer the no wrap because that was how I learned to do them cooking at a BBQ restaurant and you can really get the smoky flavor of the wood especially if you use apple or cherry. They seemed to all cook the same so I don't think you can go wrong with any of these options!
I don't wrap either. I smoke them for 3.5 to 4 hours just under 300F in a Weber 22" kettle grill. They come out perfect every time.
Depends on how much smoke flavor you want. I smoke 2 hrs then wrap 2 hrs. Post oak and pecan
Im literally doing this now😂@@josephsmith961
Whatever floats your boat, enjoy the moment, will be alright!
Malcom put out a new video recently using butcher paper so I gave it a go for the first time today. Now I'm here watching this.
I haven’t watched it, I’m sure it is good!
I've done the no wrap before on ribs. Never paper, though. Have thought about it. As high as aluminum foil is, reckon I'll try paper next time. Wife and I pulled some leftover ribs out of the freezer yesterday. They were cooked about 3 wks ago. My goodness they were still delicious and moist. Malcolm sure has helped my game. Especially the butter trick at wrapping time.
Same here.
@@keithbishop3550 What is the butter trick? Thanks
Good video..Killer SLAYER Hoodie!!!!
Thanks man!
SLAYER!
I cook my ribs around the same temp. I wrap in butcher paper and do a 50/50 pineapple/apple juice spritz every hour. However, I could almost taste yours as you were biting them. Looking good.
Thank you!
Someone probably already posted this, but, the wrapped ribs were braised somewhat, so that's probably why they bit through more. The meat got tenderized more because the moisture was trapped. That's why Mom kept the lid on the dutch oven when making that tender pot roast Sunday dinner. To me, you have better control of your product when you wrap, no matter which type. To each his own. All your ribs turned out magnificently. None will go to waste lol
I'm not a fan of bark chewing up roof of my old mouth so I always use paper to keep foil away from meat due to a pain in the behind galvanic reaction- like putting 9 volt on your tongue. Not the prettiest but IMHO the best for Mr. God Bless and happy cooking
@@brianmiller1098huh??
@whereRbearsTeeth in otherwords sir I've modified method to MY personal preferences. Competition is great and pretty but is not my cup of tea. Have A Blessed Day and I hope I've explained my reason
You two could eat three racks. Wow. I can barely eat 4. Lol mouth is watering just listening to youy umm umm umm. 😂
I don’t know what brand of grill you got but those bull horns and nose ring is AWESOME!!! Ribs looked pretty good as well!!!
It’s a Rec Tec, thanks for watching!
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Awesome!
Great video . i always go no wrap and always dry rub no sauce . ive had wrapped in foil and butcher paper . And i prefer no wrap at all
I only wrap if I need to hurry. It just helps push through the stall to me.
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First time watcher, long time meat smoker. Great video, I enjoy watching the technique. Seems a lot of the comments try to critique your technique or worry about you eating foil toxins 😂. I wish all the experts would post links to their videos showing us the correct way to do it... I dont recall anyone asking. I appreciate the time and effort that went into your video. Truth being there are only so many ways to cook ribs on a smoker. Taste / flavor is a personal thing, and I'd eat those ribs. They all looked great.
As long as you're happy with the results, there is no wrong way to do it.
Great response
No wrong way to smoke another mans meat😂😂
Do you have a recipe for your barbecue sauce? You’re putting on at the end. Thank you.
On a pellet grill the answer is different than on a offset. On a pellet grill, the colder it is outside, the more smoke flavor you get. On a pellet grill in the cold, using fruitwood, you get more stoking because of the less dense fruitwood and get more smoke. On baby back ribs, which I don't prefer, the meat is drier and needs a different cooking time. I have programs on my pellet grill and the one for back ribs isn't the same as side ribs. I rarely wrap on a pellet grill. I start off on smoke and gradually increase the temp a few times.
On an offset, you may wrap to limit the smoke because the rib has all you need. I don't put anything in the butcher paper because steaming the rib in whatever liquid/sugar you put in there seems to wash away the smoke on the bark. Foil is for the casserole in the oven unless you are protecting a corner or bottom of meat. Steaming the meat off the bones and steaming the smoke flavor out of the meat, undoes all that I did.
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@@barfy4751 I have a Traeger Timberline now and used a Traeger Lil Tex for 12 years before that. They are very different to use.
Whenever you see a guy that large you know he knows how to cook.
Thanks for the comparison. I made some wrapped ribs yesterday and always questioned wasting pellets during the wrapped staged. Why not throw them in the oven at that point. The next few cooks will be unwrapped at 275
You certainly can!
Very nice, racks
Yes they are!
10:30 - You said, “I’m not a big thick sauce guy”… well sir, you’re wrong in saying that because you’re just like me… a big, thick, guy but just not a thick sauce guy!!! 😂😂😂
I must have done over 100 ribs and they all came out substandard. Either too fatty and chewy and hard to get off the bone or just flat out falling off the bone without even biting into it. I was about to give up that I could perfect ribs and then I stumbled onto a method that worked. Smokey, tasty, the perfect chew off the bone and the fat all rendered. My teen daughter just loves them. And you know if you have one they are very picky eaters. So I finally did it. I'm sure there are many ways to make the perfect rib and everyone has their own tastes. I'm sure the competition professionals make the perfect rib every time. All I can say after watching this video is that I do my ribs unwrapped and the boys in the video seem to agree that the flavors come out a bit more that way. As far as the wrapping paper I do use that when its time to put them in the cooler at the end. I find that the paper absorbs the juices more then of course aluminum does. I had to wrap my steaks once because company was late and I used paper and it was a big mistake because the steaks got a bit dry. I should have used aluminum. But with ribs in the cooler I use paper. Thanks for the video I am always looking at ways to get better.
No wrap is the way to go. SO much less work and I have had much better quality come out without a wrap. I use a pellet grill too so it doesn't get as much smoke. You just have to keep them moist with an apple juice spritz every 30 mins or so.
Thank you for watching!!!
An apple juice spritz is a good idea!
It's funny because I was watching this video and was catching your accent heavy. So I went to your channel and lone and behold, you're from the Pittsburgh area, as am I😂
That's awesome!
What is the total hrs on the grill ? Cause I like short stories.😎
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When I use to have a smoker I never wrapped my meat. Slow cooked smoke meat shouldn’t need it cause you cook at a lower temp. However I will say if the heat goes up wrapping gives it extra protection from char and that’s about it.
My favorite part about ribs is the process.
Mine too! Thank you for watching!
Put them in WSM for 2.5 hrs at 225ish, wrap with foil for 2 more hrs. Lump or briquettes with 4 chunks of apple wood.
No
I like dry ribs. About 4 hours on my smoker and I’m good to go.
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I will never deviate from my knowledge again. Absolutely tough ass ribs .never again will I not go with 225 degrees. Damn
Can you give more info in the sauce? Looks great but description just says "favorite". Im trying to find a thinned sauce like that.
its called water, just put a little water in your favorite sauce, voila its thinned out
Feel like when i wrap mine in foil it steams it more and i lose bark.
I normally cook my ribs,225° 3-1-1,anymore than 1hr wrapped tends to overcook them,i tried the 3-2-1 method and ribs were mushy
I do not like foil in contact with anything that has acid in it, especially tomato or vinegar. I always have a protective layer of parchment paper between foil and meat with anything acid sauces on it.
When I did catering, I'd put foil on top of lasagnas until one time I pulled the foil back and noticed foil remaining behind on the tomato sauce, so since noticing that, always protection of parchment paper between acid food and aluminum foil.
Acid and aluminum is a no-no for me too
EXACTLY!!!!
It’s fine your body will filter it out in low amounts. Just don’t cook with it at high temps and you’ll be fine
I've never bothered to wrap ribs until I finished them in the oven once when it started raining. Added a few Tbs white wine and butter in the foil wrap, then used the drippings to make a BBQ sauce. Holy shit that was good.... Haven't done that since 'cause it just seemed like cheating.
Damn, they all look good to me. My mouth was watering by the time you got to the the last rack.
The unwrapped "had more bite." Do you mean the spiciness of the sauce?
I believe I was talking about tenderness. They weren’t “fall off the bone”. Thank you for watching!
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Oh. They were probably lower temp than the others. Maybe closer to 202 instead of 208.
Might I ask where u got that huge cutting board, nothing on Amazon compares size wise unless it’s an oversight??
That board I believe we got at a Restaurant Depot!
@@BigDaddysBBQPit Thanks!
All methods look like they create tasty results. I've always done the opposite though. Wrap them raw with the sauce as tacking for the dry spices and cook for 1.5 hours or so and then finish unwrapped with periodic basting.
Great tip!
Oven cooked and foil wrapped in a cookie sheet are fine, just judge the size of your ribs... 3-4 hours at 225 is what I do. All that steam with the rub (hey, what's this guy's secret rub?) Is what gets the flavors deep! Unfold one end and drain all that juice off and save it for the best rice with veggies ever! I switch them to a low broil (300) with them open if needed to maybe dry them a bit if the juices were heavy... You can see from this vid how much racks vary... Then the glaze... crank broiler up to about 375... And I go crazy with the glaze for flavors... Asian spices on top of a sweet BBQ sauce mixed with my homemade hot sauce... Broil until you see it bubbling each side... Enjoy! I like to think I'm making Spicy Candy that happens to be baby back ribs... ☮️&❤️4ALL!!! 😋
So which one is best? The point of comparing all three is to make a determination on which method yields the best results.
Thanks for the video though.
Both
Put a glove on your sauces and spices. Works Awesome!!!!
Great tip!
What brand was the spritzer?
Does anyone know the name brand of the bbq grill in this video? Is it for charcoal?
The smoker I’m using is a ReqTec RT 700 Pellet Grill/Smoker. It’s fuel source is wood pellets. Thank you for watching!
With such a heavy application of flavors, is it possible at all to taste the pork?
Yes it is, one of our favorite ways to eat ribs is just plan salt and pepper though!
I just love the no wrap, the wrap just doesn't get the smoke/grill taste I like.
Right on!
Not sure how it’s a head to head comparison if you added ingredients when you wrapped.
Agreed. The entire comparison won't ever really be fair due to that.
That being said, I never wrap em and let em be a savory bomb. Sweet ribs don't get my blood flowing. So at this point, this video is entertainment
may i ask a newbie question. I have never bbq'd before so please don't destroy me for this question but what is the difference of grilling over using the oven? specifically pork ribs and brisket. heat is heat right?
Grilling or smoking really adds another layer of flavor to whatever you’re cooking, an oven would cook ribs just fine but without the added flavor you get from smoking. Great question!
@@BigDaddysBBQPit thank you sir.
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To me the foil speeds up the cooking process and the butcher paper slows down the cooking process. Majority of the time I don't wrap
It does speed up the process in foil for sure!
Do what you want, but there is no need to trim anything from baby backs - you watch too much tv - trim for looks only - nothings gonna burn up, it's the best tasting part and you're wasting meat
Thanks have a great day!
I agree, cost too much to waste.
As long as they don't go to waste what does it matter, great for soup.
I will take any please.
Your side kick looks like he crawled out of the bushes off a boat…as captain “this guy”
I prefer more fall-off-the-bone. How is that achieved....longer cooking time?
Yes, that is correct
Unwrap it the way to go, all natural. You can be stranded and not have to look for anything because you have to wrap, all wrapping does is steam them and I want to Smoke them
I use foil, the peach treat is overrated. Keeping the moisture and heat in is key
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So no ‘magic’ elixir of sugar, margarine (retch) , habanero sauce for the unwrapped ribs?
Nope not at all, thanks for watching!
I wrap mine in foil but recently have been burning the bark. After wrapping with mustard, honey, and brown sugar they go back on the smoker at 270 degrees for 35 minutes. In the last couple of smokes the bark is stuck and burnt, any suggestions? I know I could turn down the heat but not sure this is the only issue. Thank you
I’ve only ever had one time when I have burnt the bark on ribs.The only time it happened I used unfiltered raw honey, it was all I could find, so I used it. That was the only thing I had changed. What type of honey have you used?
@@BigDaddysBBQPit unfiltered raw honey. Would 270 degrees cause this as well? I am going to drop to 230 and see if this helps, I bought the honey from a local keeper and it tastes so good.
@@mikemcallister3698 I would try lowering the temp as you suggested. I would also try to check them a little more often to see how they look. If it starts to burn you can always pull them off.
@@mikemcallister3698 I think lowering temp could help as Mike suggested, but I tend to finish at higher temps and don't burn the bark. The difference is my glaze/sauce has a lot more moisture. Honey + Brown sugar is a lot of sugar without a lot of water content, that's very little water to evaporate. Can you save some drippings from the foil and baste with it every 15 minutes, or mix the drippings with a little more brown sugar? That's what I do and my in-laws requested my ribs for Christmas so I must be doing something right.
@@AndrewThoesen I think I am having controller issues. I check three different temp probes this morning and they all were within 2 degrees of each other at 212 degrees. I set my smoker yesterday at 240 and the probes read 290-295. Calling Pitboss to see what they recommend. Setting at 260 for ribs ran over 310.
I stopped using foil directly on food without wrapping them in parchment first. Read too many negative articles about foil leaching into the food item being used! Parchment helps to prevent the leaching!
So my question is which one did you like the most
I liked all three, but foil is still my favorite.
@BigDaddysBBQPit so u like aluminum tasting ribs....cool
@@Doeboi131that's now how aluminum works lol
@@Doeboi131you can’t taste the aluminum?
You assume - and you are wrong. Been using aluminum as my texas Crutch for years - never had anyone say they tasted even a hint of aluminum.
I double wrap my ribs first I wrap it in parchment paper then foil
Great tip!
Where did u get your sprayer from
That sprayer was off Amazon.
The ones in foil had brown sugar added to them. So you can’t say they were all the same.
Damn let's eat 😋
That’s right!
The unwrapped one seemed tough to me while he was slicing it.
Not at all, thanks for watching!
1:33 keep the membrane!
Unpopular opinion i dont do binders because it does change the Flavor.
Hey bubby how do you like your BFG
We really love it so far, never a problem, great capacity!
Neither, you should wrap them in bacon. Along with everything else in the world. I have 3 kids, I swaddled them all in bacon and they turned out great. I brined them for 9 months first.
They all look good but I like the unwrapped ones the best I like the char and I like ribs that you can Savor and chew a little bit before they slide down to gullet heaven😂😂😂
Thank you for watching!
All that bbq experience and you've never cooked a rack of ribs unwrapped? Loard help us.
The foil wrapped ribs kind of reminded me of The Tingler. Wonder how many even know what that is?
So what was your favorite?
All of them! 😂
Do you think there would have been any difference (good or bad) if you left the largest rack unwrapped instead of the smallest one?
Not a critique or criticism, just thinking if i had done the test i would have guessed that maybe the larger one would be better to leave unwrapped?
Thanks for running this comparison.
Would babybacks generally have the least amount of "gobs" of fat? Marbling is great, but man I hate biting into ribs that are just mostly chunks of fat.