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BBQ Beef Ribs - Preparing the Smoker

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BBQ Beef Ribs - Cutting and Serving your Beef Ribs

Cutting Beef Ribs

Cutting Beef Ribs

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Once the beef ribs are completely cooked and you have all the barbecue sauce on them that you want it's time to get them off the smoker. Like any meat you should let the ribs rest before you start cutting them up. Resting meat allows the heat and juices to even out and the meat to relax making it more tender. Let beef ribs rest, covered with a sheet of foil for 5 to 10 minutes.

When the resting time is over you can carve them. The easiest way to cut beef ribs is to stand them up on their ends and to slip a knife down between the bones. If the beef ribs are cooked properly you can easily cut through the meat without it tearing away from the bones. Ribs are best eaten on the bone. While, fall of the bone ribs, sounds good, it isn't as good to eat.

The last part is to take note of your ribs. Too tender? Not tender enough? Too sweet? Too spicy? If you record your process the next time you smoke some ribs you will be able to make the necessarily adjustments to the process to get the ribs you want.

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