Never wrapped a day in30 years and get much love

Damn, how many kids do you have, lol

Gutter kinfolk! 🤣

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I didn’t even know wrapping ribs was a thing lol I knew for brisket but dang

I have wrapped them in butcher paper to speed them up a bit when folks are getting hangry. But absolutely unnecessary for any other reason.

I like wrapping mine and finishing em off with some butter, brown sugar/honey and a bit of apple cider not the vinegar. It’s basically meat candy when it’s done

If you ever have the desire, try doing that when they are done cooking and let them rest that way. I finish them, then wrap in butter and a very light strip if bbq sauce. I hold them in a small oven at 150 F for a few hours.

So you throw on some wagyu tallow, beef tallow, or just butter and wrap. It gets it that juiciness that no wrap could never achieve. Is it necessary? No. Is it amazing? Yes. Worth it? Depends on your taste preferences. When I smoke for my get togethers, I’ll do unwrapped, covered and a mix of pork and beef ribs. Because different strokes for different folks.

Amen to no wrap.

Why don’t you wrap your ribs?

I prefer my ribs to come out with bark and sticky/caramelized sauce. With the wrap, the ribs will effectively finish steaming in their own and the sauce's moisture. The sauce remains thin and the ribs are softer, rather than pull-off-the-bone tender, with a some texture to them.

This. The texture of steamed ribs is off-putting to me, which is why I don't wrap.

This is my reasoning right here.

I used to finish my ribs by saucing them and throwing them quickly on a hot grill. I've figured out I can get close to the same result by just finishing them with sauce on the smoker, but unwrapped.

I’ve found it’s rather pointless. I get juicy, pull off the bone ribs without wrapping. Why complicate? I suppose it’s a matter of opinion.

That’s fair. I didn’t know if there was a benefit or not. Just trying to learn

Good question. It produced a great response.

I learned in this sub that apparently pull off the bone is overcooked. Idk. Live and let smoke I say.

I started doing it because I'm lazy and refuse to complicate a relaxing hobby. Did it once as was like nah that's not for me.

just got an offset! care to share your method?? or at least temps?

Toss them on at ~250, and check them after four hours to see how they're bending. We like dry ribs, so once they bend right it's time to eat somewhere between four and five hours usually.

The only way I’ve done them since my first rib cook.

Looks absolutely delicious but why does it look like it was cut with a butter knife jeez

I need to sharpen my knives

Time and temp? How often do you spritz?

250 for about 5 hours. No spritzing

are those baby backs?

St. Louis spare ribs from Costco

thanks, I'm thinking of trying ribs for my first smoke. wanted to figure out time, temp, and type and those look like what I want

I did chicken for my first 3 times, then pork butt then ribs. Helped me understand the smoker and where the hot spots are.

Internal temp at finish please?

Depends on the rib and the location but was reading between 195 and 205 throughout

Babies take less time

Dry out quicker also

facts

This is the way

Stand tf uppp

Here! No wrapper checking in!

Just made some yesterday. Always the best

I only wrap to hold, but those ribs look great! Nice work.

Just threw a rack on 10 minutes ago that isn't getting wrapped for the first time. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

I’ve never ever wrapped any rib,, Not sure who even started that misnomer

Damn that’s a nice looking red band, must have been some good smoking.

I wrap on baby backs and no-wrap/spritz on spares or st louis. Those look great though.

Team no wrap! 👍

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Stalking them through multiple subs? Lol....

This is insane behavior

No it's not. This coward chooses to make anti gay comments on a very friendly social platform. It's our duty to shine a light on bigotry and ask them to explain themselves 

That's gay dude.

I'm pretty sure that's a bot you're responding too. Like I know it said something homophobic but just read through some of it's post history and look at the frequency and how it never responds directly to comments on its comments. Total bot behavior.

Heard. Never thought about that.  I just saw so many posts, I assumed bots are one offs with no history 

Just answer the question! Do you wrap ribs?!

Imagine being triggered by frickin RIBS. Way to advance your movement.

They aren't though. They followed a bot from a comment on a picture of a celebrity where the bot called the celeb a homophobic slur. Still weird behavior but it has nothing to do with ribs.

They are getting creepily advanced I feel like

Yes this works.

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In Pic 3, I thought the black glove in back was a completely charred rack of ribs 😂😂

Repping

We out here.

Represent!

Correct, one shouldn't wrap.

I only wrap them after they’re off of the smoker and waiting to be eaten. Never cook them in foil.

Just did it yesterday. No going back.

Never wrapped, never will

If I'm cooking ribs for myself I don't wrap and love it. Just enough chew to make them great. My wife likes wrapped. She's used to Chilli's ribs.

I am right here with you. Best way to make ribs. I do 275 for 4 hours take them off and enjoy

I never wrap. It’s a waste of time. It does nothing to elevate the results.

I wrap Brisket but other than that.....nope. Especially not Ribs

I swear people wrap/boat shit as a crutch for not knowing how to manage a fire. I’ve never done it ok brisket, ribs, pork butt, etc and never had any issues

Used to always do 3/2/1, stopped about a year ago and don't wrap my ribs now. Better taste IMO

I’m scared to try it lol I like my classic competition style wrapped ribs so much

How did you skip the wrap part and eliminate the two hours. Did you ride it straight through for 6hrs??

Yup, opened it a few times to temp them but otherwise didn’t touch them at all. People came over a little later than planned, I could have probably pulled them an hour earlier

Did you maintain your temperature throughout the 6hrs?

I’ve got a traeger so yeah kept it at 250 pretty much the entire time

I wrap on the Traeger and don’t wrap in the Camp Chef. Wonder if the water pan in the Camp Chef smoke vault is giving me the moisture for a juicer rack.

These were done on my traeger, better bark than when I wrapped them but juiciness and tenderness was the same as when I did 3-2-1

I’ve started doing the 1 of 3-2-1 as like… 3-5 minutes in the pizza oven. I slice, sauce, then toss them into a foil pan and into the oven. Couple minutes at 800 f and they got nice bark. I’m a heathen I know. But pizza and ribs is a nice combo

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3-2-1 are too mushy for me. I raw dog it for Memphis style everytime. 275-300°. Spritz so I feel like I’m doing something.

I enjoy wrapping.

I decided to wrap today she regret it

Looks as good as it gets

Yep! Only way to go.

Tried no wrap on Friday night and both the wifey and I liked them better than wrapped. I might be converted to team no-wrap now