Getting Ready for Late Lunch Today:
BBQ Beef Back Ribs
Cole Slaw
Baked Beans
Garlic Bread
Watermelon

Ready to Go (Pecan Chunks and Hardwood Lump Charcoal)


Getting Coals Ready


Coals Ready, Pecan Chunks Added on Top of Coals, Heat Deflector Plates On


Tray of Beans Next


To Be Continued

Ribs Ready to Go
Dry Brined with Homemade Spice Rub overnight in the fridge


Kamado Ready to Cook


Cole Slaw Ready for the Fridge

Couple recipes:

Basic method for smoking beef back ribs:
http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/BBQ_beef_ribs.html

Homemade spice rub based loosely on:
http://amazingribs.com/recipes/rubs_pastes_marinades_and_brines/big_bad_beef_rub.html

Usually add a bit of Oakridge BBQ Crucible Ghost Chile Rub to the spice rub for a bit of extra heat. Then I do a dry brine the night before with a bit of Kosher salt and then the spice rub goes on. It all gets wrapped in foil then goes in the fridge to absorb the salt and let the flavors set in overnight.

Baked beans recipe basically this:
http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beans/grannies_texas_beans.html

No extra sugar. Put all the ingredients together in a baking pan. That puppy goes on top of the heat deflector plates (under the grill) so that the fat drippings from the ribs can add flavor and it also picks up the pecan smoke flavor.

Pretty nice day for BBQ in Round Rock. Sunny and 80 degrees is the high today. We get pretty nice weather in the spring but there's a high price to pay when it rolls around to summer.

On the garlic bread will head back to market soon. Texas state law prohibits sale of beer before noon on Sundays so need a trip to pick up loaf of french bread and some brews.

Figure I'll roast a couple garlic cloves, saute the crushed cloves and some diced garlic with melted butter, and slather that stuff all over the bread. Then on to the grill for a minute or two to brown.

Combine that with some goat cheese / chevre and should be pretty set for the day

Hell yes!

I'll post some pics of the finished product in a couple hours
Have to say that grilling and smoking are some of the best things in life. Nothing like cooking a great meal on the Q.

BBQ can be hell. Hours of slaving & toiling over a hot grill in the blazing sun

That looks damn good!

Finished product:






Our Stone-Faced, Demanding Local BBQ Judge:

That doesn't bother me. Swing by the grocery store after church, get your drinks. I truly believe that God doesn't care if you drink beer or not.

But, it is a silly law. From the Temperance Times until the 1980s or so, it was illegal to SHOW alcoholic beverages in retail stores on Sundays. Almost like the modern Zion Veil in Utah, we had to cover the beer coolers and wine racks with butcher paper. Seriously, in Washington not too long ago.

Nice job on those ribs, the young man seems satisfied.