Over cooking PORK. Why??

[ncboston]

We always had apple sauce on the table whenever we ate pork. you New England guys should remember that.

[jpsmith1cm]

Maybe someone can telll me why people boil ribs before they cook them?

Usually I just put some spices on, slather on the dause and put them under the broiler for about 25 mins. Take them out and you can pull the bones right off of the meat. Then you have a rib steak. So why the boiling?

The wife is good for that.

Boil them until they are WAY overdone then drop them on the grill and smear them with sauce.

She doesn't have the patience to slow cook them on the grill and not even close to the patience required to use the smoker.

[Chris_Worthington]

Maybe someone can telll me why people boil ribs before they cook them?

Usually I just put some spices on, slather on the dause and put them under the broiler for about 25 mins. Take them out and you can pull the bones right off of the meat. Then you have a rib steak. So why the boiling?

Better yet,, Try soaking them in salt water overnight. Then set the oven to 200-210 completely cover them with a mixture of Butter, Honey (and lots of it) and brown sugar. Cover with aluminum foil and leave it alone for 2 hours.

Place them on the grill and coat them with a mixture of sweet baby rays and jack daniels BBQ sauce. Grill'em just enough to get the flavor of the grill, 10 minutes per side.

Yum

[warm]

Maybe someone can telll me why people boil ribs before they cook them?

Usually I just put some spices on, slather on the dause and put them under the broiler for about 25 mins. Take them out and you can pull the bones right off of the meat. Then you have a rib steak. So why the boiling?

Because they don't know how to grill - they slap them on a grill right over HOT coals and cook the juices out of them
put the coals (gray) to the SIDES and the meat in the middle keep the temp 200/225* lot of hard wood chips (fresh or wetted) for smoke imho

[yellowirenut]

Better yet,, Try soaking them in salt water overnight. Then set the oven to 200-210 completely cover them with a mixture of Butter, Honey (and lots of it) and brown sugar. Cover with aluminum foil and leave it alone for 2 hours.

Place them on the grill and coat them with a mixture of sweet baby rays and jack daniels BBQ sauce. Grill'em just enough to get the flavor of the grill, 10 minutes per side.

Yum

That sounds tasty...may try that but instead of the oven maybe my electric smoker. I don't like running the stove for that long in the summer

[luskys a/c]

Alot people would boil them first to make them tender and finish them on the grill.
The traditional way to do it is like how Chris W. explained it but without the salt brine (not that its not a good idea).

My father and I do it the oppisite . We will grill it first with hot coals on the side for 5 min on each side then butter it with your choice of BBQ or your favorite coating and grill for another 5 on each side then pull them , cover them and bake for 2 to 3 hrs depending how many racks to have. We like it this way because they like to fall apart on the grill the other way.

PaPa Jo --wanting to grill some center lion chops-- any suggestions .
Papa -- I like to marinade mine in 1cup of vinegar -- 3Tbl of extra virgin OO. 2Tbl of chipotle powder -- 1/2 Tbl of Brown sugar -- 1 Tbl Tyme (dry or fresh). for at least 8 hrs or more. Cook on a medium heat grill till 150F.