Cooking Ribs Vertically On Big Green Egg

Smoke for 3 hours.

Cooking ribs vertically on big green egg.

Cook for another 2 hours at 110 c. Add your apple wood chips and your hickory smoked wood chips for extra flavor. Grate temperature on the big green egg. Set up the big green egg for an indirect cook.

When doing a big multi hour low and slow cook i always clean it out real good before i get started so i don t end up with fire control issues. Set your egg to 110 c normally this is draft door open 1 2 cm and top vent with the tiniest of cracks. I then preheat my xl big green egg to 250f along with my plate setter so it is the same temperature as the egg when it s time to put the ribs on. Remove ribs to a flat pan or cookie sheet and brush them all on both sides with honey.

Place the ribs in the big green egg and leave alone for the first hour after that check on the ribs every hour and spray with a mix of apple juice cider vinegar hot sauce and worcestershire sauce after 3 hours bump the temp to 250. These are baby back rips and we did the 2 2 1 method. Cook for one and a half hours using a rib rack if you need it to have sufficient space for three slabs of ribs. Stabilize your big green egg between 225 250f then put the ribs on when you see sweet blue smoke for 4 5 hours with the dome closed and no peeking.

Once again feel free to adjust the middle and last step if you want less tenderness or more crust. That s easy just add an extra hour to the first step making them 3 2 1. Lay your rib slabs onto the big green egg rib rack over the fire and let them cook for 90 minutes. After 4 5 hours of cooking the ribs should be nearly done.

Wanna do spare ribs instead. This video shows you an easy recipe for cooking amazing spare ribs using the 3 2 1 method on the big green egg. The flavor was unbelievable. Set the big green egg to 325 degrees f on the indirect cook setting.

This quick video will show you how to make the perfect ribs on the big green egg. Using a handful of hickory and cherry chips will help carmelize the ribs. Set the egg up for indirect cooking with a conveggtor at 325 f. The result will be moist smokey delicious.