BBQ beef ribs

[rivergirl]

I dry rubbed these with my own Cajun spice mix and left them overnight . I slow cooked them on my Barbie using the indirect method on a soaked walnut plank , frequently dousing them with BBQ sauce slaked down with cola. ( used the last of my sauce so am doing another batch this afternoon) after four hours the results are a lovely dark sticky sauce and tender and very tasty beef ribs. On special offer here at the moment for 2.99 a kilo so I had to give them a try!!
Photo will follow but please don,t expect one of Marcus,s amazing ones

[umhloti]

Hi Rivergirl . Cant wait to see them yum yum its just made me very hungry just listening to your description of these ribs .

[h12rpo]

here they are:

[h12rpo]

tres lovely !

[richburrow]

Wow they look amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have seen you talking about walnut planks before?!?!?! Whats that all about?

[minesamojito]

Amazing beef ribs there! rg has the most amazing walnut planks, I love mine so much I daren't use them to cook on. Is a great way of cooking indirectly, it adds a wonderful smokey flavour without burning the food, try it, oak, walnut, beech and cedar are all good
cheers
marcus

[richburrow]

Sorry for the 20 questions but how do you go about it? If this has been covered before could you link the thread. I have a raft load of cedar so I am game for a try. Got walnut as well but I am not sure about using it!!!! I am in my shed now and have just turned but not finished a cedar fruit bowl, the shed smells amazing. To use that with cooking could be very nice.
Cheers
Rich

[minesamojito]

What I'd do, is use a dry rub on the meat, then flame the outside of the meat directly over the flames on a BBQ, then pop a plank of soaked (12hrs+) wood on the BBQ followed by the meat. Pop the lid on the BBQ and cook on a low temp, (time depends on cut) A medium rare sirloin joint will take just over an hour, but beef ribs, will take 4 or 5. The bottom of the plank should char, creates a smoke, but can be reused.
Enjoy! it's a great way of cooking!
countrywoodsmoke.com/2012/03/01/oak-plank-roast-sirloin/
cheers
marcus

[richburrow]

Thank you marcus for the info.
I am going to have a go at this. I need to make a chimney cover and a front for my bbq but I wanted to do that anyway.
This way of cooking will make me crack on with thoses jobs

[rivergirl]

Thanks Marcus!! My walnut planks are quite blackened with use and the flavour just gets more intense!!! Don,t worry about using it Marcus I can always give you another one. You can also use them in your oven my plank is actually just rough slabs cut in the round from our fallen tree. I will send you a photo. I use the wood chippings to smoke in the Barbie as well ( Richard has got into the habit of standing on a tarp when logging to catch every scrap)

[richburrow]

Thanks for your help with this, I am 100% up for this.

This is the piece of cedar that the bowl blank came from, I will chop out a chunk and keep you informed