Opening Night for NFL 9-10-20

It is opening night for the NFL and I did some smoked ribs for the occasion. I am looking forward to this NFL Season more than other years just because of the current Covid climate that we are in.

My guy Rodney Harrison who I believe is one of the best NFL analysts out there today is getting me pumped up for this one.

The Charcoal Snake Method...

They are smoking great!

After the were taken off the smoker...

Candied Up with BBQ Sauce...

The Finished Product! LET'S GO!

Here was the smoking schedule for this one:

11:30 built the charcoal snake method in Weber Kettle

11:40 cleaned aluminum container and soaked wood chips for the smoke

11:53 got the charcoal fired up

12:16 charcoal fired up and started up on the charcoal snake the snake...ribs all situated and positioned. We are a GO!

5:21 moved ribs to gas grill after smoke, basically warming on gas grill offset heat. I applied BBQ sauce to the ribs...all candied up!

6:52 now, there are two coats of BBQ candy on these bad boys! Looking good for the opening of the NFL 2020 season!

Thoughts After Eating

Well what can I say. I've tried for a long time to create "candied ribs". This is the first time that I actually created that nice candy coating on the ribs. How? Well now that I've done it once successfully I think it really has to do with time. The ribs are really not cooking anymore and are just in a warming situation on the grill. You apply the barbecue sauce and create a nice thin coating. I did this twice in a two hour time span... It takes time to create that candy coating! You know you are successful when you eat the ribs and they taste like you're eating candy bacon.