How Long Do You Cook Baby Back Ribs

The question I always posed when my wife and I would talk about cooking a barbecue was, “If I’m barbecuing,  does anyone know the answer to how long do you cook baby back ribs?”  I never could get a definitive answer from friends or family, and researching this question on the web always left me frustrated; people were either unwilling to share the information or the information varied way too much.

The following two products, Competition Barbecue Secrets and BBQ Secrets Revealed, which I reviewed on 4-12-09 and 4-19-09 respectively, answered my question and provided much more details on how to finally cook my “baby backs” the right way.

Before I announce the winner in this head-to-head review of the best barbecue ebook reference/cookbook, I must say congratulations to Bill Anderson and Randy Pryor, the authors of these two well-written and popular ebooks.  But I also want to warn them that I call them as I see them, and as good as these ebooks are, there’s only room for one winner.

Presentation

Starting with how easy it is to read and follow, Competition Barbecue Secrets (CBC) gets the nod here.  With CBC, you can actually skim to the section of the food you want to cook, and fill your head with great tips quickly on how to prepare that particular food.  With BBQ Secrets Revealed (BSR) the layout makes it a little harder to get your recipe and method together.

Completeness

BBQ Secrets Revealed is the more complete cookbook and in it you’ll find out how to barbecue just about anything.  Competition Barbecue Secrets focuses more on  a few particular foods which are the mainstay of traditional barbecue such as chicken, ribs, butt, and brisket.

Taste

During a taste test I conducted for my family on two successive Sundays with chicken and ribs, the winner here is Competition Barbecue Secrets.   Both cookbooks yielded excellent-tasting chicken and ribs with distinctive flavors, far better than anything I had ever cooked, but (CBC) edged out its competition probably because of Bill Anderson’s experience in cooking award-winning barbecues.

The winner of this head-to-head review is:

Competition Barbecue Secrets by a nose.

The reason I prefer (CBS) is purely for the taste.  (BSR) is a more thorough book covering pretty much everything you could think of as it relates to barbecuing.  But to really impress your family and friends with a barbecue they won’t ever forget, it’s (CBS).

Both products can actually give your family a lifetime of barbecuing pleasure, but the one I turn to the most since I bought both products is Competition Barbecue Secrets.

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Hey, I’m Jonathan.  I appreciate you stopping by and checking out this blog which is dedicated to what actually is a sometimes controversial question; How long do you cook baby back ribs?

It seems everyone has a different method to cook baby back ribs whether on the grill or in the oven but one thing is clear; they’re all trying to make ribs that’ll be firm enough to stick to the rib bone yet melt in their mouths. 

If you slow-cook ribs to the point where they’re soft and falling off the bone, they’ll probably taste good, but you don’t get to enjoy the process of picking them up and putting them to your mouth.  What you want to do is find a way to slow-cook the ribs so they’re very soft yet stay on the bone while you eat.  See the difference? 

Oh, and one last thing; absolutely no boiling!  Water tends to rob all the flavor from the meat.

Stay tuned…