Cooking Ribs Vertically On Big Green Egg

This video shows you an easy recipe for cooking amazing spare ribs using the 3 2 1 method on the big green egg.

Cooking ribs vertically on big green egg.

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. Set up the big green egg for an indirect cook. This quick video will show you how to make the perfect ribs on the big green egg. Once again feel free to adjust the middle and last step if you want less tenderness or more crust.

Using a handful of hickory and cherry chips will help carmelize the ribs. That s easy just add an extra hour to the first step making them 3 2 1. Set your egg to 110 c normally this is draft door open 1 2 cm and top vent with the tiniest of cracks. Add your apple wood chips and your hickory smoked wood chips for extra flavor.

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. Wanna do spare ribs instead. Grate temperature on the big green egg. Remove ribs to a flat pan or cookie sheet and brush them all on both sides with honey.

Ribs on the big green egg. Set the big green egg to 325 degrees f on the indirect cook setting. After 4 5 hours of cooking the ribs should be nearly done. The result will be moist smokey delicious.

Cook for another 2 hours at 110 c. 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. Smoke for 3 hours. These are baby back rips and we did the 2 2 1 method.

This is the lazy method after all. Cook for one and a half hours using a rib rack if you need it to have sufficient space for three slabs of ribs. Set the egg up for indirect cooking with a conveggtor at 325 f. 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.