Cooking Ribs Vertically On Big Green Egg

Set up the big green egg for an indirect cook.

Cooking ribs vertically on big green egg.

Smoke for 3 hours. This is the lazy method after all. The result will be moist smokey delicious. Take your ribs off spray with apple juice and then wrap in foil.

This quick video will show you how to make the perfect ribs on the big green egg. The flavor was unbelievable. Grate temperature on the big green egg. Wanna do spare ribs instead.

Set your egg to 110 c normally this is draft door open 1 2 cm and top vent with the tiniest of cracks. 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 the egg up for indirect cooking with a conveggtor at 325 f. Add your apple wood chips and your hickory smoked wood chips for extra flavor.

Once again feel free to adjust the middle and last step if you want less tenderness or more crust. After 4 5 hours of cooking the ribs should be nearly done. Lay your rib slabs onto the big green egg rib rack over the fire and let them cook for 90 minutes. Set the big green egg to 325 degrees f on the indirect cook setting.

These are baby back rips and we did the 2 2 1 method. 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. Cook for another 2 hours at 110 c. That s easy just add an extra hour to the first step making them 3 2 1.

Remove ribs to a flat pan or cookie sheet and brush them all on both sides with honey. Using a handful of hickory and cherry chips will help carmelize the ribs. Ribs on the 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.