"jmcquown" > said:

> Damsel wrote:
> > Applebees has good smoked babybacks. Seems weird to go to an
> > international chain for something like that, but it's the closest we
> > can get to the real deal around here.
> >
> > Carol
>
> Smoke your own... it's not difficult and you don't have to have a big
> smoker. I've done all sorts of ribs on my Weber kettle over low, slow coals
> with the lid on. Apple wood is nice, so is hickory. Mesquite is overrated
> IMHO; too sharp for my taste.

Crash has a big honkin' smoker. Like a long, horizontal barrel. I think,
if we ever find affordable raw ribs, we'll smoke a lot of them. The only
times I've found them available for purchase, it would have been more
cost-effective to go to Applebees than to smoke our own. Why the heck are
those things so expensive?

Carol

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