After the first hour spray the ribs with apple juice.
Cooking spare ribs in electric smoker.
Smoked ribs can be a delicious meal and it takes minimal effort to make some good quality ribs.
These ribs were to die for.
We have an electric smoker so we used that.
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In smoking spare ribs the rule of thumb is to keep the smoker to 225 250 degrees f though 225 is said to be the best.
The finished internal temperature should be 203 f about 3 to 4 hours.
When the ribs were finished we applied a thin layer of jack daniels bbq sauce and finished them off.
Serve with sauce on the side.
Continue spraying every hour after that with apple juice.
My rub recipe is what the doctor ordered for pork ribs and it really shines big time on these smoked pork spare ribs.
Return the ribs to your smoker and smoke them for two hours.
If you prefer your ribs slathered in sauce you can coat the top of the ribs with some sauce and place them back in the smoker for another hour.
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Easily smoke ribs in an electric smoker.
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The cooking process for electric smoker ribs.
I didn t add any of the cayenne pepper and we didn t use the mop sauce at all.
Place the wrapped ribs back in the smoker and cook for an additional 1 to 1 1 2 hours or until the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.
You can check out my post that was done on the 2 1 1 method for baby back ribs here.
You will know the ribs are cooked when the internal temperature is 175 180 degrees f.
With a good recipe and a good electric smoker you ll be smoking perfect ribs in no time.
Arrange the racks of spare ribs on the grill grate bone side down and cook for 3 to 4 hours.
After about 6 hours of smoking you ll have tender fall off the bone ribs.
While bone side up put down the spare ribs on the smoker.
Step 4 now would be the time to un wrap the meat and return it to the machine for one more hour.
We used a piece of cherry wood and a smaller piece of apple wood for the smoke flavor.
A perfect balance of sweet and spicy that does not overpower the wonderful taste of the ribs but rather complements it.
Step 5 during the last half an hour of the cooking time you can optionally apply some sauce to the ribs.
Once the smoker is preheated the ribs will cook for 4 hours without being interrupted.
For this smoke we will use the 3 2 1 method to cook them.
Start checking the temp after 2 hours.
Smoking these ribs is an 8 hour process but with an electric smoker you won t need to tend to them all that time.
These methods are very similar but generally spareribs need a longer cook time to cook due to the fact they are bigger and have more meat on them.
