Here they are, Niman Ranch Beef Spares, not only do these look great, but, they are cheap. Yes, despite being cut from the rib roast, being the best part of a prime rib, these suckers set me back less than $3 a pound. Look at that marbling!
These were given a slightly different treatment than I normally do for BBQ in that I used a wet treatment to start the process. Not a slather, but, a rub down with Worcestershire sauce, rubbed in and allowed to get a little sticky. I then added some pork style rub, followed up with an hour tightly wrapped in plastic. The kettle was fired up and set to run at 250F or so, there was good old Kingsford Blue Bag and some apple and hickory tossed in for yucks. Here they are ready for the second layer of rub, a medium grain sized rub that consists of black pepper, kosher salt, orange rind and granulated garlic.
I did hit them with a little of my home made sauce/glaze and the ribs were served with that glaze and some sauce on the side. This was a maple/Worcestershire sauce/cider vinegar base with some sugars added in. I prefer a thin slightly acidic sauce with beef ribs, as it cuts the fat a bit. They seemed to be a hit.
I made some of these dino bones on Saturday and loved them! I liked the ones with this type of rib better than the ones made from short ribs.
ReplyDeleteI bet Tim was most appreciative! Great job, Bob!
Your barley extract comment cracked me up the other day.
I'd love to know where you got the spares - I haven't seen any nice ones around here and I can practically see Zocalo from my house oddly enough...
ReplyDeleteChris, I actually referred to your post, figured I would never find the bones and ta daa!
ReplyDeleteDoug, I got these at Village Market in Oakland. They have a small butcher shop and I think someone ordered a rib roast trimmed. I like Niman beef and pork. You live in San Leandro? We gotta run into each other at Zocalo some day.
Excellent - I'll have to check it out sometime.
ReplyDeleteYep, lived in San Leandro since '92. If I see somebody smokey I'll say hello. :-)
I am going to call Village Market in the morning for beef ribs. I now live thirty minutes away now,(no traffic)That is my old stompin grounds. I went to Rockridge Elementary right down the street.
ReplyDeleteI love beef ribs and your's look great. The problem is finding good beef ribs.
I just called Village Market and asked if they had beef ribs and the person that answered the phone said "OOOHHhh we don't do that". Damn.
ReplyDeleteBut, they do, at least when I go in there they do. I bet the person was confused between the meat department and the weekend 'BBQ' ready made stuff. I guess you you will just have to go there.
ReplyDeleteTim was indeed very appreciative. Haven't had beef ribs this good for years since the Jamaican BBQ on Adeleine closed.
ReplyDeleteI will post this here and at the Brethren, for Bay Area guys, if you want beef spares, I was at Berkeley Bowls new store and they had them. And they were from aged beef too boot.
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