The pictures of the homemade "smokenator" haven't yet uploaded. If anyone is interested or wants to make their own let me know.
This whole process took probably 10-11 hours including making the sauce, "smokenator," rub, and smoking the ribs.
I started up the first coals at probably 12:30 after letting the ribs sit in the fridge, rubbed down, overnight
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I'm pretty sure the majority of that liquid is just cider, but some is probably pork juice as well.
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Three hours in about ready to get wrapped.
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In the foil, with cider, getting foiled. (I put them in meat side down as to keep the meaty portion moist in the foil)
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Done with the foil, painted and ready to go back on the rib rack.
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The finished product. Is the top one undercooked? I'm not sure. The ones I ate seemed fine to me.
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Full plate. I enjoyed the process from start to finish. I think Daris may have been right though in that some of the middle pieces may have been undercooked a bit. I'm not really sure. The apple flavor was pretty strong and was followed by a slow cayenne burn. I used two different bbq sauces the Lawnside Apple clone and Cattlemen's KC Classic. TBH, I think I preferred the Cattlemen's.
My favorite ribs were from OK Joe's. I really like the strong pepper taste in them. Next time I'll try to replicate that.