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I posted a while ago regarding less than stellar ribs, and the latest
ribs are still nothing to write home about. I smoked 2 racks of pork
spare ribs today, and they were not bad, but certainly nothing
spectacular. So far, I've smoked ribs (In each instance, they were pork
spare ribs) once at app. 190-220 F for 5-6 hours, and another time
(today) at app. 200-250 F for 7-8 hours, and "grilled" 2 racks over
indirect heat- app. 300-325F for 3-4 hours. Each time, I removed the
tough membrane, and applied a dry rub the night before. Today's ribs
were ok, but the best ones were the ribs I "grilled" over indirect
heat- for those,

Could be you are measuring temperature in the wrong place and getting false
readings. At 200 to 250, 7-8 hours is much too long.