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Default To wrap or not wrap - pork ribs


"Dave Bugg" > wrote in message
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> Kent wrote:
>
>> I'm all for using foil if you need it. All it does is increase the
>> humidity of the cooking environment surrounding the ribs and the meat
>> therefore doesn't dry out as it cooks to completion.

>
> Unmitigated B.S. You can even dry out meat that is cooked in water. Once
> specific temps are reached, extracellular fluids are forced out of the
> meat under pressure. This cannot be prevented, only mitigated by the use
> of time and temperature. All foil does is catch the moisture that escapes
> the meat, creating a steam bath.
>
> As was pointed out, there is the point that foil may reducing drying
> caused by air movement, but that is more of an issue AFTER cooking is
> completed for longer term holding, and for reheating leftovers, than it is
> for cooking.
>
>
>>The Weber Smokey
>> Mountain is designed to do that. A large water pan keeps the internal
>> temp at 225F ongoing until the ribs are done.

>
> No it doesn't. I have esily gotten the internal temp of a WSM well above
> 225 WITH the water pan full.
>
> > Wrapping in foil, I
>> think, basically does the same thing.

>
> Really? Wrapping in foil keeps the internal temp at 225? Nice one.
>
>> I think you always want your cooking temp to be 225F-250F. Anything
>> higher doesn't allow the collagen to breakdown so the meat "bites
>> right".

>
> Gawd, what an idiot. This proves that you have never bbq'd a rib in your
> life.
>
>
>> The very slow breakdown of collagen is what makes the rib
>> taste like ribs should.

>
> Uh, no. The breakdown of collagen is what makes the ribs tender. The
> collagen might add some texture and moisture, but not taste.
>
>> This very slow cooking is the basis for "sous vide" cooking.

>
> So sayeth the pretentious, pedantic, prig.
> Dave
>
>
>I live with my level of ignorance every moment in life. That's the opposite
>of a pedantic pretentious prig. You, on the other hand, are threatened by
>any possible level of ignorance you might have. I could respond to all
>you're saying above. I won't. It would threaten you, as simple as it is.


Kent

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