Author Topic: Spare ribs vs baby backs?  (Read 1689 times)

will615

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Spare ribs vs baby backs?
« on: September 22, 2018, 10:41:34 PM »
What's the difference in cook times for spare ribs vs baby backs?  Thanks!
Will, Nashville, TN
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Grampy

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Re: Spare ribs vs baby backs?
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2018, 08:58:38 AM »
Will, spares will take about an hour longer than baby backs. For me , that’s usually around 6 hours.
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Re: Spare ribs vs baby backs?
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2018, 09:20:36 AM »
Agree.
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Re: Spare ribs vs baby backs?
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2018, 05:51:33 PM »
Thanks guys! This forum sure takes a lot of the guess work out of it!
Will, Nashville, TN
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