Babybacks on the top or bottom???

[TexasSmoke]

I have (3) racks of Babyback ribs coated in rub and resting in the fridge.
The plan is to smoke for 5 hours at 230 with 3.5oz of Apple and hickory and a pan of apple juice.  I am going without the Auber since it has been so weird on ribs smokes.

My first two BB rib smokes had the thinner end to dry and the meatier ends just right. I cut these ribs into meaty and thin sections.  Is the bottom or top of my #3 the hotter section?   I have read several contradicting posts.

Whick rack should I put the meatier ones on and which rack should I put the thinner ones on?

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[gregbooras]

I have (3) racks of Babyback ribs coated in rub and resting in the fridge.
The plan is to smoke for 5 hours at 230 with 3.5oz of Apple and hickory and a pan of apple juice.  I am going without the Auber since it has been so weird on ribs smokes.

My first two BB rib smokes had the thinner end to dry and the meatier ends just right. I cut these ribs into meaty and thin sections.  Is the bottom or top of my #3 the hotter section?   I have read several contradicting posts.

Whick rack should I put the meatier ones on and which rack should I put the thinner ones on?

Ron,

I have a #2 but if I was doing the smoke I would put the meatier ones under the thinner ones.

I sure others will jump in.

Greg

[SuperDave]

On my old smoker, full racks never fit so I had to cut my ribs for every smoke.  My technique was to place the thin taper cuts opposite of each other so that there was an overlap of the last few paper thin ribs.  There was no loss of smoke flavor given they are so thin and the overlap tended to protect them from being waste. 

[Barrel99]

The lower the shelf the hotter the temp. Therefore thinner on higher shelves.

[TexasSmoke]

Well thanks for the thoughts guys the smoke went well.  I put the thin pieces on the top shelf and overlapped the ends a bit.  I put the thicker pieces on shelf #4.  They all came out on the money.  Everyone was pleased.

[gregbooras]

Congrats Ron
Greg

[DivotMaker]

Sounds like you have it figured-out now!  Great!