Tom Hixson St. Louis ribs

[Pompey Dinlo]

Has anyone tried these?

I've just received my smokers box from TH and when I opened it I initially thought they'd packed two boston butts however one of them turns out to be the St. Louis ribs! This is a big hunk of meat, the rib ends are visible however the rest of the meat is as thick as a boston butt, I can't see these cooking in the usual rib time, I'm contemplating putting them on with the butt.

Does anyone have any experience of cooking these particular beasts?

[GingerBen]

Can you stick a picture up at all? I've only cooked the iberico spares from TH but they cook fast

[essexsmoker]

St Louis ribs are just spares squared up and made to look pretty AFAIK.
Shouldn't be that thick I wouldn't think.

How many bones are there? Sure they haven't put a jacobs ladder in or something by mistake?

[sleepybones]

Sure they haven't put a jacobs ladder in or something by mistake?

If they have, I would call that a "Brucey Bonus"

[essexsmoker]

Oh yeah, defo! Although the price of the st Louis is silly, just for a trim up!

[Pompey Dinlo]

Can't post pictures, something about the limit being full!

Looking at the side of the ribs the meat is about 15cm thick, it looks just like a boston butt with ribs! They look nothing like any ribs I've seen before, there's meaty and then there's meaty!

[essexsmoker]

Sounds like a bone pork shoulder to me.

[Pompey Dinlo]

It's definitely not a bone in shoulder, the rib ends are protruding, they're definitely ribs. The label states that they're St. Louis ribs. It's a rack of ribs alright just unlike any I've ever seen before!

[Kickback]

I've got some of these in the freezer as well. They are the meatiest ribs I've ever seen. 2 big racks. Will probably to them in the next 2-3 weeks.


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[essexsmoker]

6inch thick though? That's not meaty, thats a whole pig. Lol.