St Louis Spares in the #1!

[DivotMaker]

You're welcome, Bob!  Great question.  I don't even use a thermometer on ribs - all about time and feel.

[BedouinBob]

Hey Tony, do you trim your St. Louis ribs before cooking? I think that they are then called KC Ribs but I am not sure. I have seen some posts where it seems that folks trim the ribs to get the burnt ends but I would think that you get the burnt ends either way.

[DivotMaker]

Bob, I pretty much stick to baby backs these days.  But, if I smoke spare ribs, I buy the 3-rack pack from Sam's.  These are untrimmed, full spare ribs.  Not sure what a KC cut is, but I don't cut the tips off to make them St Louis-style.  I actually made a mistake in my post title, by calling these St Louis spares.    I think the tips are the best part of spares!

[SuperDave]

I did some spares this weekend and really loved them as a change of pace from the regular baby backs.  The texture of the meat was great, firm but tender at the same time. 

[NDKoze]

I actually prefer the St Louis Style. I periodically smoke baby backs as a change of pace from my regular St Louis Cut ribs.