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Smoked Beef Short Ribs Recipe

For those who want picture-perfect and amazing-tasting smoked beef short ribs, you've come to the right place.
4.91 from 55 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine BBQ
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 3-4 lbs rack beef short ribs
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce

Rub

  • 1.5 tbsp black pepper
  • 1.5 tbsp kosher salt
  • 1 tbsp granulated garlic powder also works
  • ½ tbsp smoked paprika

Spritz

  • ½ cup apple cider vinegar
  • ½ cup water

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat your smoker to 275°F and leave your ribs to get to room temperature.
  • Trim off the excess fat and remove the silver skin from the top side.
  • Drizzle Worcestershire sauce on the meat side and massage it in.
  • Mix the rub ingredients together and sprinkle evenly on the meat. Don't forget the sides. Press the rub into the meat.
  • Place the ribs bone side down in your smoker.
  • After 3 hours and the bark has formed, spritz every hour with a mixture of water and apple cider vinegar.
  • Remove the ribs from the smoker when they hit 203°F. It should probe like poking butter.
  • Wrap the ribs in butcher paper and then an old towel. Rest it in a cooler for at least 30 minutes. An hour ideally.
Keyword beef ribs, beef short ribs, dino ribs
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