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What's the difference in grilling vs bbqing the ribs? Just time? Is the taste/texture the same just gets there faster? Did you sauce them or it is just a dry rub? They look great and I'm super intrigued!

Load it up until it disrupts your deflector plates from sitting properly and then remove the pieces that are hitting the deflectors. That's as full as you can possibly get!

Love the ideas with the toppings, I'm going to have to try that. Do you refrigerate or freeze until next Christmas?

Costco had A5 Japanese Wagyu. I have no clue if its worth the $25 premium/lb over the Aldi but interesting to see them come out this time of year.

What was the price? I saw some at Costco for $99/lb. Curious how Aldi compares.

Welcome aboard! Go Vols!

I get the heavy duty from Costco

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I agree with Burger Meister and John. I had issues getting ribs to be good and it was time. I thought they would cook faster than they did. When I treated it like a brisket from a time perspective I got amazing results. I wrap mine with some beef broth and leave it wrapped until I pill them off. BM mentioned overcooking and I agree so that is one change I would do and also, I'm with John on resting the meat. I rest mine for about 5 min, like a steak. The thing with beef ribs is that the "moisture" has a high fat % which is why they are so rich. As a result, you don't get the dump of liquid, its embedded in the meat. That is my very unscientific explanation on why the rest (imo) is less relevant. But...it could have been the cow too. In any case, I'd try those adjustments and make sure everything is probe tender

Welcome aboard!

I do the same as Bucky and split my kick ash basket and push the coals to the back and stack them high. I put a banana bread pan in the front to catch drippings.

I have the same KJ you do as I bought my in 2015 and I have a joetisserie, no prob! Best accessory they sell, you'll enjoy it and Merry Christmas!!

We had a guy on here and I can't remember his name. He used to do duck on his KK and would constantly post his cooks. Let me see if I can dig it up as a reference for you guys.

Agree as well. My first brisket cook was strange also. My full box of charcoal went out....has never happened any other time...ever...and its been 5 1/2 yrs and...the brisket was just about done in 7 hrs. Same as yours, Costco but maybe 18lbs trimmed to something less. At the end of the day, briskets are tough to nail but it sounds like you got pretty close.

+1...leave it in longer