What are BBQ rib tips?

[scottmandue]

My wife just emailed me "co-worker brought in BBQ for lunch (she know the owners of the restaurant so she gets it for free) for the whole office, the brisket is sooooo good. Want me to pick up BBQ for dinner Saturday?" she asks me what I want and attaches a picture of the menu.

My goto at any BBQ place is baby back ribs... I notice something on the menu called rib tips. What exactly is that? (other than the tip of the ribs)

[Gogar]

It’s the part that gets cut off a rack when you trim it St. Louis style.

Said google

[ZOO]

I was going to sing the praises of pressure cooking your ribs first, and then carmelizing them under the broiler, but then I realized you weren't asking for how-to tips. But still . . .

[tabs]

Originally Posted by ZOO

I was going to sing the praises of pressure cooking your ribs first, and then carmelizing them under the broiler, but then I realized you weren't asking for how-to tips. But still . . .

So you can pour yourself a glass of ribs?

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Gogar

It’s the part that gets cut off a rack when you trim it St. Louis style.

Said google

Yeah, I was bored and hoped I could start an argument among the BBQ aficionados here.

Think I wills stick with my baby backs.

[ZOO]

Originally Posted by tabs

So you can pour yourself a glass of ribs?

You'd think, right? But honestly, they are the best ribs I've ever made. So tender and flavourful. Broiling them is essential, though. You won't carmelize anything in a pressure cooker.

Plus the pressure seems to drive the flavours of the rub all the way through the meat.

[berettafan]

bbq rib tips is what chain restaurants push to squeeze a couple extra dollars out of scraps from good cuts of meat.

it's the food version of putting less detergent in the bottle but charging you the same.

[Gogar]

I’m sure you can still get someone to argue about it. Or at least let you know how wrong you’re doing it.

[javadog]

You may be cooking, but you are not barbecuing.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by javadog

You may be cooking, but you are not barbecuing.

We grill, we smoke, we eat BBQ...and what the hell are Riblets ?

[stevej37]

around here, riblets are the last inch or so of the small end of each rib with the meat.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by ZOO

You'd think, right? But honestly, they are the best ribs I've ever made. So tender and flavourful. Broiling them is essential, though. You won't carmelize anything in a pressure cooker.

Plus the pressure seems to drive the flavours of the rub all the way through the meat.

Been doing them that way for years now. So much easier and faster and taste the same as outside grilling.
Why waste a half day or more waiting on them..when you can do them in a half hour or so?

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by Gogar

It’s the part that gets cut off a rack when you trim it St. Louis style.

Said google

Can still be super duper tasty. Burnt tip sammies are very good.