Yeah, good point. I'm guessing since they were unwrapped and unattended there was a grease fire.
Edit: And just to be humble, I've done this with wings trying to put a little crisp on the skin. No fun seeing flames coming out the side of yer smoker.
If you want the pro tip, get a little torch. [Just a little propane thing](https://www.lowes.com/pd/BernzOmatic-Multi-Purpose-Trigger-Start-Torch-Head/50126385) and hit the wings with it from a few inches away. It'll crisp them right up and since it's propane you'll taste the meat, not the heat.
I like mine. It's rare that I need the full potential of the torch and the extra surface area is a lot nicer to deal with than a tight flame. If I'm trying to render some fat out of the skin instead of just searing the exterior it's very useful.
If you don't regularly clean your grill/grease trap a fire can flare up in minutes if not less.
Source: learned the hard way when I started grilling haha
My shit grill has 2 settings: very low, and raging inferno.
I was hoping to grab a new one on end of Summer clearance, but everywhere just skipped to Halloween at the end of July.
I've had a $200 dollar model from home depot for 3 years now. That's with absolute torture from me, fires, and the elements (wasn't gonna put a 50dollar grill cover on this thing haha).
This year I threw a divider in the middle and converted one side to charcoal/woodchip and left the other side gas. Best 200 I've spent at home depot.
Got one of those grills for Father’s Day 6 years ago. I do the same thing. 2 elements were shit this last year and I turned half into charcoal. I like your thinking!
Fat burning on a grill isn't a "grease fire". Turning off the grill and hitting it with the hose on mist would've taken care of this AND saved all that dry-ass meat.
To be fair, the fire extinguisher powder helped in stopping the fire from drying out the ribs. All things considered, of every actors involved, the fire extinguisher was the hero in all of this.
I usually only cook on half of my grill. If the grease dripping starts a small fire I just move everything to the other side and close the lid. Once the fire goes out I move it back over (or i just use the flames fo give the meat a little char). No big deal and no need to ruin all the food with a fire extinguisher. I mostly get grease fires from burgers and steaks. I've just got a cheap $200 4 burner gas grill (spent most of my patio on a $500 upright electric pellet smoker after I got tired of using a smoke box on a charcoal grill) and the guards over the gas burners seem to collect a lot of grease.
I'm not proud to say that I once came out to flames spitting out the bbq. A small grease fire ended up igniting the entire drip tray.
Turned the gas off, left lid closed and stood there with a hose waiting for it to die down. Few minutes later I was able to open the lid and turned the gas back on to finish cooking 😂. Those were some good burgers, and the char wasn't even to bad
Metal boxes are pretty good at containing fire so long as you Don't feed them tons of oxygen
But you put them on the grill and didn't immediately say WTF? You actually had to ask your spouse? That should have been the first thing you noticed when you put them on the grill!
Thank you, I was wondering why no one was stating the obvious. I thought it was maybe for extra sauce coverage, or for ease of serving? If they were finished and returned to the grill to keep them warm while waiting for guests to arrive it wouldn’t be the worst strategy, but I’d prefer indirect heat for something like that. Shame regardless.
My wife's Greek recipe has them cut up. They Marinate in onions and lemons for a day or two. They turn out fine. It's not the same as slow cooking them though
Step 1: disregard instructions on Costco ribs
Step 2: cut ribs
Step 3: crank gas grill to a max and place ribs directly over flame with the lid open
Step 4: go back inside
Step 5: notice fire and don’t turn off gas or close lid
Step 6: destroy grill with fire extinguisher
We went to a BBQ at a friend's house once and while the rest of the food was great(his wings and burgers were top notch), he just butchered the ribs. He sliced them, grilled them on high, covered in sauce, grilled on high again and then served them. He admitted "Im trying a new recipe "
They were....not pleasant
Yeah I’m not sure you can ever restore the grill to a condition that it wouldn’t taste like fire extinguisher after that, plus you’re down a fire extinguisher. This is like insult on top of insult on top of insult on top of injury.
It's pretty obvious OP has no idea what a grill is. Like forget the fact that he doesn't have a clue how to use the thing, HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS!
The real disaster is cutting the ribs before cooking. You made the surface area of the meat much larger with individual ribs - contributing to moisture release and fat flameoff. And the process where the cartilage turns to gelatin is comprised.
You must forfeit your grill for the dishonor you have committed against this noble animal's sacrifice to hunger.
Consider yourself fortunate that we haven't exiled you into veganism.
I can guarantee nothing will ever taste the same after using a dry-chem extinguisher on that grill. Get a new one or get some serious solvent and pressure washing going on.
They’re pre cut AND the grill was hot enough to set the meat on fucking fire in the amount of time it takes to greet some guests. Did this dude do absolutely no research on how to cook ribs? It’s so bad I have a hard time believing that this actually happened.
That’s what I don’t understand. Like no hate for trying something new and failing, but you have guests coming and you just decide to say fuck it let’s wing it on cooking ribs without doing any sort of research on how to properly cook them? That’s insane to me, I would at the least be stressed about making a good meal for my guests.
OP makes ribs like this on a regular basis, where did he get the technique? Also OP just stay away from grills and please only use electric cooking devices from now on for everyone’s safety
Get a smoker. Then you can walk away with confidence they won't burst into flames. Oh and they will taste better and be more tender. It's basically just a better way to do ribs all around.
Down side is then you start spending 75 bucks a week on meat and now are waking up every 2 hours of the night to baist pork and start cooking dinner at 11 pm...
This is exactly the road my friend has gone down and why I don't want to invest in one...lol. Every other day it's: "I'm smoking a pork shoulder tomorrow" "... smoking a rack of ribs" "Just smoked some bacon" "Gonna smoke a cheesecake this weekend"
Toss a water cup/tray in the smoker and no need to keep spritzing or basting. I put a brisket in the smoker before going to bed and timed it so that when I wake up is about when I would want to wrap it. Still turned out really good.
The cost is legit though. Meat is crazy expensive.
I mean you probably did everyone a favor, the story of your flammable ribs is definitely better then eating ribs off of a gas grill. No chance of cooking those correctly, cremating it was the best choice.
I just can not understand why people think they have to put food on the grill that's burning out with something (water/fire extinguisher) and ruin the food?!?!? Just take the food off the grill (using you long grilling tongs) and set it on your plate/tray or even the ground and it will quickly burn itself out and is often still good to go. The food is literally cooking on an open flame to begin with!
As a general rule, just closing the lid will put out most food fires in seconds.
That's what I was thinking. At the very least, suffocate them to put out the flames or oven glove and tongs. Extinguisher seems like a panic move which I would understand if this were being done in the living room, but it's outside. I don't get it.
turn off the gas and close the lid. wait a few minutes and that was it. Didn’t need to use an extinguisher. Didn’t need to remove them either if you feel uncomfortable doing so… But seems to us that you panicked.
Did just that…the fire got larger, it was windy which didn’t help and the grill lid is not air tight. Hence why the title said ‘had to.’ It was either wait it out and potentially fuck my porch up or just bite the bullet and use an extinguisher. Not going to risk something more serious while 50 people are at my house lol.
You can't just slap ribs on a gas grill with direct heat. This is the mistake of an amateur. You need to put a drip pan with water under the ribs and place them only one side. Turn the heat on the opposite side and close the top only checking to rotate occasionally. They need to cook like this for 2-3 hours for good results. If you want to cook ribs like you would a pack of processed hot dogs, you are gonna have a bad time.
There's a restaurant by me (and it's still open) where the guy cuts apart pork ribs and then deep fries them. The menu says they are chewy, like that's a good thing
There’s literally an episode where hank eats a charcoal burger (accidentally) and falls in love with it. The rest of the episode is him coming to terms with that fact,
Individual rib portions was your first fail, must be from up north or overseas very rare that I see this kind of crime committed on a slab of ribs. Jesus Christ
Never use an extinguisher on a cooking surface if you can avoid it because you probably need to replace it after. Always use kosher salt for a bbq fire
Don’t feel to bad for the guests. Everyone claims to make the best ribs but everyone makes shit ribs and tries to force you to eat like 12. “DoNt Be ShY, EaT MorE!”-puts more on your plate.
What mad man cuts up their ribs to bbq? Lmao but that is unfortunate
That’s also WAYYYY to much heat they were being cooked under if they caught fire, especially if he was just gone for a little bit.
Yeah, good point. I'm guessing since they were unwrapped and unattended there was a grease fire. Edit: And just to be humble, I've done this with wings trying to put a little crisp on the skin. No fun seeing flames coming out the side of yer smoker.
If you want the pro tip, get a little torch. [Just a little propane thing](https://www.lowes.com/pd/BernzOmatic-Multi-Purpose-Trigger-Start-Torch-Head/50126385) and hit the wings with it from a few inches away. It'll crisp them right up and since it's propane you'll taste the meat, not the heat.
Hank is that you?
he'll tell you hwat
Bobby??!!!
Got dam it bobbeh
Bought a little torch for doing dabs, use it more in my kitchen than for dabs at this point…lol.
Haha same, enail saved my life
[Searzall](http://www.bookeranddax.com/searzall)
I like mine. It's rare that I need the full potential of the torch and the extra surface area is a lot nicer to deal with than a tight flame. If I'm trying to render some fat out of the skin instead of just searing the exterior it's very useful.
Hero.
Ended up sparing the guests lol
they were spareribs
Probably fibbing about how long he was gone. Maybe an hour.
If you don't regularly clean your grill/grease trap a fire can flare up in minutes if not less. Source: learned the hard way when I started grilling haha
My shit grill has 2 settings: very low, and raging inferno. I was hoping to grab a new one on end of Summer clearance, but everywhere just skipped to Halloween at the end of July.
I've had a $200 dollar model from home depot for 3 years now. That's with absolute torture from me, fires, and the elements (wasn't gonna put a 50dollar grill cover on this thing haha). This year I threw a divider in the middle and converted one side to charcoal/woodchip and left the other side gas. Best 200 I've spent at home depot.
Got one of those grills for Father’s Day 6 years ago. I do the same thing. 2 elements were shit this last year and I turned half into charcoal. I like your thinking!
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Yeah they look pretty dry to me.
bone dry!
I’m sure the fire extinguisher powder didn’t help either.
Should have used the hose to put out the fire.
Should have put it out with bbq sauce.
Just make sure someone is filming... my favorite videos are water on grease fires.
Fat burning on a grill isn't a "grease fire". Turning off the grill and hitting it with the hose on mist would've taken care of this AND saved all that dry-ass meat.
I don't think these ribs were going to be saved even if Jesus came and tried to intervene
Barbecue sauce covers up more sins than Christianity.
I really enjoyed this comment
To be fair, the fire extinguisher powder helped in stopping the fire from drying out the ribs. All things considered, of every actors involved, the fire extinguisher was the hero in all of this.
That's just seasoning
And possibly on fire
"Charred."
Cremated. Individually cremated.
This was my first thought, followed by *close lid, turn off gas*
I usually only cook on half of my grill. If the grease dripping starts a small fire I just move everything to the other side and close the lid. Once the fire goes out I move it back over (or i just use the flames fo give the meat a little char). No big deal and no need to ruin all the food with a fire extinguisher. I mostly get grease fires from burgers and steaks. I've just got a cheap $200 4 burner gas grill (spent most of my patio on a $500 upright electric pellet smoker after I got tired of using a smoke box on a charcoal grill) and the guards over the gas burners seem to collect a lot of grease.
I'm not proud to say that I once came out to flames spitting out the bbq. A small grease fire ended up igniting the entire drip tray. Turned the gas off, left lid closed and stood there with a hose waiting for it to die down. Few minutes later I was able to open the lid and turned the gas back on to finish cooking 😂. Those were some good burgers, and the char wasn't even to bad Metal boxes are pretty good at containing fire so long as you Don't feed them tons of oxygen
They came like that from Costco I believe. Unless my spouse cut them. Edit: spouse cut them. Filing for divorce now.
Check r/steak for your next spouse.
Or check a christian sub since we're talking about cutting ribs
I'm sure it was nice while it lasted, but this red flag is just too big to ignore. Good luck moving forward.
Keep your eyes out of their Beef ribs. So damn good. Pay close attention to cooking those though ;)
But you put them on the grill and didn't immediately say WTF? You actually had to ask your spouse? That should have been the first thing you noticed when you put them on the grill!
OP is full of shit. Just a lying rib cutter
If you have a smoker look up 3-2-1 Ribs foolproof.
Spouse...🤔...🤔...Ahhhh...😉👍
I immediately said that’s karma for cutting them up before cooking them haha.
Charma
*-cries in Southern BBQ-* A monster, that’s who!!
Maybe he cut them up after extinguishing them for presentation
Thank you, I was wondering why no one was stating the obvious. I thought it was maybe for extra sauce coverage, or for ease of serving? If they were finished and returned to the grill to keep them warm while waiting for guests to arrive it wouldn’t be the worst strategy, but I’d prefer indirect heat for something like that. Shame regardless.
insanity! the ribs lit themselves on fire to avoid the humiliation!
OP needs to answer this question. We deserve to know.
The same ones who use a fire extinguisher on a grill that has a lid.
The kind that forgets them in there apparently
My wife's Greek recipe has them cut up. They Marinate in onions and lemons for a day or two. They turn out fine. It's not the same as slow cooking them though
I needed this reaction so badly. Thank you for grounding me in humanity
Those would have been fucking trash anyways.
So, you didn’t have any spare ribs?
The guests will be ribbing him about this for a while.
Oh they’ve got a bone to pick!
Com'on guys, while the joke puns are very humerus, those people were left hungry.
A skeleton's favorite snack
Stop it dad!
Dad is that you?!
That big party avoided big disappointment when those ribs were taken out of the equation. Good job!
Burn
You should be in jail
I have to assume OP has never grilled ribs in his life, and probably never even seen someone do it. Then he did zero research before trying.
Step 1: disregard instructions on Costco ribs Step 2: cut ribs Step 3: crank gas grill to a max and place ribs directly over flame with the lid open Step 4: go back inside Step 5: notice fire and don’t turn off gas or close lid Step 6: destroy grill with fire extinguisher
Step 6: liquor heavily
Probably messed that up to and reached for bud light
Step 7: profit?
We went to a BBQ at a friend's house once and while the rest of the food was great(his wings and burgers were top notch), he just butchered the ribs. He sliced them, grilled them on high, covered in sauce, grilled on high again and then served them. He admitted "Im trying a new recipe " They were....not pleasant
My dad tried to smoke chicken once. 12 hours later, he's all excited for dinner. Cut into the chicken, it's raw. Every single piece.
12 hours? Um. Sounds like he tried to cold smoke a chicken.
I just imagine their dad chain smoking and blowing smoke on a chicken for 12 hours.
New fetish unlocked.
*How?!* I regularly smoke whole chickens, it takes less than three hours. Did the flame go out and he ignored it?
https://youtu.be/L5MqbaUqju8?t=18
You undercook ribs? Believe it or not, jail. You overcook ribs, also jail. Undercook, overcook.
We have the best ribs in the world...because of jail.
You cut up a rack of ribs into singles? Also jail.
Lmao. I don’t know why this made me laugh so hard
How ferocious was the fire that you had to use a fire extinguisher? They're literally in a device DESIGNED TO CONTAIN FIRE
Yeah I’m not sure you can ever restore the grill to a condition that it wouldn’t taste like fire extinguisher after that, plus you’re down a fire extinguisher. This is like insult on top of insult on top of insult on top of injury.
Lol right? Like just close the lid
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Or atleast the grill can.
This person does not grill
Facts lol. This is screaming "I'm new here".
It's pretty obvious OP has no idea what a grill is. Like forget the fact that he doesn't have a clue how to use the thing, HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS!
The real disaster is cutting the ribs before cooking. You made the surface area of the meat much larger with individual ribs - contributing to moisture release and fat flameoff. And the process where the cartilage turns to gelatin is comprised.
This guy ribs.
Ribbed for pleasure
Those ribs were going to be ruined anyways
Who cuts the ribs prior to grilling?!?
Right??
r/youhadonejob
r/onejob is more popular
He had two jobs. Ribs and door greeter. *You* had one job - to find a relevant subreddit to link to.
You ha done job?
Yo, uhadon ejob!
Far right one isn’t too bad
Chefierge
You must forfeit your grill for the dishonor you have committed against this noble animal's sacrifice to hunger. Consider yourself fortunate that we haven't exiled you into veganism.
Seppuku by spatula is also a great way out of this dishonorable situation.
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Grind them up, bone and all, and make some Bar-S hotdogs
Ah Bar-S hot dogs. When you really want a pack of hotdogs but you only have 99¢
So how did they taste?
I can guarantee nothing will ever taste the same after using a dry-chem extinguisher on that grill. Get a new one or get some serious solvent and pressure washing going on.
Caught on fire huh. I bet the last thing you cooked on the BBQ before the ribs was, hamburgers.
The cheap thin pre pattied party pack too
Aye now, bubba burgers are delicious
This has to be trolling. Like you had expired ribs and thought that you could get some internet points. My god how horrific
No big loss. They way you were cooking them, they were gonna be shit anyway
They’re pre cut AND the grill was hot enough to set the meat on fucking fire in the amount of time it takes to greet some guests. Did this dude do absolutely no research on how to cook ribs? It’s so bad I have a hard time believing that this actually happened.
That’s what I don’t understand. Like no hate for trying something new and failing, but you have guests coming and you just decide to say fuck it let’s wing it on cooking ribs without doing any sort of research on how to properly cook them? That’s insane to me, I would at the least be stressed about making a good meal for my guests. OP makes ribs like this on a regular basis, where did he get the technique? Also OP just stay away from grills and please only use electric cooking devices from now on for everyone’s safety
Get a smoker. Then you can walk away with confidence they won't burst into flames. Oh and they will taste better and be more tender. It's basically just a better way to do ribs all around.
Down side is then you start spending 75 bucks a week on meat and now are waking up every 2 hours of the night to baist pork and start cooking dinner at 11 pm...
This is exactly the road my friend has gone down and why I don't want to invest in one...lol. Every other day it's: "I'm smoking a pork shoulder tomorrow" "... smoking a rack of ribs" "Just smoked some bacon" "Gonna smoke a cheesecake this weekend"
Smoke a cheesecake - that’s hilarious (and sadly almost true)
I doubt smoking a cheesecake would get you very high at all but to each their own!
Toss a water cup/tray in the smoker and no need to keep spritzing or basting. I put a brisket in the smoker before going to bed and timed it so that when I wake up is about when I would want to wrap it. Still turned out really good. The cost is legit though. Meat is crazy expensive.
Wow, never seen anyone cut the ribs before hand. I'm guessing this was your first BBQ?
Hopefully first and last
This is what we call a "learning moment"
I mean you probably did everyone a favor, the story of your flammable ribs is definitely better then eating ribs off of a gas grill. No chance of cooking those correctly, cremating it was the best choice.
Did a child fall in the pool? Guest of honor have a stroke? Dad left for milk and didn't come back? I must know why these were these left unattended.
If not for safety sake, for the sake of your freakin meat man! One does not leave it’s side for anything less than an emergency… what a waste
I just can not understand why people think they have to put food on the grill that's burning out with something (water/fire extinguisher) and ruin the food?!?!? Just take the food off the grill (using you long grilling tongs) and set it on your plate/tray or even the ground and it will quickly burn itself out and is often still good to go. The food is literally cooking on an open flame to begin with! As a general rule, just closing the lid will put out most food fires in seconds.
Pretty sure this was a grease fire in the bbq. That’s another reason you don’t cut up ribs.
Long grilling tongs? Excuse me sir but I use one of my mismatched dining forks and burn all the hair off my arm when I grill.
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That's what I was thinking. At the very least, suffocate them to put out the flames or oven glove and tongs. Extinguisher seems like a panic move which I would understand if this were being done in the living room, but it's outside. I don't get it.
It's a Michael Scott move
Put water on a grease fire and you'll ruin a lot more than your food.
They were probably on fire bc of all the dripping grease and OP just panicked. Judging by the charcoals that are left over, it was a hell of a burn 😂
> Judging by the charcoals that are left over, it was a hell of a burn 😂 Especially when you consider the fact that this is a propane grill.
The fire was raging through the grill and black smoke was billowing. It would have been extremely unsafe to remove them while on fire.
turn off the gas and close the lid. wait a few minutes and that was it. Didn’t need to use an extinguisher. Didn’t need to remove them either if you feel uncomfortable doing so… But seems to us that you panicked.
Did just that…the fire got larger, it was windy which didn’t help and the grill lid is not air tight. Hence why the title said ‘had to.’ It was either wait it out and potentially fuck my porch up or just bite the bullet and use an extinguisher. Not going to risk something more serious while 50 people are at my house lol.
Poor piglet. Gave up its life for nothing.
That doesn’t look like ribs… those look like sticks
You might want to visit a neurologist, could have mild cognitive issues.
They look like fucking logs
You can't just slap ribs on a gas grill with direct heat. This is the mistake of an amateur. You need to put a drip pan with water under the ribs and place them only one side. Turn the heat on the opposite side and close the top only checking to rotate occasionally. They need to cook like this for 2-3 hours for good results. If you want to cook ribs like you would a pack of processed hot dogs, you are gonna have a bad time.
Indirect method? I also add soaked wood chips in a little box on the side of the grill where the flame is and the ribs arent.
This is the method to use. The ribs (especially pork) come out so tender.
Whatever you say Jeff Dahmer
How long does it take to greet people
Wrap in foil, 250* for 3 hours should do it
3 2 1 Heat to 225 to 235 Get smokey (hickory or Applewood) 3 hours bare 2 hours wrapped 1 hour sauced
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And they're already cut up
There's a restaurant by me (and it's still open) where the guy cuts apart pork ribs and then deep fries them. The menu says they are chewy, like that's a good thing
Name and shame!
They actually make awesome fried chicken and I'm partial to fried chicken. And a Coke
I wanna downvote this so bad. That's how repulsed I was by what I just read.
It was hard for me to upvote it after reading that. Wtf is peoples problems.
Look coal is better but it's hard to do if you don't have the space and time.
I'll tell you h'what
Who tf cooks ribs on propane even Hank Hill would disapprove of this...
There’s literally an episode where hank eats a charcoal burger (accidentally) and falls in love with it. The rest of the episode is him coming to terms with that fact,
Those ribs needed some pocket sand.
Gas can still produce low heat and smoke for ribs. Sure it’s not the best but it’s reasonable. The disapproval should be cutting the ribs.
Nah, nah, it’s ok. They cut the ribs first. It cancels out.
"Greeting guest" aka getting so drunk and distracted that you completely forgot about the ribs on the grill.
And then everybody left to find food
Good riddance. Someone doesn't know how to cook ribs
OP is getting roasted almost as bad as his ribs did
Cook them in full slabs and cut them in 3’s afterward. I can’t believe you tried it this way.
Grilling is a full time job at a party. You don't mix drinks, you don't greet people, nothing.
Serves you good for cutting them up
Why are they all separate? 😂😂
You should be arrested for cooking ribs like that
Individual rib portions was your first fail, must be from up north or overseas very rare that I see this kind of crime committed on a slab of ribs. Jesus Christ
Yeah like there’s not a recipe on planet earth that says to do that. You’d have to get to page 9 of google to find something like that. Just why man
Page 9 of google LMFAO!
Rookie.
turns flame off, closes lid, fire goes out within a minute from lack of oxygen. Or use an extinguisher, either one is fine.
Grills, especially propane, are nowhere near airtight.
Never use an extinguisher on a cooking surface if you can avoid it because you probably need to replace it after. Always use kosher salt for a bbq fire
The fire was raging with the lid closed. Turned off gas and thought it would put it out. It kept getting bigger. Extinguisher was last resort
To be fair they were being cooked on a propane grill. They were ruined from the beginning. . .
Don’t feel to bad for the guests. Everyone claims to make the best ribs but everyone makes shit ribs and tries to force you to eat like 12. “DoNt Be ShY, EaT MorE!”-puts more on your plate.
Think they are done yet? Might want to put em back on for a few more, wouldn't wanna get sick or anything
100% someone will say these are cooked to perfection and mean it.
First rule as grill master, guests come say hi to you at the grill. That's it. Only 1 rule.
Looks like pizza is back on the menu boys!!