It was so nice for the last two days that I got a slab of ribs to smoke today. Yesterday I prepared the ribs by stripping the silver skin, drying it with paper towels, rubbing it with a light coat of mustard to help the rub adhere. Put rub on, wrap in plastic and foil and refrigerate overnight. Then I went outside to do some prep work in the smoker and it had got pretty cold and very windy. This morning there was snow on the ground and it was even colder. Fortunately by noon the next day it was in the high 30's, so not too bad.
Today started the fire in the smoker, added water in the chamber above the firebox. Adjust the the door damper and chimney flue to keep the temp as close to 250 degrees as possible, add the ribs and spray with apple juice every 30 minutes for two hours. Remove, brush with butter, brown sugar and honey, wrap in foil and put back for another hour or two until done. Unwrap, brush with BBQ sauce and place under the broiler until sauce is set... just a few minutes. I use my gas oven for this. Watch closely.
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