Just got my first smoker

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(08-05-2021, 07:13 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I like most beef cooked medium rare but with ribs it is just different, fall off the bone is the way. 

I agree the only time I don't like my beef a little under cooked is with ribs. 

It can be tough and sticks in your teeth if it doesn't fall off the bone. 

Don't know why someone would like this better than fall off the bone, craziness.

I don't believe anyone really likes them that way. But, they hear it on tv on shows like Pitmasters, and a lot of them go to competition judging classes, then think they are experts, and that's how they should be . Ribs in competition are cooked to a "clean bite" simply to see if a cook can hit a mark without going past it. Same with brisket. I like my brisket a little more done than would score well in competition. But if you are cooking to eat instead of compete, ditch all that candy crap they put on competition ribs, and cook them to fall off the bones, and your you and your guests will be happy.