Barbecue Ribs On Propane Grill

Place pan of ribs onto grill.
Barbecue ribs on propane grill. However ribs cooked on a grill especially a gas grill will not be as tender even when cooked indirectly. If you have a very large gas grill with four burners place the rack between the two end burners. To get well cooked pork ribs the name of the game is low and slow tender juicy ribs require low heat indirect cooking and moderately long cooking times. Lift your grill s grate and place the foil packet of hardwood chips near the flame.
Place the ribs on the opposite side of the grill and maintain a temperature of 225 235 degrees. Place the rack bone side down on the grill close the lid and adjust the grill until it holds a temperature of 300 degrees fahrenheit 150 degrees celsius. Ribs cooked on a barbecue smoker at a low temperature for several hours will be very tender. While higher temperatures will cook faster that is not better.
This will hold in as much smoke as possible. Don t open the lid. Traditionally barbecue pork ribs are made in smokers or barbeque pits but you can use your home propane grill and get satisfactory results. By using only one burner and an aluminum pack of wood chips the setup is very simple and easy.
Grill the ribs at a lower temperature and have a cup of water ready just in case a grease fire starts. Dowse a little water on the flames and put the ribs in a section without a direct flame if it does happen. Once the ribs are in place close the lid and let the ribs cook for 30 minutes. The grill should run at an internal temperature of 300 degrees f 150 degrees c.
The wood chips and the smoke produced from them will go out after about 45 minutes but the flavor that the ribs will get from just those 45 minutes of smoke will make all the difference. Your ribs will cook gently in the trapped heat from the other burners. Most smokers and top grillers like to cook ribs in the 225 250 grill temperature range. You can precook by either boiling the ribs for about 30 minutes or by placing them in a slow cooker.
At this point the smoke bombs should be producing smoke. Now let the ribs cook for 30 minutes. Cover grill and cook for about an hour maintaining 300f degrees during the cooking process ribs are safe to eat when an inserted meat thermometer into the thickest part of the meat away from the bone reaches 145f degrees.