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Originally Posted by wpgflamesfan
 Never, ever, ever, boil your ribs. Not only do you destroy the texture but you also loose tons of the flavour. By boiling them the water absorbs the flavour (ie when you boil meat to make soup). I posted a recipe earlier in the thread that makes perfect ribs every time. |
You seem to be quite the authority on ribs to claim that you should never ever ever boil them. It's a trade-off. If you don't have several hours to let your ribs slow cook on the grill, then yes, you'll want to parboil them. There's a huge difference between boiling ribs until they're an unidentifyable pile of grey colorless meat, and parboiling ribs for 15 or 20 minutes in order to break down the connective tissue. This isn't a ribeye steak - it's ribs - and they have lots of very tough connective tissues.
Also, you mention boiling it in water. The recipe itself doesn't mention what kind of liquid to use. You can use apple juice, beef broth, bbq sauce, seasoned water with spices. You can use this process as a way to impart extra flavor into the ribs, not take flavor away.
If you had 1 hour to cook some ribs, you would never get tender meat by only using indirect heat.
Personally I don't boil ribs if I don't have to. I like to take it low and slow. But there is a time and place for everything, parboiling ribs included.
Lastly, it's probably not the best idea to knock the recipe if you haven't tried it. Bar B Barn ribs are probably some of the best ribs you can get in Canada.
Edit: It sounds arrogant, but I meant for it to be informative.