BBQ Baby Back Ribs using an Instant Pot questions

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Unless you get extremely lucky, the chances of them staying together after the insta pot is pretty slim. If you were by chance lucky, a thin brush of sauce and finish on the grill would be nice. I don't see any advantage in browning them first.

Skip the pressure cooker and use the Weber. Try the hot and fast method, works good for baby backs.

Build a hot pile of coal on one side of the grill.

Peel off the silver skin, rub down with oil, salt, pepper, no sugar or sugary rubs yet!

Clean and oil the grill top, slap the rack of ribs down, cover, come back 20 minutes later, flip, cover again for 20 minutes.

In the mean time, prepare a piece of HD al-foil large enough to wrap the rack with

Make a boat with the foil, put the ribs in, add a bit of beer, cider, apple juice, whatever, and close up the boat

Move boat to cooler side of grill, cover and let cook for at least an hour. Turn the boat 180 deg maybe 30 minutes later so the other side faces the coals.

When you can't take it any more, open up the boat. Two choices, make your own sauce from the contents of the boat, or use a canned sauce.

Enjoy!

GordonThree wrote:
Skip the pressure cooker and use the Weber. Try the hot and fast method, works good for baby backs.

Build a hot pile of coal on one side of the grill.

Peel off the silver skin, rub down with oil, salt, pepper, no sugar or sugary rubs yet!

Clean and oil the grill top, slap the rack of ribs down, cover, come back 20 minutes later, flip, cover again for 20 minutes.

In the mean time, prepare a piece of HD al-foil large enough to wrap the rack with

Make a boat with the foil, put the ribs in, add a bit of beer, cider, apple juice, whatever, and close up the boat

Move boat to cooler side of grill, cover and let cook for at least an hour. Turn the boat 180 deg maybe 30 minutes later so the other side faces the coals.

When you can't take it any more, open up the boat. Two choices, make your own sauce from the contents of the boat, or use a canned sauce.

Enjoy!

My Weber Baby Q is a propane grill not a charcoal. I'm also due to scheduling conflicts looking to shorten the cook time. Max cook time in an Instant Pot is 25 minutes.

Dave

Precook in the insta pot then finish on the grill with sauce. Just be sure not to pre cook to the point that they fall apart before grilling or it will be difficult.

I predict a pile of bare bones and a pile of pulled pork looking rib meat.

After some experimentation you MIGHT learn to cook adequate ribs in a pc but I doubt it.

If you want something foolproof and want to use a pc do a chicken or country ribs or a boneless butt.

Can the instapot be used as a keep-warm and serve device? At my local grocer they sell pre-cooked ribs for the same cost as raw. Buy a few racks and toss em in your pressure cooker to reheat for a few minutes and serve?

I do it all the time and they come out awesome. Instant pot with water and apple cider vinegar plus any seasonings you like, cook high pressure for 25 minutes. Tender but still on the bone, finish on grill with your favorite sauce.
Also, cook them on Trivet so they don't sit in the liquid.

blownstang01 wrote:
I do it all the time and they come out awesome. Instant pot with water and apple cider vinegar plus any seasonings you like, cook high pressure for 25 minutes. Tender but still on the bone, finish on grill with your favorite sauce.
Also, cook them on Trivet so they don't sit in the liquid.

Exactly.....as said above cook for 25 min in the IP. Here's a recipe if you'd like:

https://amindfullmom.com/instant-pot-ribs/