Country Style Strips

I had a hankering for something saucy BBQ yesterday. When I spied these country style pork strips at the market, good old memories came back to me. I knew these meaty beasts were my ticket to satisfaction.

This cookout was one of them low and slows, and I do mean low and slow-- all day at 225 degrees. 250 only when I reached the foiling phase. I got my heat from the ground chipotle powder I rubbed onto them prior to cookin'. Mopped them a few times with cider vinegar during the smoke, with hickory. Here they go--





At this point it was time to foil for an hour, followed by a generous saucing of KC Masterpiece. Plated them up with good ole mac & cheese, green beans, and BBQ tater chips for that extra punch. I was one happy camper.



Here is a cross sectional analysis. Now if I could only get dino-spares this meaty!

That's hard to beat!! Nice... I haven't done those in awhile, might be time to put them on the list.

beercuer wrote:

Now if I could only get dino-spares this meaty!

No problem, as long as you have room to raise your own beef.

The CSRs turned out nice. Did you take them all the way to 195 and beyond?

Mouth watering spread you go there. its been awhile since I've done them as well. Gonna go check and see how much they run these days.

My kinda meal, bc! I actually cooked some CSR up Monday night, but I cooked mine much quicker. Indirect in a 375 degree pit for about 30 min, then foil and place over the edge of the coals for about another 25 min. They came out DEE-licious!

tex

I almost picked some of those up tonight. Lookin' good beercuer!

Thank you, Gents

Griffin-- I wound up paying $1.99/lb, which is more than they used to cost around here.

Brad-- "to infinity and beyond!" Actually, I foiled these at around 170 for one hour without anymore temp checks. I'm sure they got up in that range though as they were hot as the devil when I unwrapped 'em, and tender enough.

Tex-- Yes, there certainly is more than one way to skin a fish.

Great looking meal.

beercuer,

Those sure look goooooooooooooooooood Fortunately, they are easy to find and I think I'm going to have to pick some up!

Most kind of you to say so guys. Thank you!

beercuer wrote:

Now if I could only get dino-spares this meaty!

Excellent plate up. I've been able to find meaty beef ribs--it's just on very rare occasions.

Nicely done!

Great looking meal for sure.

Greg