St Louis Vs Memphis Vs Baby Back Ris

Baby Back & St. Louis: Ribs through the Years

We have discussed and debated it through and through. Which is preferred … Baby Back Ribs or St. Louis Ribs? Well, we are sorry to say, that debate won't end here or today. However, we can give an inside breakdown of the two types of ribs and you can tell us in the comments below what you think is the better rib option!

Here is Director of Culinary, Chef Duce Raymond, on all you need to know about Baby Back & St. Louis Ribs!

"Barbecue, as I remember it growing up, was Baby Back ribs cooked on a huge 72-inch Weber Grill by my father "Chef Larry Raymond". He and my uncle, "Sweet Baby Ray," had it down to a science; they used 52 charcoal briquettes on each side of the grill, added a handful of soaked hickory woodchips on each side of the fire, and stood the 16-slabs of baby back ribs up on rib racks in the middle.

They cooked them for two and a half hours while rotating them from top to bottom and from the inside out. After they were finished, they knocked the coals down and spread them out under the grill grate, then they brushed the ribs with Sweet Baby Ray's and cooked them until they were bubbly and caramelized.

This is still what I remember when I smell charcoal burning and see baby back ribs smoking on a grill. Having grown up seeing, smoking, and eating baby back ribs I just didn't think there could be a better alternative. But the slightly larger, meatier, and more flavorful cousin, the St. Louis Spare Rib, may be just that…

STL-style ribs are cut from the spare rib. The brisket bone and meat are cut off, leaving a long square slab of ribs. Here at Sweet Baby Ray's we buy 2-and-down STL ribs, which means they will not be more than 2 pounds per slab, and they will have approximately 12 bones per slab. They are meaty and have a slightly higher fat content than baby back ribs.

The bones also differ. STL rib bones are larger, wider, and flatter than baby backs. When you slice in-between the bones of the STL rib you will notice that most of the meat rests on top of the bone rather than in-between the bones, as it is with baby back ribs. Almost all the meat in baby backs are in-between the bones.

Regionally, STL ribs are much more popular in the south. We season our STL ribs with our own blend of spices and smoke them over young hickory wood for 3–3.5 hours. When they are finished smoking, we put them on the grill and brush them with Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce, just like my dad used to do.

 Baby back ribs, on the other hand, are cut from higher up on the back of the pig. We use a peeled 2-and-down baby back rib at our restaurants. "Peeled" refers to the thin membrane being peeled off the back of the ribs to allow the seasoning and smoke to penetrate both sides of the rib. The meat on baby back ribs is a little leaner and more tender, and the bones are more curved than the bigger STL rib bones.

Another key difference is cooking time. Baby back ribs only take 2.5 hours in the smoker over young hickory wood, compared to the longer 3-3.5 hours that it takes the STL ribs. Regionally, baby back ribs are widely known and the clear favorite in Chicago and Memphis. In Memphis they call them loin back ribs.

 Despite the many differences between baby backs and STL ribs, I feel that both ribs are awesome when properly prepared. At Sweet Baby Ray's we take great pride in our ribs. In the competitions we've participated in we have gained the most recognition and won the most awards for our ribs, including first place in the Naperville Rib Fest and a Silver Platter Award from Restaurant Industry News for the best ribs in the Chicagoland area, as voted on by our industry peers. We also have had the fortune to win multiple top ten rib finishes in KCBS sanctioned events.

From the backyard barbecues I had as a child to my uncle and father's 2nd place finish in the 1985 Royko's Rib fest that started our venture into the barbecue business, ribs have been and always will be a cornerstone of Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue and my personal barbecue passion."

-Chef Duce Raymond

If you are feeling saucy and want to try out cooking your own brisket, comment below and tell us how it went!

For more inspirations or ideas, give us a call to speak to a catering professional today about other ways to enhance your next catered event at 312.724.6000 or info@sbrevents.com.

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