My Potential Last BBQ

I was in Sheboygan a few days ago and made a pilgrimage to Miesfeld's for some Grand Champion Brats (separate post to come later). While I was there, I saw some of the most beautiful Lion Back Ribs I had laid my eyes on in quite some time, so I added a couple racks to my order.

Miesfeld's Loin Back Ribs


These babys were well marbled, meaty and a nice rich color. These were not the other white meat coming off of some factory production line, these were some high quality goods...and they were going for the bargain price of $5.99/lb.

Each of my racks weighed in at more than 2.75 lbs and were Flintstonian in stature (for loin back ribs).

Close-up of Marbling and Color


I didn't cook the ribs last night because of the threat of storms that never materialized, so tonight was the night. I had to cook them today or they would face a fate worse than death. They would have to go into the freezer for cooking at a later date. Rather than ruin these beautiful ribs by freezing them, I decided to cook them tonight despite any dire weather warnings because, at 2:00 this afternoon when it was time to start the fire, it was beautiful and sunny outside and those weather geeks are always wrong anyway.

Ribs Rubbed and Ready for the Smoker


Everything was going along just fine when it started to get dark...really dark. Then it started to rain. When the rain got to the cats and small chihuahua stage, I decided to pull the ribs. They were nicely done, but in the ideal world I would have left them on the smoker for another 30 - 45 minutes.

Finished Ribs


Just about the time the ribs were done resting, the tornado warning sirens started going off. It was too early in the season for the Cubs or the Sox to have clinched the pennant, so I know they were wailing about the weather. The Chow Poodle and I made a bee line for the basement with our plates of ribs and rode out the storm.



Miesfeld's Market
4811 Venture Drive
Sheboygan, WI 53083
920-565-6328

You could do worse.

Glad you survived, and got to enjoy them instead of leaving them for the paramedics to eat.

Beautiful ribs, Steve. They look even better 'after' than 'before' and with that starting stock, that's really saying something.

I'm glad you and the Chow Poodle survived the weather and that the ribs didn't

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I also stopped here this past July when the waitress of Charcoal Inn informed me that Meisfeld's was there brat supplier. Sorry to hear you didnt like Charcoal Inn, hopefully you like the grand champ brats. I really really enjoyed them. I also thought that the garlic and onion and the beer, butter and onion brats were fantastic. They also carry the brat patties that Charcoal Inn uses.

Me being the sucker that I am for the slider I also purchased a couple pack's of the mini brats but they are in my freezer. I believe that Charcoal Inn uses Meisfeld's "Spencer Steaks" for their tavern steak sandwich.

http://www.miesfelds.com/

stevez wrote:Just about the time the ribs were done resting, the tornado warning sirens started going off. It was too early in the season for the Cubs or the Sox to have clinched the pennant, so I know they were wailing about the weather. The Chow Poodle and I made a bee line for the basement with our plates of ribs and rode out the storm.

My beeline to the basement included a bottle of homemade limoncello. I wish I had your ribs instead! Excellent job assessing potentially disastrous circumstances and making an executive decision -- all in the name of good ribs.

stevez wrote:The Chow Poodle and I made a bee line for the basement with our plates of ribs and rode out the storm.

aschie30 wrote:My beeline to the basement included a bottle of homemade limoncello. I wish I had your ribs instead! Excellent job assessing potentially disastrous circumstances and making an executive decision -- all in the name of good ribs.

Aschie,

Steve had terrific, and I do mean terrific, looking ribs, you, homemade limoncello we just took a flashlight and battery operated radio. Practical for basement/tornado warnings, but not very tasty.

Compliments to both of you for combining safety conscious and delicious.

Enjoy,
Gary

Da Beef wrote:I believe that Charcoal Inn uses Meisfeld's "Spencer Steaks" for their tavern steak sandwich.

Miesfeld's also makes a similar patty to their "Spencer Steaks" called "Restaurant Steaks", which are basically the same thing, except that they are studded with beef suet.


Restaurant Steak (L) Spencer Steak (R)

P.S. Congratulations on getting one of the Charcoal Inn waitresses to talk to you.

stevez wrote:I saw some of the most beautiful Lion Back Ribs

Did they taste gamy?

stevez wrote:Each of my racks weighed in at more than 2.75 lbs and were Flintstonian in stature (for loin back ribs).

I went to Steve's house for lunch today to both help him polish off the ribs and get the brats and dogs he kindly picked up for me at Miesfeld's. Ribs were terrific, meaty with a clean pork flavor. Steve also steamed up a few Miesfeld's natural casing hot dogs which had a powerful snap and just past subtle garlic flavor.

Meisfeld's Hot Dogs



I shoul note Barry of Smoque BBQ recommended Meisfeld's hot dogs last week when our lunch time conversation veered to hot dogs. Meisfeld's makes a damn good hot dog!

Enjoy,
Gary

aschie30 wrote:My beeline to the basement included a bottle of homemade limoncello. I wish I had your ribs instead! Excellent job assessing potentially disastrous circumstances and making an executive decision -- all in the name of good ribs.

Wait, there was a tornado warning? I was already in my basement. It is where I keep my 4 tap kegerator of homebrew beer

G Wiv wrote:Steve had terrific, and I do mean terrific, looking ribs, you, homemade limoncello we just took a flashlight and battery operated radio. Practical for basement/tornado warnings, but not very tasty.

Compliments to both of you for combining safety conscious and delicious.

That night I looked at the radar, saw a solid blob of angry red over Rockford, and decided I had enough time to go to Trader Joe's and beat the storm. No problemo. My husband told me this was a bad idea and I laughed.

In the grocery I started to hear thunder and noticed there appeared to be a monsoon outside. There was a small lull where I managed to get the groceries in the car without getting too wet. After that all hell broke loose and I tuned to a station with weather. Just as I was leaving Park Ridge and crossing over to Chicago, 780 AM informed me that there was a possible tornado sighting in Park Ridge and the sirens would be coming on.

I started hauling butt through the swiftly flooding streets as the tornado sirens went off. They were still going off when I parked the car and ran in with a bag of frozen stuff--leaving the rest in the car. I was so scared I dropped the frozen stuff at the door and yelled at my husband to round up the pets--now! So he spent a lovely half hour in a small bathroom with two cats, one very large dog, and me asking every two minutes "When can I put away my frozen stuff? When can I go out and get the rest of my groceries? Do you think it is warm enough that the orange juice will burst if it sits in the car like it did in my old car one time? Huh? Huh???" If the house had collapsed my last thought probably would have been whether the frozen blueberries were still any good.

I guess it was worth it to have bananas the next day at breakfast. Since we survived and all.

Glad all survived the storm. I've been a fan of Miesfeld's for years, although unfortunately I don't get up to Sheyboygan anymore since my in-laws moved away. Great sausage.