Injected Spares

[Grumpy Gator]

I got a couple of pkgs of Hormel Spares yesterday and noticed when I got home that they were injected... didn't really want to do that, but too much trouble to take 'em back.

So, if I mix up a batch of home made rub from some recipe, and leave out the salt, will that work?? Don't want 'em too salty. Ham on a stick ain't what I'm shootin' for... :(

[redneck cooker]

:shock: :shock: Must have been the water solution for pacaging?? I would cook them as normal...

[bigwheel]

Dittos on whut Redneck say. Pumped Hormels is my most favorite rib of all. Seem to able to take about as much salt as any other ribs..course it purty easy to get any kind of spares too salty if you aint careful and you got a salty rub. I normally give em a mustard smear and a moderate dusting of Headcountry regular. Only time I got em too salty in recent memory was when some brain surgeon tricked me into putting Tony Cacheries on there. Now that stuff is salty salty.

bigwheel

[Grumpy Gator]

Ok... thanks, guys...

The package says 20% solution of water, salt, nitrates, etc...

I'll try 'em like you suggest. They look considerably better in the pkg than lots of others I've tried. Just haven't had much luck with spares yet. Now Baby Backs I pretty much got down.

[bigwheel]

Well think you will grow to love them pumped Hormels if you give em a fair shake. They hard to find in this neck of the woods here lately. Super Target about the only ones who got em on a consistent basis and they mighty proud of em too. About twice a year they run em for .99 with no limit..and that is when the freezer gets stocked to the gills. I tell you another very good pumped spare is the Kroger brand (Silver Platter Moist n Lean or similar). Not sure where they get em but the pump formula dont correspond on the ingredient list of any of the other brands..and believe the pump percentage is lower than most. For comp cooking anyway both of that species will tend to beat the pants off them big old fat unpumped Swifts...which is the only brand of un-pumped ribs which seems to be commonly available down here. Now hope you dont axe me how I know all this stuff:)

bigwheel

[Zeeman]

NEVER KNEW THAT...PUMPED UP RIBS! COURSE HAVE NOT BOUGHT ALOT OF THEM OTHER THAN SAM'S RIBS. ARE SAM'S RIBS PUMPED ALSO?
I JUST PICKED UP SOME "TYSON' RIBS, THEY LOOK REALLY NICE AND HAD "UP TO" 12% SOLUTION. I GUESS THEY PUMPED TO. $2.24 A POUND.
LEARN SOMETHING EVERYDAY....I LIKE THAT, THANKS.
Z

[oompappy]

Ok... thanks, guys...

The package says 20% solution of water, salt, nitrates, etc....

Flavor "enhanced" from the makers of Spam.

[bigwheel]

Well Tyson bought out IBP or so the rumor goes. So the general concensus is the Tyson spares is a new version of IBP. Not sure how long it take Tyson to mess it up total..but dont suspect long. Now how Sams keep getting them marked IBP I aint got a clue. It must be some type of Marketing trick. Fortunantly I rate em both right up there with John Morrlils from Albertson..meaning they are in the hexed jinxed and taboo column. I have give em all a fair test.

bigwheel


NEVER KNEW THAT...PUMPED UP RIBS! COURSE HAVE NOT BOUGHT ALOT OF THEM OTHER THAN SAM'S RIBS. ARE SAM'S RIBS PUMPED ALSO?
I JUST PICKED UP SOME "TYSON' RIBS, THEY LOOK REALLY NICE AND HAD "UP TO" 12% SOLUTION. I GUESS THEY PUMPED TO. $2.24 A POUND.
LEARN SOMETHING EVERYDAY....I LIKE THAT, THANKS.
Z

[Zeeman]

[quote="bigwheel"]Well Tyson bought out IBP or so the rumor goes. So the general concensus is the Tyson spares is a new version of IBP. Not sure how long it take Tyson to mess it up total..but dont suspect long. Now how Sams keep getting them marked IBP I aint got a clue. It must be some type of Marketing trick. Fortunantly I rate em both right up there with John Morrlils from Albertson..meaning they are in the hexed jinxed and taboo column. I have give em all a fair test.

bigwheel

I don't know what IBP stands for and I hope Tyson don't mess'em up anytime soom. I took 2 racks on at noon and took'em off at 6:00pm and they were the juicest ribs yet. Cleanest bone I ever seen, dog looked at me like I was crazy.
I cook'em for 3.5 hour, foiled for 1.5, then glazed and left open 1 hour. Smoked with pecan and crabapple at 210-225.
z

[bigwheel]

IBP stands for Iowa Beef Packers. You shoulda left that poor pooch a little meat on them bones:)

bigwheel

[Grumpy Gator]

Well, I did some of these spares yesterday and had mixed results...

The ribs were the best spares I've had in regard to amount of meat vs fat. Enough fat to make 'em good, but not huge chunks when they was done cookin'

Problem was, they tasted like ham... way too salty. Next time I do these I'm usin' a rub with no salt at all.

[bigwheel]

Guessing they have to be some easier to get too salty...but it easy to oversalt unpumped spares too. Just got to go light on the salty rubs. Ya know after I posted about Swift being the only commonly available unpumped rib down here..it dawned on me them IBP's from Sams aint pumped neither..or it dont mention it on the individual retail packages anyway. Headcountry regular makes a mighty good rib rub. Quite a bit lower salt content than most commercial rubs and aint overloaded on sugar either..which is usually the only other alternative. Wally World neighborhood markets stocked it down here for a while but guess they wasnt selling enough of it now it back to being mailorder only as far as I can tell.

http://www.headcountry.com

bigwheel