Date Night Short Ribs, Patti bought us some Beef Short Ribs for our Date Night dinner tonight. Love these things and don’t do them near enough. Tonight I did something a little different, I took Chef of the Future’s Southwestern Rub and mixed a few tablespoons with some red wine and olive oil. I let this sit for awhile and get all happy. Then I brushed on the ribs. We served these with a stuffed smoked cabbage, our special garlic skillet and twice baked potatoes, OFF THE HOOK!
Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker, but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme. Wood burning stove, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…
Date Night Short Ribs A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 3 hours @ 225 degrees (107c) Grill: Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker Pellets: Green Mountain Premium Gold Blend
Ingredients: Date Night Short Ribs
- 3lbs. Beef Shorts Ribs
- 2 TBSP. Chef of the Future Southwestern rub
- 2 TBSP. red wine, if you enjoy drinking it, you’ll enjoy cooking with it
- 2 TBSP. olive oil
Directions: Date Night Short Ribs
Mix 2 tablespoons “Chef of the Future’s Southwestern Rub” with 2 tablespoons of red wine and olive oil then set it aside to blend. Brush onto your ribs and head for the grill. I smoked them for 3 hours @ 225* (107c). The smaller ones were great but the bigger ones would have been a bit more tender with some more time in the smoke. The cabbage and a garlic skillet were 2 hours and the potatoes went on in the last hour. We put the twice baked potatoes on the grill just to pick up the rich, flavorful smoke.
Date Night Short Ribs A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Cooking Directions: Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker
Preheat the grill to 255* (107c).
I like to smoke everything for at least 30 minutes with an hour being even better. After all the Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker is an awesome smoker so use it for all the wood smoke flavor it will add to your food.
So after the grill comes up to temp place everything directly onto the grill and just let it hang out in the smoke and get happy for 3 hours or so. This is referred to as “Smoking” or “Hot Smoking”, the temperature is 225* (107c).
You don’t need one here but I use a Maverick ProTemp Instant Read Thermometer for checking meat temps.
Date Night Short Ribs A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe
Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need to follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also you are only smoking at temps less than 250 degrees (122c), anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.
Well done Ken! I just licked the screen, hope you don’t mind, LOL!
These look amazing!!! Maybe the husband will make them for me this weekend 🙂