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Beef short ribs are packed with flavour much of which comes from the high fat content and connective tissue. Being from a hard working part of the animal makes them naturally very tough. If you’re prepared to be patient though, you can make them perfectly tender with the meat falling from the bone.
£41.50
Short ribs are cut from the ribs just above the brisket. This is half of a full Jacobs Ladder, it has a taper from one end to the other, so beware that there will naturally be more meat on one end. They make a great cut for slow cooking by smoking or braising. Cooked on the BBQ or in the oven, the meat will fall away from the bone and stay succulent due to the good fat content.
Beef short ribs are packed with flavour much of which comes from the high fat content and connective tissue. Being from a hard working part of the animal makes them naturally very tough. If you’re prepared to be patient though, you can make them perfectly tender with the meat falling from the bone.
To reach perfection, short ribs should be cooked low and slow. The idea is to break down all the fat and connective tissue, basting the meat with flavour as they cook. What is undesirable and chewy will eventually become succulent and gelatinous and add to the beefy flavour. The connective tissue in the muscles will start to break down at around 75℃ and the short ribs will need taking up to as much as 95℃ to be finished.
Native breed short ribs are well suited to low and slow cooking due to the high fat content and the more developed flavour that comes with age.
If you buy a rack of ribs, you might want to cut them into blocks of two ribs. This will reduce the amount of time to reach the right temperature and will expose more of the meat.
How to Cook Beef Short Ribs – A guide to cooking short ribs either on your BBQ or in the oven.
| Preparation | Individual Rib (approx 700g), Sheet of Ribs – Jacobs Ladder (approx 2kg), Cut into short ribs (approx 700g) |
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BBQ_Dad (verified owner) –
Bought as a planned centre piece to a BBQ meal, sharing steaks and burgers were great & kids enjoyed hotdogs but the main meat was a huge let down. Way too much fat which even after cooking for 8hrs hadn’t rendered much away.
Where there was meat it was good, but it was hard to find. Perhaps just a rogue cut combined with my poor technique, but ended up putting vast majority into the food bin.
Rod (verified owner) –
Unfortunately, to my mind, the short rib was another example of a product from a UK butcher offered as a BBQ smoking that simply doesn’t meet expectations. The cut was very tall (maybe 10cm of meat above bone) with no fat to speak of at all. With no fat cap and virtually no internal fat (marbling), the cut was no good for low and slow smoking and ended up rather dry as a result. Taste was good, but will not be ordering from Grid Iron again.
Edmon Bukalan (verified owner) –
Use these for smoked bbq beef ribs. Usually 6-8 hrs over oak per 2kg trimmed slab. Always a good outcome. These tend to be a little fattier than my local butcher, but that’s how I like them.
Only gripe is that I wish it were more consistent, sometime I get ones with a bigger brisket layer on top. I trim it off to cook separately as it takes longer to get softer. They also seem shorter in length bone for the past couple of orders. No a big issue as, delivered weights are good and expected with 2kg+ per slab with each order.
Ed Johnson (verified owner) –
Scott Smith (verified owner) –
This is the second short rib I’ve had , the first was perfect but Unfortunately the recent ribs fat content far outweighed any edible meat, after an 8hour+ low and slow cook the fat didn’t render out between the bone and a very thin layer of meat as their was far too much, very disappointed and wasn’t happy serving to our guests!
Horea Covaci (verified owner) –
SHARON (verified owner) –
Huge short ribs, excellent quality, value and taste.
Josh Brook (verified owner) –
Plenty of fat content 10/10
Philip Skinner (verified owner) –
Top quality, really nice and meaty set of ribs. Will be ordering again.
Nicky Inglis (verified owner) –
Stuart Peskett (verified owner) –
Very meaty – smoked them for 10hrs, meat very tender and tasty.
Nicholas Glynn (verified owner) –
Great short ribs, loads of meat and the right amount of fat.
Anthony Littlewood (verified owner) –
Paul Challinor (verified owner) –
arrived on the expected delivery date, well packaged and complete. Looks really nice but not tried yet. (although the previous two we have had have been excellent, dry rubbed and slow roasted (oven and BBQ egg))
Craig Howard Ibbetson (verified owner) –