Cut from the lower rib area above the brisket, this rich bone-in native-breed beef cut naturally tapers from one end to the other and commonly serves 4–6 with sides.
£41.50
A Jacobs Ladder is a bone-in rack of beef short ribs from the lower rib area immediately above the brisket. This product is approximately half a full rack, weighs around 2kg and naturally tapers, so one end will carry more meat than the other.
Allow roughly 4–6 servings with sides. Cook it low and slow by smoking, indirect barbecue or braising; the whole rack is not intended for quick direct grilling.
Flanken-cut short ribs are different: they are sliced thinly across several bones for faster grilling. If that is what you are looking for, see our Flanken Cut Short Ribs.
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 begins to break down during the long cook. The ribs often finish around 93–96°C, but temperature is only a guide; they are ready when a probe enters the thickest meat with very little resistance.
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.
Danute (verified owner) –
Very very happy for the meat
Very tasty
Very recommended
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Anthony Harris (verified owner) –
Slow cooked delicious and plenty of meat, good value.
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Will Cole (verified owner) –
This is the second time I’ve tried to cook these ‘short’ ribs. They’re unlike any other ribs I’ve cooked before for two reasons%3A 1. The length of the ribs is incredibly short%3B 2. The amount of fat – both top layer and innner layer – is more than other ribs. The effect this has had for me is that you end up with a lot of meat sitting precariously on not much rib meaning when they start to pull away during the cook%2C they tend to lean and topple. And with the amount of fat%2C you can’t render the top without sacrificing the lower part of meat%2C or you try to render the inner fat but then you get a very dry top piece of meat. I’m sure better bbq’ers would find these easy but I’m going to stick with longer short ribs in the future.
Jeanette Newell (verified owner) –
Really lovely braised.
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Andrew Leamon (verified owner) –
Really enjoyed them, super tasty and well chosen by the tram
Peter Kling (verified owner) –
The Jacob’s ladder was made up of very short ribs and multiple layers of meat and fat. The result was some of the meat being under cooked and the rest overcooked. Nothing like the picture…
Micah Kent (verified owner) –
This is an amazingly tasty joint of ribs, great quality and always reliable delivery.
Dave Tilbe (verified owner) –
The title says it all.