Pork cut: where it is, price, recipes
Baby back ribs
The upper ribs, cut where they meet the loin: short, curved, with lean meat between the bones. They cook faster than spare ribs; three hours in the smoker is usually enough.
- Smoked
- Roasted
- Grilled
$8/ lb
- In French
- Baby back ribs (côtes du dos)
- Where it sits
- Rib. A rib chop keeps its bone and its rim of fat, and that is what keeps it from drying out.
- Tenderness
- 3/5
- Flavor
- 4/5
- Marbling
- 3/5
- Price
- $8 / lb ·
- Actual size
- ~40 cm
Compared with its neighbors
Compared with St. Louis-style ribs, Baby back ribs is milder (4/5 vs 5/5), leaner (3/5 vs 4/5) and costs $2 a pound more.
| Cut | Tenderness | Flavor | Marbling | Price | How to cook it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby back ribs | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3/5 | $8 / lb | Smoked, Roasted, Grilled |
| St. Louis-style ribs | 3/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 | $6 / lb | Smoked, Roasted, Grilled |
