Preparing Pork Ribs in a Cooler

Video Transcript

"This is Paul Amato on behalf of Expert Village and in this clip we're going to talk about prepping the ribs for the rub. One thing I recommend when you start doing outside barbecuing like this smoking I should say is to get yourself a cooler. One thing to be aware of for food safety your going to want to keep meat, any meats cold and it's a good thing to have, fill it up with some ice and keep your meats in there and keep them cold as possible. Two reasons, one is for food safety, also the colder the ribs are the better when you put them in the smoker, the ribs will only absorb smoke flavor up to till 140 degrees. Also in terms of food safety between 40 degrees and 140 is the danger zone after a couple of hours and that's something you want to try to avoid and that's why a cooler is a great thing to have when your doing this. It's also a great tool when you go shopping for meats cause you can take it along with you and throw your meats in here with some ice or an ice pack and don't have to worry about that."