a lot of meat would come off as well if you tried to remove the second layer.SoloQue wrote:There are actually two layers of skin, I try to always leave the transparent bottom layer behind. I do this just because I read somewhere quite a while back that the inner layer does in fact help secure the bones. I think a person would have to be pretty intentional if they wanted to remove that inner layer as well when taking off the outter silver membrane.
I generally cook spares (trimmed down to St. Louis cut) and I cook them until they are just past done. In my experience, as the ribs cool they will tighten up a bit leaving me with a competition perfect rib. (my scores disagree with the competition perfect part of that...) Most of the time if I am not careful handling the ribs they will fall apart on me. I couldn't imagine hanging them from a hook and having them stay together.GvilleDave wrote:On the topic of membrane removal - Does removing the membrane cause the ribs to fall apart if they are being hung from a hook in a vertical smoker? I see the wisdom in removing but always thought the membrane helped keep my ribs from becoming a pile at the bottom of a vertical smoker...