It's not that bad, really. I only have to stoke the fire about once an hour. You could cook the ribs in the oven, but you would miss that smoky flavor.

BTW, you can do the same thing for spare ribs, but adjust the cooking time as follows: 2 hours unwrapped, 2 hours wrapped, 2 hours unwrapped. Should be just as delicious.


You should see when I do pulled pork. 2 Boston Butts will take anywhere from 10-12 hours to cook.