Customer Reviews

Brinkmann Rib Rack (812-3310-0)

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I bought the Brinkmann electric smoker at Lowe's for just over fifty dollars, and have been experimenting with lots of different kinds of meats. I wanted to do smoked ribs, but I knew the two racks would not hold very much, so I bought two sets of rib racks from CSP Outdoors for about ten dollars each. They worked very well. One big package of pork ribs from Sam's Club, about 13 pounds, was about the most they can hold, and still allow air space between the sections. Best ribs I have had in a long time! I think I can use this for other kinds of meat, too, to hold a lot more in the smoker than I can otherwise. Beware of the Weber rib racks, they are too big to fit in the Brinkmann smoker, which is smaller than the Weber smoker. It really does help to spray everything with cooking spray oil before you start, otherwise it's a big job to get everything clean afterwards.

I was very pleased with this purchase. It fits very nicely into my vertical Brinkmann propane smoker. It fits in a lot more ribs and the flavor was just as good. I was worried about there being too many ribs in the smoker, and that perhaps it would take longer, but they cooked up in the same amount of time and were delicious!

I've tried two other common rib racks (for both baby back and spare ribs) and this one excels. My experience has been that most racks place the ribs too close together and this creates two major problems: insufficient space for smoke to move between the slabs, and damaging the integrity of the slabs during final removal because of the tight fit.

This rack is just right for baby backs, in terms of spacing and maximizing how many (5) can be cooked at one time. For spare ribs, however, I've found that three slabs is the maximum (thick edge down too).

It ain't pretty, and the ribs come in contact with the grilling surface (unlike others that are on a raised base). If you can live with that then this one is for you.