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Amazing Ribs Defined: Kissed By Smoke, Hugged By Sauce, Licked By Fire
Most pitmasters, grillmasters, competition cooks, chefs, cater- ers, and Southerners agree that there is a “standard of excel- lence” for Southern-style ribs. Although, at AmazingRibs.com we pride ourselves on being iconoclasts and innovators, and we love the cuisines of other nations, frankly, when it comes to ribs, we concur. This is what we like best.
Appearance
Amazing ribs usually glisten with a deep ruddy glow from
a sweet glaze. Just below there is a dark brown crust, called the bark. Bark is a firm crust that forms as the spices and sug- ars in the rub meld with the wet meat and then, during cook- ing, the chemistry changes, undergoing the Maillard reaction
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