{"id":1240,"date":"2025-06-03T16:52:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribsaus.p11.sol1.net\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2025-06-20T12:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T02:34:30","slug":"does-cooking-ribs-longer-make-them-more-tender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/news\/does-cooking-ribs-longer-make-them-more-tender\/","title":{"rendered":"Does cooking ribs longer make them more tender?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1240\" class=\"elementor elementor-1240\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5a7be1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b5a7be1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b576de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b576de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ribs and Cooking Times...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6abb98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6abb98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You would think that longer cooking times would simply mean more tender, succulent beef. Sadly, this is simply not the case.\u00a0<\/p><p>Cooking any kind of meat for too long will usually leave it dry, tough, and utterly unappealing.\u00a0<\/p><p>In all honesty, cooking BBQ ribs to perfection is something of an artform. It\u2019s not something the home chef does very often, and overcooking the ribs is a common way to disappoint yourself when you sit down to eat.\u00a0<\/p><p>Ironically, we believe the best way to cook BBQ ribs is actually to cook it for a long time \u2013 but there is a twist.\u00a0<\/p><h2>The best way to cook beef and pork ribs<\/h2><p>We\u2019ll give away one secret: It starts with low and slow cooking, then finishes with fire.\u00a0<\/p><p>At Ribs &amp; Burgers, we use a 35-year old secret recipe to create the most perfect, succulent, tender ribs you\u2019ve ever tasted. We begin by slow cooking the ribs for eight hours at a low temperature to gently cook the meat all the way through without drying it out. This locks in the flavour and moisture for that melt-in-your mouth texture we all know and love.\u00a0<\/p><p>Yet no one wants perfectly tender meat on the outside \u2013 you want that subtly crispy layer of goodness that adds a little crunch and a punch of texture with every bite. That\u2019s why we finish our ribs with a dance over the fire for that heavenly flame-kissed finish.\u00a0<\/p><p>But of course, you also want the tang of a secret-recipe basting as well. The trick here is not to add the basting too soon. Most sauces and basting recipes include at least some sugar, and where a flame-finish will turn this innocent baste into a sizzling, caramelised indulgence, adding it too soon will do nothing but burn the basting as it overdries the insides.\u00a0<\/p><h2>Come in for a taste test<\/h2><p>If you don\u2019t believe us, it\u2019s time for a taste test. We\u2019re ready to put our ribs where our mouth is (aren\u2019t we all?) and show off our succulent low\u2019n\u2019slow ribs with the flame finish and secret recipe sauce.<\/p><p>Swing by Ribs &amp; Burgers to see how cooking ribs for longer can make them more tender, but only if you have the patience to cook them at a low temperature for quite a long time. 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Sadly, this is simply not the case.\u00a0 Cooking any kind of meat for too long will usually leave it dry, tough, and utterly unappealing.\u00a0 In all honesty, cooking BBQ ribs to perfection is something of an artform. &#8230; <a title=\"Does cooking ribs longer make them more tender?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/news\/does-cooking-ribs-longer-make-them-more-tender\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Does cooking ribs longer make them more tender?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsandburgers.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}