How to Smoke Beef Ribs

Wet or dry? Say these simple words to a barbecue buff and you’ll unleash a whole polemic. Wet refers to sweet, sticky, sauce-slathered ribs in the style of Kansas City, while dry refers to the spice-crusted ribs of Memphis, Tennessee. I’m not about to join the debate as to which is superior—I love barbecue much too much to choose sides. But since wet ribs are covered in the pork chapter, I thought beef would be a good place to discuss dry.