Cooking Serendipity: “Just threw it together”

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Speaking of ribs, as the OP mentioned, just last week I posted this:

Ribs: from frozen solid to falling off the bone tender in 4 1/2 hours

So I did an impromptu little BBQ experiment yesterday. It was a beautiful, unseasonably warm day, and I’ve been slow with work lately, so I took a ‘me day’ off. I was outside all day, first doing a few outdoor chores, then just sitting and soaking up a little Vitamin D. Then it occurred to me hey, ribs would be good! I had two racks of baby back ribs I had bought on sale a few weeks back, but they were frozen solid in the freezer and it was already after noon. So normally, if I was to make rib…