# What if I try to cook ribs from a frozen state? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-try-to-cook-ribs-from-a-frozen-state/697155 "2014-09-01T15:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-try-to-cook-ribs-from-a-frozen-state/697155/1 "2014-09-01T15:19:51Z")
Just baking them in an oven. If I start from frozen and just increase the cook time, should it come out alright or are there consequences for this kind of behavior? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-try-to-cook-ribs-from-a-frozen-state/697155/2 "2014-09-01T16:07:30Z")
Should be fine. If I really were set on not defrosting them first in a pot of water (shouldn’t take that long, maybe an hour), I would just start them in a cold oven. It’ll take longer to finish, but they should be fine, as long as you are doing a longer, slow-cooked style of ribs. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-try-to-cook-ribs-from-a-frozen-state/697155/3 "2014-09-01T17:11:02Z")
I didn’t even know that you could get ribs from Alaska. Ribs are usually more associated with non-frozen states like Texas.