Turn your basic slow cooker into a programmable unit by purchasing a programmable timer module. This module plugs into an electrical outlet and then the slow cooker is plugged into the module.
Refers to the ends of the ribs contained within the plate primal cut of beef (ribs 6 through 12). Usually only the flat ends of ribs 6 through 9 and are used for plate short ribs because the ends of ribs 10 through 12 have more fat than meat, so they are not as desirable.
Short ribs that have been cut from the beef chuck primal (ribs 1 through 5). They have plenty of meat and have less fat than short ribs from the plate.