Uncle Mike's Ribs Recipe

Ribs Lamb ribs that will be grilled or barbecued are cut from the breast primal. The rib primal is reserved for tender rib chops and rib roasts.

Ribs The beef carcass has 13 pairs of ribs, but not all of the ribs are included in the rib primal cut. The first 5 ribs are part of the chuck cut in the front of the animal.

Pork Ribs The ribs are cuts taken from the loin and the side/belly primal cuts. There are several different types of ribs and they vary in meatiness and bone structure depending on the section from which they are cut.

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.

1. A cut of beef that comes from the section of meat removed from the prime rib when it is boned. Generally there is not much meat, but the ribs are often used for grilling and then cut and served individually as single ribs.

The blade end of the pork loin consisting of a section that is actually not ribs, but is instead rib-like chops.

Pork ribs that are small and circular in shape, containing varying quantities of meat connecting the last five or so bones of the backbone.