How long to smoke beef short ribs?

Cover the beef ribs loosely and fire up the smoker. Once the smoker is in the 225-250 range, throw a couple chunks each of cherry and apple wood on the coals and place the beef ribs on the cooker. The beef ribs need to smoke for 1 ½ - 2 hours, after that, they take on too much smoke flavor and can taste bad. read more

Oil the rack and place the ribs on it bone side down over indirect heat. Cover and cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Turn and cook for 45 minutes more, then turn and cook for another 45 minutes, or until the ribs reach 185°F on a meat thermometer. read more

Smoking the Beef Short Ribs Place the short ribs directly on the grate leaving space between them to allow the smoke to have full access to all sides. Insert a digital probe meat thermometer into one of the ribs making sure the probe is going into actual meat instead of just fat. read more

The beef short ribs are cooked to about 200°F before calling them done. I took mine to 203°F and inserting a sharp skewer into the meat was giving me almost no resistance at all. You can expect the beef short ribs to take 7-9 hours to reach 200°F. read more