Raw Beef Short Ribs Smell Bad
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I was shopping at a local grocery store the other day and as always, I was perusing the meat selection to see what looked good to smoke this weekend. They had some decent cuts of pork shoulder and some ok ribs and of course the standard whole chickens. Then I stumbled upon some pre-packaged ribs from Tyson. They looked pretty good, so I bought them.
I was cleaning them up yesterday morning and putting rub on them to wrap them up and let them sit overnight before smoking them today.
When I opened the package and started cleaning the ribs up, I noticed and odor. It was bad enough that the wife made comments as she walked through the kitchen. If I had to explain the odor, it would be something like a fishy type smell.
I checked the date on the package and according to the date, the ribs have not expired.
I am curious if anyone else has run into this with the pre-packaged ribs, or if anyone has any thoughts?
Are they possibly tainted, somehow?
Should we not eat them after I smoke them?
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They say if it's not too offensive, you should rinse the meat off good, and let it air out a bit. Then if it goes away, fine, but if it still smells bad take it back or toss it.
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I smoked the ribs using the 3-2-1 method with cherry wood.
Everything turned out good and everyone loved the ribs!
I assume Bearcarver was correct, just some gas build up in the packaging.
Thanks for the replies!
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My understanding is that there can be a gas build up in cryovac packages.They say if it's not too offensive, you should rinse the meat off good, and let it air out a bit. Then if it goes away, fine, but if it still smells bad take it back or toss it.
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I noticed this the last couple racks of those I got. I rinsed them real good like bear said and dried them well too. After all night in the fridge under jeffs rub they smelled fine and tasted great. Like bear said if it still smells bad after a wash and dry then use your judgement.
Had this happen a few times and these guys are correct, mine had a sulfur type smell, I rinse the meat real good and the smell goes away.
The final verdict ....I smoked the ribs using the 3-2-1 method with cherry wood.
Everything turned out good and everyone loved the ribs!
I assume Bearcarver was correct, just some gas build up in the packaging.
Thanks for the replies!
Its pretty scary though when you open up a bag of 40+ dollar ribs and they smell.
Glad it worked out.
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If that smell doesn't go away? Pitch it.
Good luck and good smoking.
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When in doubt bring it back. These packages should be tight, and not loose. SmokinPotro87, You said you washed your ribs, put rub on them, let them set overnight and still had some odor. That right there should be a alert that something is not right. Sulfur smell or any unpleasant smell in my opinion is not normal and the product should be sent back. Just my opinion. Reinhard
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Smoked both racks and kept track of which was which. The smell never quite went away. Tasted a piece of both when finished. One was delicious, the other absolutely funky so I spit it out. I had tossed the receipt but dug the cryovac out of the trash, wrapped up the funky, still hot rack in aluminum foil and took it and the empty cryovac back to the grocer. Manager took one whiff and said "they smell delicious, but something ain't right." "Take a bite" I said. "Not on your life" he answered. Since I didn't have the receipt he gave me a store gift card for the price of the ribs. That works.
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Can't say you didn't give it every chance!!
Thought I'd resurrect this thread. Picked up two racks of "previously frozen" BBs on Friday, 8/22/14. Use by date was 9/1/14. Opened one rack today for the smoker and it was fine. Opened the other and whoa, a funky smell. Rinsed it off, let it sit for ten minutes or so, then rinsed it off again. Smell wasn't bad, but still noticeable.Smoked both racks and kept track of which was which. The smell never quite went away. Tasted a piece of both when finished. One was delicious, the other absolutely funky so I spit it out. I had tossed the receipt but dug the cryovac out of the trash, wrapped up the funky, still hot rack in aluminum foil and took it and the empty cryovac back to the grocer. Manager took one whiff and said "they smell delicious, but something ain't right." "Take a bite" I said. "Not on your life" he answered. Since I didn't have the receipt he gave me a store gift card for the price of the ribs. That works.
Thanks for the report !!
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- What am I looking at here?
- Lets have a closer look
- And yet closer. Whuuut! Really!!
And yes these were cooked on the 8th.
After me feeling slightly taken advantage of and TICKED off at the relabeling, especially due to the fact that I bought 9 racks.
I proceeded to cut the ribs from the cryovac.
As soon as I slit the package I smelled a nasty, nasty sulfur smell, sort of like rotten eggs.
Now I'm really ANGRY, I tell the wife and say they're bad but I'm going to cook them anyhow, she says, "why, if they're bad ditch'em".
I said I was going to cook them all nice and pretty and give them to the manager at Sams Club.
After I calmed down a bit, I remembered this same thing with chicken and a simple rinse removed the smell, so the ribs went into a steamer pan, were rinsed and patted dry, I smelled every square inch of the meat and there was no smell at all, good or bad, so I figured I'm Good to go.
I know the date stamped is a sell by date and food can be cooked after the date, but the re-dating really ticked me off!
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