Tractor Rim Cooking... Ribs-n-Beans

I had the chance to take a few days off for camping last week. It was nice to get away and relax...

I took the tractor rim for cooking. (really happy there is no burn ban right now :)) 

The weed burner does a great job of firing up the wood....

I soaked anasazi beans overnight, drained and added minced onion, garlic, bay leaves, cayenne peppers, basil, thyme and a smoked ham hock to the pot.  Also chicken stock. 

I let the pot of beans simmer while I cooked breakfast...

I added more chicken stock and fire wood when needed....

I slathered a slab of spare ribs with bacon drippings then sprinkled with dry rub. Set them on the low heat side of the fire...

I let the ribs slow roast for about 2 hours until they showed a nice color...

I'm not fond of "fall off the bone" ribs and don't usually foil them at home but I wanted to speed up the cooking process a bit.  

I foiled the ribs meat side down and added a beef stock/beer/minced onion mix to the packet...

Then placed them back onto the tractor rim on the low heat side of the fire again...

I was able to do some fishing while supper cooked. :)

After an hour and a half the ribs showed some pull back on the bones....

I placed them back onto the heat to brown and roast a bit more....

Then I mixed up a batch of jalapeno corn cakes...

Fried the corn cakes...

When the beans were nice and tender, I seasoned with salt and pepper....

My pork and bean supper. :)

I don't usually sauce my ribs, I like the sauce on the side. The ribs were tender and had a nice smokey flavor and the beans-n-corn cakes weren't bad either!

I enjoyed sitting by the lake, caught a few fish too! :)