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How long to smoke beef back ribs

beef back ribs at 225°F take

4h 10min to 5h 20min

Pull at
195°F
FDA safe minimum
145°F
Dial of 6 hours for beef back ribs: at 225°F 4 h 10 min – 5 h 20 min, at 250°F 3 h 30 min – 4 h 25 min, at 275°F 2 h 45 min – 3 h 35 min, at 300°F 2 h 5 min – 2 h 40 min. Each ring starts at the top; its pale end is the spread between the lower and upper estimate. 1 h 30 min 3 h 4 h 30 min 6 h 225°F 250°F 275°F 300°F

Your cook

Smoker temperature

At each smoker temperature

Lower and upper estimate at each smoker temperature. The row the answer states is marked.
SmokerTime
225°F answer 4 h 10 min – 5 h 20 min
250°F 3 h 30 min – 4 h 25 min
275°F 2 h 45 min – 3 h 35 min
300°F 2 h 5 min – 2 h 40 min

When it is done

Thermometer for beef back ribs: take it off at 195°F; FDA safe minimum 145°F. Take it off 195°F Safe from 145°F
Take it off at
195°FPull temperature: the internal temperature at which the meat comes off the smoker, read with a food thermometer whose tip sits at the center of the meat.
Safe from
145°FFDA safe minimum: the internal temperature the FDA gives for Beef, pork, veal and lamb (chops, roasts, steaks), as measured with a food thermometer. The meat must reach it before it is served.
Rest
3 minRest: the minutes the meat stands off the heat before it is cut. The FDA gives Beef, pork, veal and lamb (chops, roasts, steaks) a 3-minute rest at 145°F.

Cited guides take beef back ribs to 195°F, well past the FDA minimum of 145°F, for texture rather than safety: ThermoWorks brings collagen-rich cuts to 195–205°F so their connective tissue breaks down.

Other cuts

Sources

Figures built September 2026.

Where these figures come from (3)
  • Cook times: ThermoWorks, “Smoked Pulled Pork: Delicious Results in Almost Half the Time”, retrieved from https://blog.thermoworks.com/pulled-pork-time-temperature-matters/ on 2026-09-23. Restated as numbers and normalised to 225°F by the formula on this site; no text or table is reproduced.
  • Cook times: Smoking-Meat.com, “Smoking Times and Temperatures Chart”, retrieved from https://www.smoking-meat.com/smoking-times-and-temperatures-chart on 2026-09-23. Restated as numbers and normalised to 225°F by the formula on this site; no text or table is reproduced.
  • Safe minimum internal temperatures: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, “Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures”, August 2017, retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/media/107000/download on 2026-09-23.

Times are estimates for planning. Meat is done when a food thermometer reads the safe minimum internal temperature, not when a timer ends.