
The Secret to Tender Ribs (Stop Making This Mistake)
Cowboy Kent Rollins@CowboyKentRollinsThe Secret to Tender Ribs (Stop Making This Mistake)
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Most folks spend all day cooking some Most folks spend all day cooking some Most folks spend all day cooking some ribs and they're still not tender. And ribs and they're still not tender. And ribs and they're still not tender. And I'm showing you the step that everyone I'm showing you the step that everyone I'm showing you the step that everyone skips and it changes everything. I've got some disturbing news for some I've got some disturbing news for some I've got some disturbing news for some of y'all because some of y'all have not of y'all because some of y'all have not of y'all because some of y'all have not will not believe this. You won't. Quit will not believe this. You won't. Quit will not believe this. You won't. Quit smoking them ribs. I know all the time smoking them ribs. I know all the time smoking them ribs. I know all the time smoking them ribs. you think, "Hey, I smoke them every time you think, "Hey, I smoke them every time you think, "Hey, I smoke them every time I go out there. Get the best flavor. I I go out there. Get the best flavor. I I go out there. Get the best flavor. I cook them 6 hours. They fall apart. cook them 6 hours. They fall apart. cook them 6 hours. They fall apart. They're the best thing ever." I'm They're the best thing ever." I'm They're the best thing ever." I'm telling you this is the best method to telling you this is the best method to telling you this is the best method to cook ribs to have the greatest flavor, cook ribs to have the greatest flavor, cook ribs to have the greatest flavor, get a little smoke taste, but tender. get a little smoke taste, but tender. get a little smoke taste, but tender. Fall off the bone if you want to cook Fall off the bone if you want to cook Fall off the bone if you want to cook them that long or bite so easy and just them that long or bite so easy and just them that long or bite so easy and just fall off that bone as well. Don't smoke fall off the bone if you want to cook Fall off the bone if you want to cook Fall off the bone if you want to cook them that long or bite so easy and just them that long or bite so easy and just them that long or bite so easy and just fall off that bone as well. Don't smoke fall off that bone as well. Don't smoke fall off that bone as well. them ribs no more. I'm going to walk you them ribs no more. I'm going to walk you them ribs no more. I'm going to walk you through the process. It's going to show through the process. It's going to show through the process. It's going to show you how we steam these ribs and then you how we steam these ribs and then you how we steam these ribs and then finish them over hot fire. Don't take finish them over hot fire. Don't take finish them over hot fire. long, probably 3 and 1/2 to 4 hours and long, probably 3 and 1/2 to 4 hours and long, probably 3 and 1/2 to 4 hours and you got ribs that you can eat. You ain't you got ribs that you can eat. You ain't you got ribs that you can eat. You ain't having to sit around out there having to sit around out there having to sit around out there coughing on the smoke and get all that coughing on the smoke and get all that coughing on the smoke and get all that done. done. done. >> [music] >> [music] >> [music] >> Stick with me. You're going to want to >> Stick with me.
- 01The Pain Point
Open with a familiar failure and repeat or emphasize the problem so the viewer immediately recognizes it.
OriginalMost folks spend all day cooking some Most folks spend all day cooking some Most folks spend all day cooking some ribs and they're still not tender. And ribs and they're still not tender. And ribs and they're still not tender.
- 02The Hidden Step
Promise that the creator knows the overlooked action that changes the result.
OriginalAnd I'm showing you the step that everyone I'm showing you the step that everyone I'm showing you the step that everyone skips and it changes everything.
- 03The Contrarian Warning
Create shock by warning viewers that a widely accepted method may be holding them back.
OriginalI've got some disturbing news for some I've got some disturbing news for some I've got some disturbing news for some of y'all because some of y'all have not of y'all because some of y'all have not of y'all because some of y'all have not will not believe this. You won't. Quit will not believe this. You won't. Quit will not believe this. You won't. Quit smoking them ribs.
- 04The Objection
Voice the viewer's likely defense of the old method, including the result they believe it provides.
OriginalI know all the time smoking them ribs. I know all the time smoking them ribs. I know all the time smoking them ribs. you think, "Hey, I smoke them every time you think, "Hey, I smoke them every time you think, "Hey, I smoke them every time I go out there. Get the best flavor. I I go out there. Get the best flavor. I I go out there. Get the best flavor. I cook them 6 hours. They fall apart. cook them 6 hours. They fall apart. cook them 6 hours. They fall apart. They're the best thing ever." I'm They're the best thing ever." I'm They're the best thing ever." I'm
- 05The Better Promise
Replace the old method with a clear promise: preserve the desired benefit while improving the main failure.
Originaltelling you this is the best method to telling you this is the best method to telling you this is the best method to cook ribs to have the greatest flavor, cook ribs to have the greatest flavor, cook ribs to have the greatest flavor, get a little smoke taste, but tender. get a little smoke taste, but tender. get a little smoke taste, but tender.
- 06The Result Range
Show that the method can deliver different versions of the desired result, making it useful to more viewers.
OriginalFall off the bone if you want to cook Fall off the bone if you want to cook Fall off the bone if you want to cook them that long or bite so easy and just them that long or bite so easy and just them that long or bite so easy and just fall off that bone as well.
- 07The Process Preview
Name the alternative process without fully teaching it yet, then promise a guided walkthrough.
OriginalDon't smoke fall off the bone if you want to cook Fall off the bone if you want to cook Fall off the bone if you want to cook them that long or bite so easy and just them that long or bite so easy and just them that long or bite so easy and just fall off that bone as well. Don't smoke fall off that bone as well. Don't smoke fall off that bone as well. them ribs no more. I'm going to walk you them ribs no more. I'm going to walk you them ribs no more. I'm going to walk you through the process. It's going to show through the process. It's going to show through the process. It's going to show you how we steam these ribs and then you how we steam these ribs and then you how we steam these ribs and then finish them over hot fire. Don't take finish them over hot fire. Don't take finish them over hot fire.
- 08The Time Payoff
Give a concrete time estimate and describe the practical benefit, then end with a direct keep-watching command.
Originallong, probably 3 and 1/2 to 4 hours and long, probably 3 and 1/2 to 4 hours and long, probably 3 and 1/2 to 4 hours and you got ribs that you can eat. You ain't you got ribs that you can eat. You ain't you got ribs that you can eat. You ain't having to sit around out there having to sit around out there having to sit around out there coughing on the smoke and get all that coughing on the smoke and get all that coughing on the smoke and get all that done. done. done. >> [music] >> [music] >> [music] >> Stick with me. You're going to want to >> Stick with me.
