Ribs smoked the day before...

If I was going to do that I would warm them at 250F, I think at 450F they might over cook. Best thing would be bite the bullet get up early/ stay up late smoke them, pull them off wrap in old towel or blanket, throw in a cooler. They should be fine for about 4hrs in the cooler.

Are you smoking or baking them the day before? If you’re smoking them, I’d probably just keep them wrapped the next day, and reheat them for thirty minutes to an hour at 250. If you’re baking them, I’d par cook them the day before, and just finish them in the oven for the last hour the next day.

With ribs, no problem. I smoked 6 slabs 2 days before going camping with friends. I didn't feel like taking the smoker along with the 5th wheel and everything else. Reheated them on the grill wrapped in foil and they were on point.

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staying up all night smoking them

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It's becoming like craft beer. If you don't stand in line for 2 hours the beer isn't any good. Telling everyone you smoked some ribs for 18 hours just makes you look like the idiot standing in line at Parish with his Wicked Weed shirt on.

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Telling everyone you smoked some ribs for 18 hours just makes you look like the idiot standing in line at Parish with his Wicked Weed shirt on.

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I would go crazy trying to cook something for that long. My ribs rarely take more than 4 hours and turn out great. Charcoal snake with chunks of wood on top and let it go.

I prefer the term slab over rack, but that's just my opinion.

Just remember that most smoking meat is done to accomplish 2 tasks. Add smoked flavor and hold meat at temp long enough to convert collagen into gelatin to make the meat more tender. After 4-6 hours meat will no longer accept smoke flavor so you are good there. As long as your ribs are on long enough to convert a sufficient amount of collagen into gelatin you are good on the tender aspect. Just make sure you rest your meat in the foil and that you don't overwarm them to the point of drying and you are good.

TLDR You are gtg smoking ahead of time and rewarming.