What are Rib Tips & Where do they Come from?
Rib tips are attached to the lower end of pork spare ribs. They are short, meaty pieces of rib that don’t actually contain any rib bone, but instead just dense cartilage. Ribs tips are cut away during the process of preparing St. Louis-style ribs.
Some butchers consider them to be scrap, but they can be grilled, smoked, and slathered with barbecue sauce.