1, the front row is near the neck of the pig and the front leg near the part of the four ribs, but also contains the column fork bone, and the bone is flat, the size of the ribs than the middle row, the back row is also shorter, belongs to the part of the bone more, less meat.

2, back row is close to the back of the pork buttocks a few ribs, also known as the "back eight", this part of the length of the ribs than the front row of long, than the middle row of short, with more, fat and lean parts of the meat is more clear, with the other two kinds of ribs is the biggest difference is that the back of the ribs contain cartilage, that is to say, can be eaten! The biggest difference with the other two types of ribs is that the back row contains cartilage, which is edible "brittle bone", so there is "front ribs are bones, back ribs are not bones".