From the best cuts and types of beef and pork ribs to the oven temperature and whether they should be covered or uncovered ...

Korean meat markets usually offer two cuts of short ribs for barbecue: sliced through the bone into a thin strip, or butterflied, so the meat unrolls into a long strip with the bone at one end.

But when I eat meat, which isn’t often, I gravitate toward another type of barbecue: Korean short ribs, called galbi, at Choga in Johnson County. I headed to the Overland Park restaurant at 6920 W.