For those of you about to grill... I salute you. Summer is upon us, and the weather is getting warmer. So it's time to fire up the charcoal, rub down a rack of ribs, crack open an ice cold soda, and smoke the ribs for a few hours!
I am constantly tweaking how I do my ribs, but I tend to always come back to the same procedure. I rub down the ribs, then smoke them, then wrap them, then brush on sauce at the end. It may seem like a crazy process, but it's totally worth it. The ribs develop so much flavor, and are cooked to where there is still a little give (the common misconception is that ribs should come clean of the bone, but this isn't true, you want to see a bite mark).
Here is my process:
Ingredients:
About 3/4 cups of BBQ Rub*
1 rack Baby Back Ribs
1 Tablespoon Squeeze Butter
1 Tablespoon of Honey
2 Tablespoons of Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon Sriracha
About 8 small to medium size branches of Applewood, broken into pieces
Aluminum foil, enough to wrap the rack of ribs in
Directions:
1. I remove the silver bit of skin from the back of the ribs... there are YouTube videos on how to do this.
2. Rub the ribs with BBQ rub (I make my own, but you can use your favorite), let sit for 15 - 30 minutes.
3. Get your smoker ready (since I just use a round weber grill, I get my charcoal ready, and put it on one side of the grill).
4. When you're ready to put the ribs on the grill, add about half of the apple-wood to the fire (if you're using a gas grill, use a smoker box for your wood).
5. Place the ribs away from the fire, bone side down, close the lid and let it smoke for about 1 hour.
6. At around an hour in, rotate your ribs and add more apple-wood, close the lit and let it go about another half hour.
7. Pull the ribs off the grill, place on a sheet of aluminum foil (enough to wrap the ribs in) add butter, honey, brown sugar, and sriracha, wrap the ribs.
8. Put the ribs back on the grill, away from the heat again, let cook about a half hour.
9. After a half hour, rotate the wrapped ribs, and let go another 15 minutes.
10. After 15 minutes or so, remove the ribs from the aluminum foil, place over the heat and baste on your choice of BBQ sauce (something with vinegar works best, and once again, I make my own 3 Vinegar BBQ Sauce).
11. Baste the ribs a couple times on both sides, and then let cool for a few minutes before eating.
*All Purpose BBQ Rub (mix all ingredients together, makes about 1/2 cup)
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
1 teaspoon Paprika
1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
1/2 Tablespoon Ground Black Pepper
1/2 Tablespoon Sea Salt (you can always add a little more if want)
2 teaspoons Ground Onion Flakes
1 teaspoon Ground Mustard Powder
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