Keyword: BBQ, easy entertaining, Picnic food, Ribs, Spring BBQ
Equipment
Rimmed baking sheet -OR- glass baking dish
Silicone pastry brush
Small sauce pan
Ingredients
1rackSt. Louis pork ribs
4tbspdry rubI like sweet hickory or anything maple
1½cupsBBQ sauceI used Lillie's Carolina Barbeque Sauce
salt and pepperto taste
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 250°.
Pat your rack of ribs dry with paper towels then season generously with the dry rub of your choice, salt and pepper.
Using a sharp knife poke holes all across the skin side of the rack of ribs.
Wrap the rack of ribs tightly in foil and set them on a rimmed baking sheet or a glass baking dish. This will catch any juices that run out of the foil pack to reserve for the BBQ glaze.
Bake at 250° for 2.5-3 hours.
Remove the rack of ribs and carefully remove them from the foil making sure to reserve the cooking liquid from the foil and the pan.
Turn the oven temperature up to 350°.
Pour the cooking liquid into a small sauce pan and place the rack of ribs back on the sheet pan or glass baking dish.
Brush both sides of the rack of ribs with 1 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce (reserving the remaining ½ cup for the glaze).
Return the ribs to the oven uncovered, meat side up, for 45-55 minutes.
Let ribs rest 15-20 minutes before cutting. While you wait make the BBQ Glaze.
BBQ Glaze
Combine the reserved cooking liquid from the ribs and ½ a cup of your favorite BBQ sauce in a small sauce pan. Simmer for 20 minutes to reduce by half. Pour over individual ribs once plated.
Notes
If you do not have a pastry brush, use the back of a spoon or a spatula to coat the BBQ sauce on the rack of ribs.If you are using baby back ribs you will need to adjust the cook time to 2 hours at 250° followed by brushing the ribs with the BBQ sauce and going back in the oven for 45 minutes at 350°.