Baby Back Ribs Recipe

Looking for something to make at your next BBQ that your friends and family are sure to enjoy? Using a combination of honey, brown sugar, spices, bbq sauce, and don't forget the butter we will be creating some ribs that are just bursting with flavor and guaranteed to be fall off the bone tender.

Recipe Information

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours 30 Minutes
Rest Time: 10 Minutes
Total Time: 4 Hours 50 minutes
Servings: 4
Category: Pork

Ingredients

1 Rack Baby Back Ribs
1/4 Cup Rib Rub (Honey Hog BBQ Rub or Sweet Heat Rub) - Feel free to substitue with your favorite rub
2 Tbsp Honey
1/2 Cup Butter
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Apple Juice
1/2 Cup BBQ Sauce (Sweet Baby Rays or Kosmos Q Pineapple Heat Rib Glaze) - Feel free to substitute with your favorite sauce

Instructions

Prep the ribs the night before. Begin by removing them from packaging and pat drying them with a paper towel.
Feel around to make sure the are no bone shards in skin. Trim any chunks of fat that are sticking out.
With bone side up use a spoon and scrape at membrane to lossen it at an end of th ribs. Grab the loosened piece with paper towesl and pull down the ribs to remove membrane
Apply olive oil, or binder of your choice
Apply a generous layer of rub to the ribs on both sides and all along the edges
Wrap in seran wrap and store in fridge overnight
When ready to cook preheat your grill or smoker to 225 deegrees - Use Hickory, Apple, or Maple if smoking
Place ribs directly on grill with meat side up for 2 hours
Remove ribs from grill and prepare to wrap.
Take a large piece of aluminum foil and set it out for ribs. In the middle of the aluminum foil spread out half of the brown sugar, half of the butter cut up into pats and spaced out the length of the rack of ribs. Drizzle half of the honey over this mixture.
Place ribs meat side down onto this mixture in the aluminum foil.
Use remaining brown sugar butter and honey on the bony side of the ribs that is facing up and then create a boat shape with aluminum foil
Pour Apple Cider into the fin foild and then seal tin foil well.
Place ribs back on smoker meat side down for 2 hours
Remove ribs from aluminum foil and plce meat side up back on smoker
Coat ribs in BBQ sauce and leave for a half hour to carmelize. Use bend or pull test to check to ensure ribs are done at this point and remove ribs from grill.
Allow to rest for 10 minutes
Serve and enjoy!