The Best BBQ Ribs Recipes
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Cook up tender ribs with these barbecue recipes.
If you prefer ribs, you'll be interested in recipes for ribs themselves with barbecue sauce for dipping, juniper-smoked brisket, and bone-in meat: glazed short ribs. Try new combinations of spices and marinades, or get creative and try combining several recipes.
Wet BBQ Pork Ribs
For this classic recipe, the Neelys trim the ribs St. Louis-style. They then rub the meat with a spice blend and cook it over indirect, low heat, basting it with homemade barbecue sauce, a method known as "wet cooking."
Sweet Tea Glazed Pork Ribs with Potato and Lemon Salad
The ribs are baked in the oven at low heat, then coated with a tea-citrus glaze and finished at high heat. For a classic side dish, make a quick lemon potato salad while the meat cooks.
Pork ribs in sweet cola sauce
"These ribs will blow you away," say the Neelys. "The smoke and indirect heat make the meat incredibly tender, and the cola adds an unexpected sweetness. Our secret is to skim the fat off the ribs before cooking, then glaze them towards the end of cooking. These are the perfect spare ribs!"
American-style pork ribs on the grill
Roast meaty spare ribs cut from the loin in the oven, coat with barbecue sauce, and grill them. Dip the flavorful, crispy pieces in the sauce and enjoy.
Smoked pork ribs with barbecue sauce
Patrick and Gina's classic ribs can be served dry with a little simple spice mix or with barbecue sauce.
Pork ribs in foil in the oven
Alton's ribs are coated with spices, then braised in foil in the oven and glazed with a homemade sauce.
Smoked Spiced Pork Ribs with Horseradish and Maple Syrup Glaze
Bobby rubs the meat with spices, which helps it become tender and develop a crust as it smokes. He then adds a maple syrup-horseradish glaze for a unique barbecue sauce.
Kansas BBQ Pork Ribs
Kansas-style barbecue is all about a sweet, tomato-based sauce, and Neely's homemade version is one of the best.
Pork ribs with bourbon barbecue sauce
These ribs can be baked a day ahead of time and grilled before using.
Smoked spare ribs in dry marinade
Tyler makes a dry marinade for the ribs, then cooks the meat at a low temperature, basting it periodically with the vinegar mixture. When it's almost done, Tyler spritzes it with vinegar again and adds a little dry rub for a savory crust—no sauce needed here.
Dry marinade for ribs
This Memphis-style dry marinade gives meat such rich flavor and a crispy crust, you won't even need barbecue sauce.
BBQ pork ribs in beer marinade
Before smoking, the ribs are briefly simmered in a beer-and-broth broth. The homemade sauce adds a real touch: it's spicy, slightly sweet, and very flavorful.
Grilled pork ribs with a spicy glaze
To glaze, brush the ribs with homemade hot sauce and chili powder every 10 minutes during the last 40 minutes of cooking.
Memphis-Style Smoked Pork and Beef Ribs
These Memphis-style beef and pork ribs are the signature dish of the king and queen of barbecue. If you like your ribs dry, serve them with a little barbecue seasoning, or for a "wet" serving, make a batch of Neely's homemade barbecue sauce.
Smoked Pork Ribs with North Carolina BBQ Sauce
On Throwdown Next! with Bobby Flay, Bobby took on a North Carolina barbecue master and cooked up St. Louis-style baby back ribs with a zesty vinegar-based sauce.
Oven-baked pork ribs with coffee barbecue sauce
Michael generously coats the ribs with dry rub, bakes them in the oven until tender, and finishes grilling them, coating them with a unique homemade sauce.
Spicy Asian-style spare ribs in a pineapple-ginger sesame barbecue sauce
Bobby's recipe involves marinating pork ribs in an Asian spice blend for 4 to 24 hours before grilling. They're then topped with a homemade barbecue sauce made with fresh ginger, hoisin sauce, and pineapple.
Dry-Marinated Memphis-Style Pork Ribs
Cooking ribs with this recipe couldn't be easier. Mix your favorite rubs and then roast the pork ribs in the oven. Coat the finished meat with Memphis-style seasonings, no sauce required.
Smoked pork ribs with honey and smoked jalapeño glaze
Not only are these ribs smoked over pecan wood chips, but the glaze itself has a sweet, smoky flavor thanks to pureed chipotle peppers and honey.
Honey-glazed pork ribs
The ribs absorb a wealth of flavor and juices as they simmer for 40 minutes in a sweet and savory vinegar-based sauce.
Oven-baked pork ribs with spicy plum BBQ sauce
Marcela makes a unique and flavorful barbecue sauce by combining zesty plum sauce and orange juice with coffee and chipotle peppers in an adobo sauce.
Ribs with peach barbecue sauce
According to the Neelys, these ribs are perfect for impressing guests at a summer barbecue. "They have a sweet and smoky flavor with a hint of heat. The sweetness comes from the peach puree, and the smoky aroma comes from the pecan wood chips. Our secret ingredient is smoked paprika, which adds another layer of flavor and aroma."
Spicy pork ribs with hoisin sauce glaze
Add an Asian twist to your dish with a few bold flavors: soy sauce, sesame oil, Chinese five-spice powder, and hoisin sauce.
Asian-Style Pork Ribs
Marinate the ribs today and make the brown sugar glaze, then all that's left to do is grill them tomorrow.
BBQ pork ribs on the grill
Try different combinations: choose a spice blend, then make a Kansas City-style barbecue sauce or a chili-based coffee sauce.
Spicy Smoked Beef Ribs
When smoking beef ribs, use equal parts charcoal briquettes and mesquite smoking blocks to infuse the meat with a rich wood flavor.Categories:
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