1Take the membrane off the ribs, starting in the middle of the slab and working your way to the other side.
2Cut off the last couple of bones from the slab.
3Apply your favorite barbecue rub, such as Deuces Wild Original rub, to the backside of the ribs first, then the top side.
4Place the ribs in a Southern Pride smoker at 250° for 2 hours.
5After 2 hours, once the ribs have a mahogany color, wrap them with brown sugar, butter, and apple juice, placing the face side down and adding a little more brown sugar.
6Close them up and put them back in the smoker for one more hour.
7Check the tenderness of the ribs with a thermometer; it should go in with basically no resistance.
8Pour all the juice and smoke flavor from the pork into a pot.
9Add the whole bottle of Deuces Wild competition barbecue sauce to the pot.
10Sauce both sides of the ribs.
11Return the sauced ribs to the smoker for about 10 minutes.
12Brush some sauce on your board to present the ribs.
13Flip the ribs over and cut through the bones where they line up.
Ingredients
2.5 lb slabs of ribs
3 lb slabs of ribs
Deuces Wild Original rub
brown sugar
butter
apple juice
1 bottle Deuces Wild competition barbecue sauce
Equipment
Southern Pride smokerthermometerpotboard
Tips
Start by removing the membrane from the ribs for a better eating experience.
Season both sides of the ribs generously.
Wrap the ribs after 2 hours in the smoker when they have a mahogany color.
Use a thermometer to check tenderness; it should go in with basically no resistance.
Sauce both sides of the ribs.
Brush some sauce on the serving board for presentation.