# No-Fail Baby Back Ribs

A simple and trustworthy recipe for tender, flavorful baby back ribs with a beautiful glaze and clean bite.

- Total time: 190 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

1. Take the membrane off the ribs, starting in the middle of the slab and working your way to the other side.
2. Cut off the last couple of bones from the slab.
3. Apply your favorite barbecue rub, such as Deuces Wild Original rub, to the backside of the ribs first, then the top side.
4. Place the ribs in a Southern Pride smoker at 250° for 2 hours.
5. After 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.
6. Close them up and put them back in the smoker for one more hour.
7. Check the tenderness of the ribs with a thermometer; it should go in with basically no resistance.
8. Pour all the juice and smoke flavor from the pork into a pot.
9. Add the whole bottle of Deuces Wild competition barbecue sauce to the pot.
10. Sauce both sides of the ribs.
11. Return the sauced ribs to the smoker for about 10 minutes.
12. Brush some sauce on your board to present the ribs.
13. Flip the ribs over and cut through the bones where they line up.

## Equipment

- Southern Pride smoker
- thermometer
- pot
- board

## 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1266201354939986
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/011ef2f6-addc-49ac-aa34-d5684edbb4e2
- Extracted: 2026-04-19

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