No-Fail Baby Back Ribs

190 mins
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Take the membrane off the slab of ribs by starting in the middle, getting your finger underneath, and working your way to the other side.
  2. 2Once you have a grip, pull it off in one piece.
  3. 3Cut off the last couple of bones if desired.
  4. 4Apply Deuce's Wild Original Rub or your favorite barbecue rub to the backside first, then the top side of the ribs.
  5. 5Place the ribs in a Southern Pride smoker at 250° for 2 hours.
  6. 6After 2 hours, the ribs should have a mahogany color, indicating they are ready to wrap.
  7. 7Wrap the ribs with brown sugar, butter, and apple juice, placing them face side down with a little more brown sugar.
  8. 8Close them up and place them back in the smoker for one more hour.
  9. 9Check the tenderness of the ribs with a thermometer; it should go in with basically no resistance when done.
  10. 10Collect the juice and smoke flavor from the pork and pour it into a pot.
  11. 11Add the whole bottle of Deuce's Wild competition barbecue sauce to the pot with the collected juices.
  12. 12Sauce both sides of the ribs with the prepared barbecue sauce.
  13. 13Place the sauced ribs back in the smoker for about 10 minutes.
  14. 14To present the ribs, brush some sauce on your board.
  15. 15Flip the ribs over and cut through the bones where they line up.

Ingredients

  • 2.5 lb slabs of ribs
  • 3 lb slabs of ribs
  • Deuce's Wild Original Rub
  • brown sugar
  • butter
  • apple juice
  • 1 bottle Deuce's Wild competition barbecue sauce

Equipment

Southern Pride smokerthermometerpot

Tips

  • Remove the membrane from the ribs for best results.
  • Use a thermometer to check for tenderness; it should go in with basically no resistance.
  • Sauce both sides of the ribs for maximum flavor.
  • The ribs should come clean off the bone when bitten, but not be falling off the bone.