Description
BBQ baby back ribs cooked slow on the grill with a homemade spice rub + your favorite BBQ sauce. This is the Ultimate BBQ Baby Back Ribs Recipe, with ribs that are tender & flavorful meat that falls right off the bone!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 Full Racks of Pork Loin Ribs (Baby Back)
- 1 large bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce
Spice Rub Blend:
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 large sweet onion, peeled & cut into wedges
- 6 garlic cloves, peeled and left whole
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325ºF.
- Remove the membrane or silverskin from the bottom side of the ribs. (see photo above) Flip over the rib rack so you are looking at the bottom side (the side without the meat.) Go to one end of the rib rack, using a knife slide it under the silverskin and pull. It should peel right off in one swipe. Once you have removed this part from all 3 full racks, set them aside and prepare the spice rub.
- In a small bowl, mix garlic powder, paprika, chili powder, cinnamon, salt, and pepper.
- Next, rub this spice blend on the top side of each rack and place racks in two 13×9 baking dishes or in a roasting pan.
- Next, evenly spread the onion quarters and garlic cloves between the two baking dishes, placing the onions and garlic cloves on top of or underneath the racks of ribs.
- Lastly, add a 1/2″ of water to the bottom of each baking to dish. Completely cover each dish with aluminum foil. Place in oven and bake for 3 hours. {thats right.. you heard me… long and slow}
- Remove from the oven, discard the onions and garlic cloves.
- Heat grill to medium high heat, approximately 375-400°F. Place rack of ribs on the grill with thickest meat side facing up.
- Slather each side of the ribs with your favorite BBQ sauce and grill for 5-7 minutes. Flip the ribs and repeat process, by slathering bbq sauce on the other side and grilled for 5-7 minutes.
- Remove the ribs from the grill and let them rest for 5-10 minutes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 rack
- Calories: 357
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 1100 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 22 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg
