Smoked BBQ Ribs Recipe

Smoked BBQ ribs….. Doesn’t that sound like every man’s dream food?  I have to say I am blessed that my old lady loves to find meat on markdown, and when she found packages of ribs 50% off, she grabbed them all!  We had friends coming over for dinner, so we whipped up these ribs, and they were a hit with everyone; even the kids were into them!

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You may remember from my Coca-Cola Smoked BBQ Wings that I like to make a brine; well, this one for ribs added a lot of great flavor.  I do have to say if you don’t have a smoker at your house, you are really missing out!! We use ours to do everything to smoke cheese, vegetables, meat, almost anything you can think of!! Now my personal favorite smoking flavor is apple, the fruit smoke just adds an amazing flavor.

Vertical SmokersBradley PucksMeat Thermometer

 

Smoked BBQ Ribs Ingredients:

• Boneless Pork Ribs  

Brine For Ribs Ingredients:

• Water
• Salt
• Garlic Salt
• Worcestershire Sauce
• Black Pepper
• Montreal Steak Seasoning
• Ice

Smoked BBQ Ribs Sauce Ingredients:

• BBQ SAUCE– I used honey bbq sauce, but you can use any flavor of bbq sauce to make these.
• Brown Sugar
• Ketchup
• Worcestershire Sauce
• Apple Cider Vinegar

How To Make Brine For Ribs:

In a large container, mix all the brine ingredients except the ice, and give it a good stir with a whisk or a big spoon.

Place your ribs into the brine and add ice.

Seal up your container and set it in the fridge.   Allow your ribs to brine in the mixture and refrigerate for over 24 hours to let the season soak in.

If not in the fridge add ice and monitor the temperate for food safety.

How TO Make Smoked BBQ Ribs:

Prep your smoker; I always start by turning it on and placing the apple pucks in it to get a good smoke rolling from your smoker.  

I add my water tray after I get a cloud of smoke going from my pucks and then open up my smoke pipe.

While your smoker reaches temperature, remove the racks and spray with a nonstick spray.  

Place racks on a cookie sheet and use tongs to remove your ribs from your brine.  

I let mine sit on the racks for about 10 minutes to let excess fluid drip off.    

Once your smoker is at about 200-250 degrees, place your ribs in the smoker!

Smoke for about 3-4 hours until they reach done temperature.

Before the ribs are full, prepare a container with the sauce ingredients, bbq sauce, ketchup, honey, Worcestershire sauce, and apple cider vinegar.  

Mix up the sauce ingredients, and then throw in your cooked ribs.  

Remove your smoked ribs from the smoker and place them in your container with bbq sauce.  I used a container that I could shake them up in to give them a good coating.

Once your ribs are sauced, fire up your barbecue on low.  

We cooked ours on the grill for about 10 minutes to let the sauce thicken up and have an even more amazing flavor!

Is there anything better than this sight on your grill??  What is your go-to way to cook ribs?