Brown Sugar Pork Ribs

Name: Brown Sugar Pork Ribs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 200 min
Total time: 215 min
Ingredients: 2 slabs ribs (spare or baby back); 1.5 cup your favorite BBQ sauce; 0.25 cup dark brown sugar; 2 tbsp. garlic salt; 4 tsp. chili powder; 1 tsp. black pepper; 0.5 tsp. celery salt; 0.25 tsp. red pepper; 0.25 tsp. cinnamon; 0.5 cup apple cider; 0.5 cup brown sugar

This recipe is sure to become one of your new favorites. Try it out on spare or baby back ribs.

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1 Food Prep 7 mins
2 Grill Prep 10-20 mins
3 The Cook 3 hrs 40 mins

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Ingredients

2 slabs ribs (spare or baby back)
1.5 cup your favorite BBQ sauce

Dry Rub

0.25 cup dark brown sugar
2 tbsp. garlic salt
4 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. black pepper
0.5 tsp. celery salt
0.25 tsp. red pepper
0.25 tsp. cinnamon

Liquid Seasoning

0.5 cup apple cider
0.5 cup brown sugar

1 Food Prep

In a small bowl, combine your dry rub ingredients and mix well. Generously apply your dry rub to both sides of your pork ribs.

What Should I Watch for When Shopping for Pork Ribs? Select a rib with the fresh date being as far in the future as possible. Although there is nothing wrong with frozen ribs, a fresh rib will provide a bit more of a vibrant meat flavor so go with fresh ribs whenever possible. Supermarket pork ribs are commonly sealed in packaging to extend their freshness from a few days to a few weeks. But because of this packaging, the closer you get to the fresh date, the more susceptible the meat is to being past its prime.

2 Grill Prep

Fuel: We recommend Kingsford® Original Charcoal Briquets
Method: Two-Zone Method
Temp: 250°F (Low Heat)

How to Gauge Grill Heat Without a Thermometer

Carefully hold your hand about 5” to 6” above the grate, and refer to the temperature settings below:

• High Heat (450° to 550°F):
2 to 4 seconds
• Medium Heat (350° to 450°F):
5 to 6 seconds
• Low Heat (250° to 350°F):
8 to 10 seconds

Make sure your clothing doesn’t touch the grate, and always move your hand away from the heat before you feel discomfort.

When you’re at temp, put cooking oil on a folded paper towel. Grab the oiled paper towel with long-handled tongs and oil the grate thoroughly.

3 The Cook

When you’re at temp, put cooking oil on a folded paper towel. Grab the oiled paper towel with long-handled tongs and oil the grate thoroughly.
Place your ribs on the cooler side of the grate, away from the coals. Close the lid on your grill and cook your ribs for 2 hours 15 minutes.
Remove your ribs from the grill and place each rack of ribs meat-side down on its own doubled aluminum foil square. The foil should be large enough to completely wrap around each rib.
In a small bowl, mix together your apple cider and brown sugar. Pour ½ cup of the liquid over each rib. At the same time, tightly wrap and seal each rack of ribs with aluminum foil. Place your wrapped ribs back on the grill on the cooler side of the grate for 1 hour.
Remove your ribs from the grill then unwrap each rack of ribs and discard the foil. Brush both sides of your ribs with your favorite BBQ sauce and place your ribs back on the grill for 5 minutes, or until the sauce caramelizes.
Remove your ribs from the grill, allow them to rest for 3 minutes, then cut and serve warm.

Here’s How to Control Your Grill Temperature with Vents An easy way to control the temperature of your grill is by opening and closing its vents. To reduce the temperature: Close the vents on your grill to reduce the flow of oxygen. To increase the temperature: Open up the vents fully to allow more oxygen in to increase the flames.

Recipe created by Pitmaster Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q on behalf of Kingsford® Charcoal.

For safe meat preparation, reference the USDA website.

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