Fabulous Barbeque Ribs Made Easy!

June 17, 2010

I admit it – this is one area where I have learned a lot in the past year.  I thought I made pretty good ribs, but I didn’t understand what an art it really is.  Now we think barbeques is the realm of the US, but I learned my lessons from the British born boyfriend of my daughter, Tom – OK, he is an American citizen now, but he still has a cute accent.

Barbeque in America is big business! Everyone thinks the BBQ from their region is the best – Texas, Memphis, Kansas City, Carolina.  There are barbeque festivals in almost every state in the union – over 500 and counting! At the Memphis in May International Barbeque Festival people compete for over $100,000 in prizes. There are sites dedicated to ribs! And  party people who specialize in grilling, roasting and smoking!

Silly me, I just used to slather ribs with sauce and throw them on the grill for a nice char – boy was I mistaken.  To do really great ribs, they need to be slow roasted for several hours and just finished on the grill.

How to Make Great Ribs – Easy but NOT Fast

Again there’s a lot of regional lore about what’s best.  Some people recommend boiling them to cook them, but generally that leaches out the flavor.  In our house you rub the ribs lightly with oil. Sometimes we then pat on a dry rub of our favorite spices. Then you can put them in a crock pot smothered in your favorite  for several hours on low or wrap smother them in sauce and wrap them in foil in the oven for several hours.  The key is low slow cooking about 225 degrees, until the meat starts to separate easily from the bone. You can use either TSG Raspberry Grilling Sauce or try this recipe with Sisters Southern Sweet Barbeque Sauce – or a combination of both!  Here a link to the TSG recipe that’s a little faster.

Then onto the grill for that caramelized and crispy finish. 

Easy Grilled Corn Too!

If you don’t want to cook inside, I recommend BBQ roasted corn for a perfect picnic.  Just take your corn in the husk – soak it in water for about an hour – then drop onto the grill.  The corn will cook inside in about 10-15 minutes.  Or if you like a little char and don’t have the hour, take off the husk,  brush with olive oil and drop directly on the gril.

Keep all the mess outside with almost no clean up after – that’s my idea of a summer vacation!  Even better, Tom  is coming for the weekend and he’s going to do the ribs!

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