A Daily Snapshot: Fall off the Bone Ribs

As I mentioned in my first post I had a blog about 3 years ago and forgot about it, so I thought I would post some recipes that I had posted on the previous blog so you can enjoy them now.
During the Summer months, I enjoy grilling, the smell of something cooking over a fire, I just can't get enough of it. My husband has been a fan of ribs as long as I have known him, and I have spent the past 5 hrs trying to perfect them. I am a fan of a sloppy dripping wet with BBQ sauce rib, and he is a fan of a dry rub, so I have come to a compromise and I decided to try a little of each.

For the rub:
1. I started out using a base of a McCormick dry rub, I have tried it with the Apple wood, this time I used the Cowboy rub, both equally yummy.

2. Dig out your spice rack ladies! you will also need

Smoked Paprika, this stuff is amazing! It gives off a wonderful smokey flavor

- Smoked paprika
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Chili powder
- Cumin
- brown sugar
- Salt
- Pepper (course )
I didn't get technical with the measurements, but I used about 1/2 cup of brown sugar, and then about 4-5 tablespoons of the smoked paprika, this to ensure a good smokey flavor, you may use original if you wish. All of the other spices I poured into the palm of my hand which is approx. 1 Tbs, I added more if needed, once you are putting all the spices in a bowl you will be able to eyeball it.
My Grandma taught me how to cook, so there is a lot of pinches, dashes and eyeballing going on in my kitchen, sorry!

3. To make a rub base, I mixed Dijon mustard and liquid smoke together until it had a nice smokey mustard flavor.

4. Before you go rubbing that beautiful slab of baby back, flip it over to the bony side, and clean any of the fascia off, that is the stringy clear stuff that holds the muscle together, it's a pain, but you will have a more tender rib later.

5. coat your ribs one side at a time, with the mustard/smoke mix, and once you have coated it then cover them with the rub don't be shy with it you can always make more as needed! Then flip it over and repeat.

6. Place ribs on a foil covered pan and let sit in the fridge for 1 hr, be sure to also cover them in foil. Its much easier to cover than wrap because you will need to check them periodically while in the oven.

7. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees

8. Place the ribs in the oven bone side up! and cook for 3 hours, your house will smell amazing!
( Cook times may vary do to the size of your ribs, I have a 3 lb rack so that's why I'm doing 3 hours)

9. Take them out of the oven, cover one side at a time with a BBQ sauce of your choice, I am doing Sweet Baby Rays, and grill each side for 15 minutes!