Old School Southern Barbecue Spare Ribs Recipes

DEEP SOUTH BARBECUE RIBS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl or large zip-top plastic bag. (You will have about 1 ¼ cups dry rub.)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Pat both sides of slabs dry with paper towels. Using a sharp knife, remove thin membrane from back of each slab by slicing into it and pulling it off with a paper towel.
• Divide Southern Barbecue Dry Rub evenly between slabs, rubbing on both sides of each. Press gently to adhere. Place slabs, meaty side up, on a wire rack on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet, and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
• Bake in preheated oven until meat begins to pull away from bones but is not yet tender, about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• While the ribs are baking, make the Melting Pot BBQ Sauce. Heat a large (12-inch) cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Add tomatoes, and cook, stirring often, until skins begin to split and char, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onions and garlic, and cook, stirring often, 5 minutes. Add butter to pan, and cook until melted, about 1 minute. Add brown sugar; stir until combined. Cook, without stirring, until edges start to caramelize, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper; reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until tomatoes completely break down and mixture is slightly thickened, about 45 minutes.
• Remove from heat, and carefully transfer to a blender. Remove center piece of blender lid (to allow steam to escape); process on high until almost smooth, about 1 minute, stopping to scrape down sides as needed. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. (You will have about 1 quart of sauce.)
• After the initial 1 hour and 30 minutes in the oven, increase oven temperature to 450°F. (Do not remove ribs from oven.) Brush both sides of ribs with 1 cup Melting Pot BBQ Sauce. Bake until ribs are very tender and caramelized, 35 to 45 minutes, brushing with another cup barbecue sauce halfway through baking. Remove from oven, and let stand at least 10 minutes. Serve with remaining 2 cups barbecue sauce.

SOUTHERN GRILLED BARBECUED RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place ribs in two 10x15 inch roasting pans. Pour water and red wine vinegar into a bowl, and stir. Pour diluted vinegar over ribs and cover with foil. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Baste the ribs with their juices halfway through cooking.
• In a medium saucepan, mix together ketchup, water, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, butter, brown sugar, hot pepper sauce, and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer barbeque sauce for 1 hour.
• Preheat grill for medium heat.
• Lightly oil preheated grill. Transfer ribs from the oven to the grill, discarding cooking liquid. Grill over medium heat for 15 minutes, turning ribs once. Baste ribs generously with barbeque sauce, and grill 8 minutes. Turn ribs, baste again with barbeque sauce, and grill 8 minutes.

SOUTHERN-STYLE BARBECUED SPARERIBS

Steps:

• Place spareribs on a rack in a large roasting pan.
• Pour water into the bottom of the pan to a depth of 1/2 inch.
• Cover tightly and bake at 300 F for 1 1/2 hours, until ribs are tender.
• Combine all remaining ingredients, blending well. Drain liquid from the ribs and remove​ the rack from pan.
• Pour 1 cup of the sauce over the ribs.
• Bake in open pan at 325 F for 30 minutes.
• Pour remaining sauce over ribs; bake 30 minutes longer.
• Baste occasionally to make sure ribs are completely covered.

CLASSIC BARBECUED RIBS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sprinkle ribs with garlic salt and place into a roasting pan.
• Stir ketchup, vinegar, sugar, celery salt, chili powder, salt, dry mustard, paprika, and black pepper together in a bowl; pour over the ribs.
• Cook, basting with the pan drippings every half-hour, until the meat pulls away easily from the bone, about 90 minutes.

SOUTHERN BBQ SPARE RIBS

Steps:

• Place lemon, celery, carrots, salt and ribs in a large pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the meat appears to be falling off the bone. Remove the ribs carefully and place on a sheet tray. Allow them to cool before, basting with Chef Toney's secret BBQ sauce. Cover the ribs and cook in a preheated 325-degree oven for about 30 minutes. Serve immediately.
• Saute onions, garlic, shallot, and bay leaves. Deglaze with vinegar. Add orange juice and brown sugar, allow to reduce. Add other ingredients, bring to the boil and reduce heat. Allow to simmer for 2 hours.

OLD SMOKY RIBS

Steps:

• Remove the thin papery skin on the back of each rack of the ribs or ask your butcher to do it.
• Place the ribs in a roasting pan and pour the bourbon over them.
• Let marinate in the refrigerator for 1/2 hour, turning the ribs several times.
• Meanwhile, combine the ingredients for the rub in a bowl and stir to mix.
• Pour off and discard the bourbon.
• Sprinkle the ribs on both sides with 2/3 of the rub, patting it in with your fingers.
• Let the ribs marinate for 1 hour, while you light your grill.
• Set up your grill for indirect grilling and smoking, using wood chips and adjust the heat to 300 degrees.
• Arrange the ribs on a rack in the center of the grill away from the heat and cook until very tender and the meat has pulled away from the ends of the bones, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
• The last 15 minutes, brush the ribs with 1/3 cup sauce.
• Sprinkle with the remaining rub.
• Serve the remaining barbecue sauce on the side.

CONTEST-WINNING BARBECUED SPARERIBS

Steps:

• Combine the first four ingredients; rub over ribs. For sauce, combine the remaining ingredients; set aside. , Grill ribs, covered, over indirect heat and medium-low coals for 1 hour, turning occasionally. Add 10 briquettes to coals. Grill 30 minutes longer, basting both sides several times with sauce or until meat is tender.

GRANDMA'S BARBECUE SPARERIBS

Steps:

• Put ribs into a large baking pan, cover with approximately 1 cup of water.
• Sprinkle tops with salt and pepper. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Chop onion and sauté in oil. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Pour sauce over the ribs and continue baking for 1 hour.
• Remove foil and cook approximately 10 minutes more.