Award Winning Baby Back Ribs

Ingredients

• 2 slabs baby-back pork ribs
• to taste rib rub
• to taste maple barbecue sauce
• to taste hickory and applewood chunks

Steps

1. Remove membrane on the bottom of the ribs.
2. Season both sides liberally with rib rub and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
3. Place enough hickory and applewood chunks in the firebox of a smoker to keep the temperature around 200 °F (95 °C).
4. Place ribs in smoker and cook, brushing with barbecue sauce every 1½ hours for 4 hours or until very tender, changing chunks as needed.
5. Brush meat side of ribs liberally with sauce and place meat side down on a very, very hot grill until well browned and slightly charred.
6. Slice into one-rib portions and serve with additional sauce.