Southern Barbecue Ribs
American dish with st. louis style/cut pork spareribs, barbecue rub, kansas city barbecue sauce.

- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- USA
Ingredients
- 2 slabs st. louis style/cut pork spareribs
- 6 tbsp barbecue rub
- 1 cup kansas city barbecue sauce
- to taste apple wood chunks
Steps
- Season the ribs with the barbecue rub.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Place chunks into the firebox of a 250°F smoker or the coal area of a 250°F charcoal grill set for indirect heat.
- Place the ribs into food box or on top of the grate of the charcoal grill.
- Cover.
- Cook, basting often with sauce, for 5–6 hours.
- Brush sauce generously on top and bottom of the ribs.
- Then place on a medium high grill, continually brushing with sauce until well browned.
- Then flip.
- Repeat 1 more time.
- Place remaining sauce into a squirt bottle.
- Meanwhile, remove the ribs.
- Let rest for 10 minutes.
- Serve with sauce in a squirt bottle.
Adapted from “Southern Barbecue Ribs”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.