Slow-Cooked BBQ Pork Spare Ribs

On Tuesday, I had a late afternoon appointment downtown, my husband, however, was off work that day so I told him that morning that he was in charge of dinner that night. He leaves for the grocery store around noon to scour for both lunch and dinner fixings. He returns with a full rack of pork spare ribs, a pork spice rub and BBQ sauce for dinner. Mind you, he loves to do this, pretends like he can’t manage to make a piece of toast and then out of nowhere whips up lamb chops or lobster so tasty I think he might have been a chef in another life. I just shake my head at him and get ready to head out. Boy was I wrong to doubt him!

I asked him if I could share his recipe for these oh-so-delicious ribs, he was pretty excited that he’d made the cut for the blog 🙂 It is unbelievably simple to get these fall-off-the-bone ribs, the key is the slow-cooking, which makes them perfect for your summer weekend BBQ.

Now, if you have a favorite pork rub and BBQ sauce, by all means use those. I included a link to what my hubby used, both of which are our favorites so if you can find these at your grocery store, I highly recommend them. The pork rub may be a bit harder to find for those of you not in the Northwest as it is Rub with Love Pork Rub by Tom Douglas (a famed chef in the Seattle area) but it can be ordered on his website. The BBQ sauce is Stubbs Hickory Bourbon sauce.

Slow-Cooked BBQ Pork Spare Ribs
1 rack pork spare ribs
1/2 cup pork rub
1 cup BBQ sauce

1. Rub entire rack of ribs with pork rub, front and back. Double wrap in foil and refrigerate for 5 hours to allow the flavors to blend.
2. Prep a grill and set heat to low. Place foil covered ribs on grill and allow them to slow-cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, turning once at the 40 minute mark.
3. Open foil, slather ribs with 2/3 cup BBQ sauce, close foil and continue to cook for an additional 15 minutes.
4. Remove ribs from the grill, place on a large cutting board and cut ribs apart between the bones.
5. Drizzle with remaining BBQ sauce and serve immediately.