Slow Cooked Baby Back Ribs

               SLOW COOKED BABY BACK RIB RECIPE

Today's recipe is from a friend of  several years who follows the blog and also enjoys cooking.  Both he and his wife are two people who enjoy great food with a good glass of wine.   I raise my glass and say cheers and Thank You BJM!

Directions:

Purchase two (or more) packages of meaty Baby Back ribs.  Sear ribs on grill.  Remove and allow to cool to handle.  Place a sheet of Saran (or similar) Wrap on the counter, approx 1.5X the length of the rack.  Rub the ribs LIBERALLY with liquid smoke- on both sides.  Sprinkle the rack with your favorite rub (do not rub in), if desired.  Securely wrap the rack in the Saran Wrap.  Optionally, you can add an additional wrap of aluminum foil. Do the same process for the second and subsequent rib racks.

Set the oven to 180 degrees.  Place the ribs unwrapped on an oven broiling pan (to collect the drippings as the ribs cook).  Bake the ribs at 180 degrees for 5 1/2 to 6 hours.  Remove the ribs from the oven and place on a SIDED cookie sheet to cool.  At this point the cooked ribs can be refrigerated or frozen, to be finished later.

Transfer the ribs to the SIDED cookie sheet and liberally brush the racks with your favorite BBQ sauce.  Place the ribs directly on your grill at med-high temperature long enough to heat the rack and caramelize the sauce.  When finished, remove the ribs from the grill on the SIDED cookie sheet and serve with additional BBQ sauce.  Cut the rack in half, if desired.  The meat will fall off the bones.

Note: the SIDED cookie sheet and oven broiler pan are necessary to collect the grease which accumulates when cooking.  The end results are tender and moist ribs.

BJM