These ribs will have the smoky flavor without all the grilling time. It takes just 30 minutes on the grill to give the ribs that smoky flavor Southerners expect. You can use this recipe for spare ribs too, just bake for 15 minutes longer.
Ingredients
- baby back pork ribs: 4 pound
- water: 0.66667 cup
- red wine vinegar: 0.33333 cup
- ketchup: 1 cup
- water: 1 cup
- cider vinegar: 0.5 cup
- Worcestershire sauce: 0.33333 cup
- prepared mustard: 0.25 cup
- butter: 4 Tbsp
- packed brown sugar: 0.5 cup
- hot pepper sauce: 1 tsp
- salt: 0.125 tsp
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Stages of cooking
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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.
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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.
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Preheat grill for medium heat.
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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.
