March 1, 2024

Smoked Pork BBQ Ribs

This Smoked BBQ Pork Rib recipe will have all your guests coming back for more! These ribs are tender and packed with flavor. I usually use baby back ribs, but I have also had great success with spare ribs. Follow this simple recipe and impress at your next BBQ!

Use your favorite Pork Rub like this, or make your own. My pork rub recipe:
1/4 Cup Salt
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Black Pepper
2 Tablespoons Onion Powder
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
1 Tablespoon Ground Paprika

Use your favorite BBQ Sauce, I always use Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce.

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Smoked BBQ Pork Ribs

Discover the perfect Smoked BBQ Pork Rib recipe for unparalleled flavor and tenderness. Elevate your BBQ experience today!

Course Main Course

Cuisine BBQ

Keyword baby back rib, BBQ, BBQ Sauce, Pork, Pork Ribs, Rib, Smoker, Traeger

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 5 30

Resting 15

Servings 4 People

Equipment

1 Smoker I use a Traeger Pellet Smoker
1 Butcher Paper
1 Spray Bottle

Ingredients

1-3 Rack of your favorite Pork Rib
1 Bottle Mustard
1 Bottle Your favorite pork rub
1 Bottle Your favorite BBQ Sauce
1 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
1/4 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
8 Oz Butter

Instructions

Preheat: Preheat your smoker to 225℉
Prepping your Ribs: Using a boning knife lift up the corner of the membrane on the back of the ribs and firmly pull to remove the membrane. Trim any excess fat off the ribs as needed.
Seasoning: Coat both sides of your ribs using the mustard to create a binder, then season both sides of the ribs using your favorite pork rub.
Smoke: Place your ribs bone down on the smoker and allow your ribs to cook for 4 hours. At this time, add your apple cider vinegar to a squirt bottle (you can also do a 50/50 mix of water / vinegar) and spray the ribs every hour to keep them moist.
Smoke Continued: After 4 hours, set your smoker to 275℉ and allow your ribs to cook for another 1 hour spraying with your apple cider vinegar every 15 minutes.
Sauce: On a flat surface lay your butchers paper down. On the butcher paper add some of your BBQ sauce, half your brown sugar, and a few slices of butter. After smoking at 275℉ for one hour, carefully remove the ribs from the smoker and lay on top of the BBQ sauce on the butcher paper. Now coat the top of the ribs with BBQ sauce, the other half of your brown Sugar, butter, and spray with your apple cider vinegar. Wrap the ribs tightly in the butchers paper.
Smoke Continued: Add the ribs wrapped in the butchers paper bone down to the smoker for an additional 30 minutes.
Rest: Remove your ribs from the smoker and allow to rest for 15 minutes.
Serve: Carefully remove the ribs from the butchers paper (be careful of the hot steam), slice into individual ribs, serve, and enjoy!