Barbecue Spare Ribs – The 1, 2, 3 way
I don’t cook ribs often. When I do, I put them in the slow cooker slathered in Barbecue Sauce, but with twelve racks to cook one evening I couldn’t use the slow cooker – which would have held only one rack at a push, and being a slow cooker would have taken way too long.
So, I decided to try several methods. This 1, 2, 3 way, a slow roasting way and another which boiled the ribs then oven roast them.
This was the way Allan preferred the ribs. He said that the flavour was better and that they were tender and falling off the bone. So, long and low seemed to be the way to go with ribs, be it in the slow cooker or the oven.
Barbecue Spare Ribs – The 1, 2, 3 way
Barbecue Spare Robs – The 1, 2, 3 way
(http://mcraigweaver.com/recipes/ribs.stm)
Cook spareribs, in the oven, for a total of six hours at 225° F. For the first (1) hour cook the ribs in the oven at 225 degrees, but without the sauce.
Then wrap the ribs in foil and cook them two (2) hours.
For the final phase, remove the foil and cook them for three (3) more hours. Cover with sauce during the last two hours of cooking.
If you want to use this method on baby back ribs, make the time intervals 45 minutes instead of one hour: so (1) – 45 minutes without sauce or foil; (2) – 90 minutes wrapped in foil; (3) – 2 hours 15 minutes unwrapped. Cover with sauce last 90 minutes
I’m amazed at the lengths that you go to to produce perfectly tender and flavourful ribs, especially as you don’t eat meat yourself.
Keep up the good efforts.
I like a well cooked rib but I’ve decided that unless I can bbq them, I’m going to stop cooking them in the oven. The flavour is disappointing the next day although the ribs taste good right after being cooked.
These were being made for a wake here, and I wanted to make them perfect, or as perfect as ribs that are not cooked on the grill can be.
I’m sure that the effort you made was appreciated in that case and cooking for a large group of people couldn’t have been easy to start with.
The chicken, the ribs over the next couple of days and the bread to come were all for the wake. The community went from 300 approx people to over 600!
And I’m sure the expense of having the items all flown in as well as the limited variety of ingredients didn’t help. I know that I take the ease of getting things cheaply (Food Basics has been having great sales on meat) and the wide variety of ethnic ingredients nearby, for granted.
It was expensive, but the Band pays for the food in those cases and I was asked to help cook, and you know there is no way I will ever say no to that!
“I was asked to help cook, and you know there is no way I will ever say no to that! ”
I know that. Good for you.
looks good!
Thank you!