The Best Smoked Ribs Recipe
You don’t have to drive to the Carolinas or Memphis to enjoy the best Smoked Ribs. This recipe will allow you to make them wherever you are. The rib rub has some serious sweet heat – so be sure to have your favorite beverage nearby when you eat them.
The Best Smoked Rib Recipe
Forget Memphis and St. Louis. You can enjoy the best ribs AT HOME with this recipe. The rib rub has some serious sweet heat – so be sure to have your favorite beverage nearby when you eat them.
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Servings: 4 slabs
Calories: 826kcal
Ingredients
- 4 slabs pork ribs
- Mountain Dew
- ¾ cups brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons Paprika
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 Tablespoon onion powder
- 1 Tablespoon cayenne pepper + 1 ½ tsp
- 1 bottle Sweet Baby Ray’s Original BBQ Sauce
- Wood chips
- Charcoal
Instructions
- Night Before: Remove membrane from underside of ribs. Soak ribs in Mountain Dew overnight in refrigerator. Soak wood chips in water.
- Day of Cooking: Drain the Mountain Dew from the ribs. Combine spices and rub over ribs and let sit in refrigerator for a few hours.
- Heat coals in smoker. Once at ideal range, place ribs in smoker on top rack. (We placed chicken drumettes on bottom rack to get the most use out of the charcoal.)
- Smoke for approximately 4 hours. During the last half hour, generously apply Sweet Baby Ray’s sauce. Check to ensure that the internal temperature of ribs is 165° Fahrenheit before removing from the smoker.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/2 slab | Calories: 826kcal
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Mt. Dew? No way! Gotta try this.
Yum! I love me some ribs, but my hubby, he’s silly. He won’t eat meat off a bone!
I’m terrible in the kitchen and am too intimidated to try and do ribs myself.
I can almost smell them!
We love Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue, but I would never think to use Mountain Dew on ribs. Sounds like an awesome recipe!
Those sound so good!
Looks very tasty!
We just got a traeger and I am loving ribs off that machine. Thanks for the rip rub recipe.
We love Country Style cut ribs — so much thicker and meatier. Great for grilling. Thanks for sharing your rub recipe!
mmmmm, I love ribs! These look great.
BBQ ribs are the best! I need to make them more often.
We’ve only grilled ribs once, I can’t say they turned out so great either – I may try this recipe though and just make them in the oven/crock – the Mtn. Dew would totally have my daughter eating them, just because it’s Mtn. Dew, LOL!
I have never cooked ribs – but these make me want to!
I honestly do not know how to cook beef or pork. No clue as I don’t eat it. My oldest would like off wings and ribs if he could.
these look and sound delicious. Tomorrow were headed to the RIB fest I can’t wait to dig right in
Thanks so much for sharing the special recipe with us. My husband cooks his ribs low and slow and then finishes them on the grill. They’re one of the best things he makes!