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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I have a recipe with any Clear soda(lemon-lime). I will try the brown-suger & sauce Thanks!!!It’s already a 7Up Recipe Out there!
What a uniques idea that is to soak the ribs in something citrusy overnight! I LOVE IT! I’m definitely going to try this the next time I smoke ribs
Never smoked a thing before and son wanted ribs for rehearsal dinner at his wedding. So I found this recipe. Made just as directed except put in aluminum foil last hour with BBQ sauce, we had people asking if we were professional caterers said we’d win any rib contest around several people said. They were the best I’ve ever eaten. Given a choice this would be my 1st choice every time.
Thank you so much for stopping by to comment. This recipe is our go-to recipe for ribs and we love them, too. I am so glad that your guests were impressed and that they turned out great for your son’s rehearsal dinner. 🙂
Love ribs! Those look so good!
They were. Had a little bit of a kick to them, too!