The Best Smoked Rib Recipe
Juicy smoked ribs with a sweet heat rub, cooked low and slow until tender, and finished with your favorite barbecue sauce.
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 Smoking
- 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 195° Fahrenheit before removing from the smoker.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1/2 slab | Calories: 826kcal
