Game Day Cherry Smoked Spare Ribs
- Total Time: 5 hours
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Description
We’ll be using the 3-1-1 method (3 hours in the smoke, 1 hour in foil, 1 hour in smoke) for perfect smoked ribs every time.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 rack spare ribs
- 1/2 cup your favorite BBQ rub
- Yellow mustard
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup apple cider
- 6 chunks cherry wood
- 1/2 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce
Instructions
- Flip rubs so the meat is facing down and remove the thin membrane from the back of the ribs.
- Put a thin layer of mustard on the bone side and use your hands to coat to ribs.
- Season ribs liberally with your favorite BBQ rub.
- Flip and repeat steps 2 and 3 (this can be done the night before, just wrap the ribs in plastic wrap and put in the fridge overnight).
- Prepare grill for indirect cooking at 250 degrees with cherry chunks for smoke flavor.
- Once the smoke has thinned and the grill has settled at 250 degrees, put ribs on the grill.
- Smoke for 3 hours.
- Prepare a double layer of heavy duty aluminum foil and spread brown sugar, honey and butter on the foil.
- Remove ribs and place meat-side down onto the foil.
- Raise the edges of the foil and add the apple cider.
- Tightly wrap the ribs in the foil and return to grill, meat side down.
- Cook for 1 hour.
- Remove foil packet from grill, open and flip ribs meat side up.
- Return ribs to grill, meat side up for 1 hour.
- During the final 5-10 minutes of cooking, brush ribs with your favorite BBQ sauce.
- Once sauce has set on the ribs, remove to cutting board and let rest 10 minutes before slicing between the bones.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 hours
- Category: Pork
- Method: Smoked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 ribs
- Calories: 228
Keywords: smoked, BBQ, Big Green Egg, BGE, ribs, recipe, cherry
