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Ingredients
- 4 racks St. Louis-cut spareribs
- Rib rub (homemade or your favorite premade version)
- 16 oz honey
- 2 c brown sugar
- 8 T butter
- 2 c barbecue sauce (homemade or your favorite premade version)
- Heavy duty aluminum foil
Preparation
Step 1
Set up smoker for low and slow cooking (250-275 degrees F) and use about 4 good size chunks of apple and maple wood (or woodchips or charcoal, depending on your smoker).
Lay out ribs with meat side facing down, apply rub to backside of the ribs and let it set up for about 10 mins. Flip the ribs over and apply rub to the meat side, let the rub set on the ribs for about 15 mins and then apply another coating of rub. Let the ribs sit for another 30 mins.
Put 2 racks on the bottom grate and 2 on the top grate. After about 90 mins, switch the ribs on the top grate to the bottom and vice versa. Continue cooking for another 90 mins.
Lay out 4 sheets of foil; apply 2 oz honey, 1/4 c brown sugar and 2 T butter. Lay one rack of ribs on the foil meat side down; apply 2 oz of honey, 1/4 c brown sugar and 1/2 c bbq sauce and wrap tightly. Repeat for the other three racks.
Return ribs to the smoker and cook about 1 more hour. If ribs are done, remove from the smoker and open the foil to let them vent for about 10 mins. This will stop them from cooking any further.
Take about 1/2 c of juices from the foil and 1/2 c bbq sauce, mix them and use this as your glaze. Cut ribs and serve. Makes 4 racks.