Kansas City Sticky Ribs

By pattie_d

Ingredients

• to to Make Tender Ribs
• to 30 Up: During the last hour of barbecuing, wrap the ribs tightly in the foil to keep them from drying out. After removing the ribs from the grill, let them rest for 30 minutes, still wrapped.
• Cover with Foil: Barbecuing the ribs for hours on end wont guarantee super-tender meat. Fortunately, you can trap steam and make the ribs tender by covering them with sheets of aluminum foil.
• Kansas City Sticky Ribs on a Gas Grill
• 4 to 6 6
• 3 3 tablespoons 3 tablespoons paprika
• 2 2 tablespoons 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 1 tablespoon 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 1 1 tablespoon 1 tablespoon table salt
• 1/4 1/4 teaspoon 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 2 full 1) racks pork spareribs, preferably St. Louis cut, trimmed of any large pieces of excess fat, membrane removed, and patted dry (see photo 1)
• 2 2 cups 2 cups wood chips
• 2 2 cups 2 cups barbecue sauce(see related recipe)

Details

Cooking time 4mins
Adapted from cookscountrytv.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Combine paprika, sugar, pepper, salt, and cayenne in small bowl. Massage spice rub into both sides of rib racks.

2. Soak wood chips in bowl of water for 15 minutes; place in small disposable aluminum pan. Place pan directly on primary burner of gas grill, turn all burners to high, and preheat with lid down until chips are smoking heavily, about 15 minutes. Turn primary burner to medium and shut off other burners, adjusting temperature of primary burner as needed to maintain average temperature of 275 degrees. Position ribs over cool part of grill.

3. Place sheet of aluminum foil directly on top of ribs (see photo 2) and cover grill. Barbecue 3 hours, turning and rotating ribs after each hour.

4. Brush ribs liberally on both sides with sauce, wrap tightly with foil (see photo 3), and barbecue until very tender, about 1 hour longer.

5. Transfer ribs (still in foil) to cutting board and rest 30 minutes. Unwrap ribs and brush with additional barbecue sauce. Slice ribs between bones and serve with remaining sauce.

6. To Finish in the Oven:
In step 3, after two hours, wrap ribs tightly in foil, place on baking sheet, and bake in 250-degree oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven, brush both sides with barbecue sauce, rewrap with foil, and bake until very tender, about 1 hour longer. Proceed as directed in step 5.