These tender and juicy, fall-off-the-bone Baked Baby Back Ribs are generously seasoned and lathered with BBQ sauce then baked low and slow in the oven. Great year-round!
Prep Time: 15 minutesmins
Cook Time: 3 hourshrs
Total Time: 3 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Servings: 6people
Ingredients
2racksbaby back pork ribs(2 to 2.5 pounds each)
1/4cupbrown sugar
2 & 1/2teaspoonscoarse salt
2teaspoonsblack pepper
2teaspoonsgarlic powder
2teaspoonsonion powder
2teaspoonssmoked paprika
2teaspoonscumin
2teaspoonschili powder
2teaspoonsdry mustard
pinchof cayenne
1cupsweet barbecue sauce
Instructions
Preheat oven to 250F.
Remove membrane from the back of the rack of ribs, if intact: Place the rack meat side down on a cutting board or sheet pan, laying it horizontally in front of you. Starting about 2 bones in from the left end of the rack, run a long skinny knife under the membrane and slide the knife left toward the end of the rack. Now firmly grasp the piece of membrane you’ve lifted, and pull it to the right, stripping the membrane from the rest of the rack. (Grip it with a disposable latex glove or paper towel if you’re having trouble hanging onto it.)
Make the dry rub by combining the brown sugar and all the seasonings in a small bowl.
Rub both sides of the rib racks very generously with the mixture.
Place rib racks, meat-side down, on heavy-duty aluminum foil.
Fold foil around the rack to create a tight seal. Transfer to a sheet pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until tender and cooked through, about 2 hours. Remove and cool 15 minutes.
Increase oven temperature to 350F.
Open foil, drain and discard any accumulated juices and fat. Brush some BBQ sauce on all sides of the rack.
Turn the rack on the foil so the meat is now facing up.
Return to the oven, leaving the foil open and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush another layer of BBQ sauce on the meat side only. Repeat baking and brushing with sauce 2 more times, for a total of 45 minutes baking time.
Cut rack into individual rib segments and serve with more BBQ sauce, if desired.
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.