St Louis Ribs

These sweet, smoky St. Louis ribs are perfect for any cookout—and even better, you can save money by trimming your own spare ribs for a delicious, budget-friendly feast.

Whole spare ribs are typically much cheaper per pound than already trimmed St. Louis racks. When you do the trimming yourself, you keep more meat for less money and avoid paying extra for someone else’s labour.

Recipe courtesy of PickPork

St Louis Ribs

These sweet, smoky juicy ribs are perfect for any cookout.

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Course: Main Course

Preparation: Grilling

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 5 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Resting Time: 1 hour hour

Servings: 8

Author: PickPork

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Ingredients

• 3-4 lbs St Louis style ribs

Dry Rub

• 3 Tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tsp coarse sea salt
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dry mustard powder

Sauce

• 1/4 cup Dijon or prepared mustard
• 1/4 cup apple juice or apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup your favourite barbecue sauce

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Instructions

• In a small bowl combine brown sugar, salt, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, black pepper, oregano and dry mustard. Set aside.
• Pat the ribs dry and turn bone-side up. Remove membrane from the back of the ribs. Brush both sides of ribs with mustard. Then sprinkle both sides with rub.
• Let ribs rest for 1 hour or covered in the refrigerator overnight.
• Place ribs bone side down on grill; cook 3 hour with lid closed.
• Remove ribs and wrap in aluminum foil, folding up sides so it will hold apple juice or apple vinegar. Pour apple juice or apple vinegar over ribs and wrap tightly.
• Place ribs back on the grill and cook for 2 hour with the lid closed.
• Unwrap ribs and baste each side with barbecue sauce every 10 minutes for about 30 minutes. Cook ribs until internal temperature reaches 160 °F (71°C). Allow to rest 15 minutes. Slice and serve.

Notes

*Note: If using indirect heat, preheat the barbecue with all burners lit (if using propane grill), then set one side of the grill to medium and shut off the other side.

Nutrition Facts

St Louis Ribs

Serving Size

 

350 g

Amount per Serving

Calories

650

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

47

g

72

%

Saturated Fat

 

18

g

113

%

Cholesterol

 

160

mg

53

%

Sodium

 

1780

mg

77

%

Potassium

 

98

mg

3

%

Carbohydrates

 

20

g

7

%

Fiber

 

0

g

0

%

Sugar

 

17

g

19

%

Protein

 

37

g

74

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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