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By Rebecca Turner
June 2025

Ingredients

  • 2 to 2 1/2 pounds baby back pork ribs
  • Salt and ground pepper, to taste or favorite dry rub
  • Favorite BBQ sauce or use our Homemade BBQ Sauce here.
two slabs of smoked ribs lightly sauced with a ramekin of barbecue sauce sitting next to

Directions

Preheat the oven to 250 degrees. If your ribs still have the thin membrane covering the back of the rack, remove it.

Season both sides of the ribs generously with salt and pepper. If you are using a spice rub, rub it over the ribs.

Place the ribs, meatiest-side up, in a large roasting pan.You may need to cut the ribs in half to fit them into the pan. Wrap the rack in tight foil packets and place them on the baking sheet or in a roasting pan. 

Bake the ribs until the meat falls easily from the bones, 3 to 4 hours. Check the ribs after 2 hours. To check, pierce them with a sharp knife. There should be little to no resistance. If the meat looks like it will easily pull away from the bone, they’re ready.

Remove the ribs from the oven, discard the aluminum foil, and generously brush both sides with barbecue sauce.

Tags: bbqribs

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