Sweet Smoked Pork Ribs

These smoked pork ribs are rubbed with a tasty blend of spices and sugars, cooked until tender in a smoker, and basted with a sweet apple-BBQ sauce.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 827 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 1 cup apple juice
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons ground white pepper
• 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon ground paprika
• 10 pounds baby back pork ribs
• 0.25 cup packed brown sugar
• 0.25 cup white sugar
• 0.25 cup salt
• 0.25 cup barbeque sauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Prepare ribs: Stir together salt, white sugar, brown sugar, black pepper, white pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, chili powder, paprika, and cumin in a small bowl. Rub spice mixture all over ribs, then wrap them with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Step 2

Make sauce: Stir together apple juice, brown sugar, and barbeque sauce in a liquid measure until well combined. Set aside.

Step 3

Unwrap ribs and place in a single layer onto the wire racks of the smoker. Place the racks into a smoker, fill the smoker pan with apple, grape, pear, or cherry chips, and heat the smoker to 270 degrees F (130 degrees C). Cook ribs for 1 hour.

Step 4

Brush ribs with sauce. Continue cooking ribs, basting with sauce every 30 to 40 minutes, until meat is no longer pink and begins to shrink back from bones, 3 to 4 hours.

Step 5

Brush sauce onto ribs one last time and remove them from the smoker. Wrap ribs tightly with aluminum foil and allow to rest until juices reabsorb into meat, 10 to 15 minutes.