Just when you thought smoked pork spare ribs couldn't get any better, I decided to take things up a few notches and you will be amazed when you try this.
Course Main
Cuisine Hot Smoking
Prep Time 1 hourhour
Cook Time 6 hourshours
Total Time 7 hourshours
Servings 6-8
Author Jeff Phillips
Ingredients
2racks of pork spare ribs
Yellow mustard
Jeff's original rub
Dark brown sugarlight will work if it's all you have
REAL salted butter
Plenty of heavy duty foil
Instructions
Rinse ribs under cold water
Trim the ribs St. Louis style if desired (instructions above)
Remove membrane and flap meat on bone side of ribs
Apply a coat of yellow mustard then a heavy coat of rub to the bone side
Flip the ribs over and repeat the mustard/rub application on meaty side
Prepare smoker for cooking at 225°F with pecan + fruit wood
Place ribs bone side down directly on smoker grate and cook for 3 hours
Make a bed of brown sugar, rub and butter onto 36 x 18 sheet of foil
Lay rack of ribs meat side down onto this bed of ingredients
Wrap foil around ribs carefully then wrap with another equally sized piece
Cook at 225°F for 2 hours
Remove ribs from foil carefully saving the juice that has collected
Place ribs, bone side down back onto smoker grate for 1 hour.