Sweet Sting Baby Back Ribs Recipe

Baby Back Ribs

Try this recipe using a base coating of AP Seasoning and a top layer of Sweet Sting. Smoked to a gorgeous color and wrapped until tender, these ribs do not disappoint.

Gear

Prepare your smoker or cooker to 250 degrees. We're cooking these on a Traeger Ironwood XL with hickory pellets. A spray bottle with apple juice or apple cider vinegar, some heavy duty tin foil, and an instant read thermometer are also needed.

instructions

Step 1:

Square up the ribs, trim any excess fat or meat, and remove the membrane from the back of the rack. There are several ways to do this, but we like to pull it with our hands and a paper towel to grip.

Trimming the baby back ribs of any excess fat and removing the membrane

Step 2:

Coat the ribs lightly all over with mustard for a binder and season both sides. For this cook, we're using a base layer of AP Seasoning followed with a heavy layer of Sweet Sting Rub. Allow the rub to adhere for at least 15 minutes, but no more than an hour or so.

Baby Back Ribs coated with a mustard binder and seasoned with layers of Sure Fire BBQ AP Seasoning and Sweet Sting rubs

Step 3:

Place the ribs on your cooker, meat side up. Spritz the ribs at the halfway point to keep them from drying out and to help continue building a beautiful color.

Seasoned baby back ribs on pellet smoker

Step 4:

Continue cooking until the color is a deep red or mahogany color and the meat has just begun to pull back from the bones. Add two pats of butter, half of the brown sugar, some additional rub, and a few sprays of the apple juice to the center of the foil. Place the ribs, meat side down, onto the foil and repeat this process for the backside of the ribs. Wrap tightly and return to the smoker until tender and when an instant read thermometer hits 205.

Baby Back Ribs wrapped in foil with butter, brown sugar, apple juice, and Sweet Sting Rub

Step 5:

Once the internal temperature reaches the 203 -205 mark, check for desired tenderness, and remove from the smoker. Remove ribs from the foil wrap and place back on the smoker meat side up. Finish the ribs by applying BBQ sauce or glaze of your choice and letting it tack up for 5 - 10 minutes. Remove ribs from the smoker and allow to rest for a few minutes before slicing.