RIBSSBIRRIBSSBIRRIBSSBIR!

Tonight, I mad some ribs. Its not a crazy special recipe. However, if I can impress my dad with my grilling skills, I think its blogworthy!

So, many of you eat ribs, but don't cook them. Therefore, you may not realize that there are several different types of ribs. First you must pick the animal. Do you prefer cow or pig? Personally, I like swine. Once you choose the animal you must also choose the cut. Do you like bigger or smaller ribs? Do you like fattier or leaner ribs? Normally, you will see baby back ribs (most popular and comes in packs of three racks at Costco and BJs) for grilling and spareribs for braising in your food store. However, in recent years country ribs have become popular and may come in the boneless variety (they are basically a thin cut of pork chops. Although this last options seems less labor intensive for eating, you must watch out because the meatier and leaner the rib, the easier it is to dry them out!!!

Now you may ask...how do I cook my ribs so that the meat just falls right off the bone. I don't know the answer to that so you will have to google it. As discussed at the dinner table tonight, the Piccirillo clan likes tender juicy ribs that still hang to the bone...a little sturdy. Therefore, that is the result you will get by following the steps below. Its a slow cook process but TOTALLY worth it.

Ingredients:

Baby Back Ribs (pork)
1 bottle of BBQ sauce of your choice
salt and pepper

1. Set your oven to a low broil. YOU WILL BURN YOUR RIBS IF YOU DO HI BROIL!!!! If you don't have a low broil setting, google an alternative!
2. Place rib racks on a cookie sheet. I actually cut my ribs into pieces with three ribs for easier cooking and serving, but that is completely optional. Season with salt and pepper on both sides. However, you want the meaty side up to start the cooking process.
3. Place in oven and allow the first side to cook for 20 minutes until they look like they are just cooked on the outside. Flip over for 10 minutes. Flip again for an additional 20 minutes. At this point, the ribs should have released some fat but look golden brown on the outside.
4. Turn on your grill and set to lowest temperature setting.
5. Remove from the oven and use a brush to coat the meaty side with lots of BBQ sauce. I used Trader Joe's BBQ sauce tonight but whatever your favorite is or whatever is on sale that week will do!!
6. Once the grill is warmed up, place the ribs meaty side DOWN on the grill and cook for about 15 minutes. Keep an eye on them as grills differ and I don't want you burning dinner!
7. As the ribs are cooking, coat the bone side of the ribs with bbq sauce and then flip. Cook on that side for 5-10 minutes, keeping an eye on them so they don't burn.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7, re-coating the ribs before each flip.
9. Remove from grill and tent with foil for atleast 10 minutes. And then.....Enjoy!!!!

Cooking times will vary depending on your oven and your grill. The nice thing is that the temps are so low that its hard to mess this up. The worst thing that can happen is that your ribs will taste good but you will just have to gnaw at them a bit!! I'm not a huge teriyaki fan, but im sure you could use that or any other think brushable but sticky sauce you want!!