Good recipe for ribs?

My brother in law has an awesome pit that retains heat; it's made out of cast iron. (it was an old tool box)

He puts some charcoal in it, gets the coals red and usually adds some hickory chips that have been soaking in water. The thing makes the best damn ribs.

The secret is a low heat, but not too low. I'm cooked them myself in the thing and they come close to what he makes.

It usually takes about 2 hours. Turning every half hour.

Do you have a grill? You could finish them in the oven. I've never been a fan of cooking ribs in the oven and I love ribs. Almost to a fault.

If you even have an Ole Smokey pit, use that, just watch how much air gets to the coals. Too much and it'll get too hot.

Also, spritz the ribs in the last 30 min with some apple cider. The sugar in it will caramelize and you'll get a decent crust but it'll taste sweet.

I can't tell you how much I hate the "fall off the bone" rib thing. You should be able to hold the rib, take a bite and see your bite in the meat.

Steps off soapbox.....

It's really not that hard. Just keep the temp low, about 245ish, maybe a bit higher but not much. Flip every 30 min until done.

When the meat starts to really "shrink," meaning you see a lot of the rib bone, they've been done. Cut into them to make sure though. You should be good to go.

Try doing a search, this topic is usually discussed at least once a week and you can probably get all your answers.

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I have a grill but its gas, not charcoal unfortunately.

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Hardest part about ribs on a gas grill is getting the temp low enough. Usually have to put it on low and turning it down more by closing it from the tank.

Coat with sriracha sauce.
Rub with (salt,pepper,Garlic powder,onion powder,chili powder, paprika and dash of cayenne) mixture.
Brown over direct heat.
Wrap in foil with a splash of root beer
cook wrapped over indirect heat for 60 minutes.
Remove from foil and places over direct heat
melt a stick of butter in a pan and stir in some brown sugar
brush on the butter/sugar mixture and cook over direct heat til the mixture caramelizes.

youtube franklin bbq

some good suggestions here. I'll just add this: I smoke mine for 5 hours. The last 2 hours, every 15 minutes I spray them down with a natural apple juice/apple vinegar 1:1 mixture.

Got them marinating now. Made a rub with olive oil, brown sugar and some other spices. I plan on doing them on low heat for about 3 hours on the gas grill. I bought bbq sauce, when should I put it on the ribs? I was thinking about halfway through on the grill. Is it necessary to flip the ribs?

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I have a grill but its gas, not charcoal unfortunately.

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I do my ribs on a gas grill and they come out great.

Just hold the temp down at 250 or so and you should be fine. Also, use a rack so the ribs aren't directly on the grill. I do mine 2-2.5 hours at 250 and I turn the rack around at the halfway point for good heat distribution.

Oh, and make some smokebombs (soak wood chips for a few hours, wrap in tin foil, poke holes in foil, place foil ball filled with wood directly over burners) for the smoky flavor.

Also, I usually do pork ribs. All I do is a dry rub that is brown sugar only. I take the membrane off, pack brown sugar on the ribs by the hand full. I wrap them in saran wrap overnight and leave in the fridge until I'm ready to grill.

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-shot of Maker's Mark
-drippings from meat

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These are VERY, VERY important in any sauce recipe and almost NO ONE does it.

Learned this simple recipe from a friend

Season a rack with your favorite spices, salt, pepper, cayenne, etc.
Then put the rack in a pan and pour apple juice in the pan until it covers the rack. Put in a little liquid smoke into the apple juice thats covering the ribs.
Cover the pan with aluminum foil and put it in the oven. The time depends on how you like your ribs, 325-350 for an hour for fall off the bone. 275-300 for an hour for a little bit tougher.
Then take the ribs out of the oven and cover with barbeque sauce and put on the grill for about 45 min to an hour to get the charred barbeque look and flavor