St. Louis Smoked Spare Ribs

Ingredients:

• 2 racks pork spare ribs

• 1 all purpose salt and pepper based rub ( I used Heath Riles Garlic and Jalapeno rub)

• 1 sweeter based rub ( I used Voodoo BBQ rub by Meat Church BBQ)

• *Optional Spicy based rub (I used the sriracha honey rub found at Sams club)

• 1 stick of butter

• 1/2 cup bbq sauce

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• Honey

• Mustard

• 1/2 cup apple juice (room temperature)

Instructions:

• Trim the ribs of excess fat or sinew and pull the membrane off the back.

• Remove the last 2 small ribs and square the rack as seen in the YouTube video

• On each side of the ribs:

• Lightly coat the ribs with yellow mustard

• Light layer of the salt based rub

• Liberal layer of the sweet based rub

• Light layer of the spicy based rub

• Let the ribs sit out for about 15 mins before putting them on the smoker

• Preheat your smoker to 275⁰ using your favorite blend of wood pellets

• Leave them on the smoker for around 2 hours or until the rub adheres to the meat

• On top of 2 layers of heavy duty aluminum foil apply a light layer of brown sugar, honey, your favorite rub, half a stick of butter cut into pads

• Put the rib rack meat side down onto the layers of goodness

• Carefully add the apple juice

• Wrap securely

• Put the wrapped ribs back on the smoker at 275 for about another hour

• Remove the ribs when the hit a temperature between 204 and 207 degrees

• Remove the ribs from the foil and brush on your bbq sauce

• Put back on the smoker for another 10 minute

• Remove the ribs and let them rest for 5 minutes

• Cut them up and eat them before anyone else can

ENJOY!