Ribs !!

[KDENISE977]

So I picked up a rack of pork ribs to cook today/tonight. I don't have a smoker. Which is the best way to cook them. Crock pot or oven. My thought is oven double wrapped in foil with some rub/seasoning for a few hours? suggestions from anyone would be appreciated.

 

[lucky_bee]

So I picked up a rack of pork ribs to cook today/tonight. I don't have a smoker. Which is the best way to cook them. Crock pot or oven. My thought is oven double wrapped in foil with some rub/seasoning for a few hours? suggestions from anyone would be appreciated.

There's a ton of ways to cook them...but my favorite way is this:

boil them (yes, boil) unseasoned in a large stock pot for 45 mins.

place in 9x13 baking dish, may take one or two depending how much you have but they should lie flat.

cover in your favorite bbq sauce (I prefer Sweet Baby Ray's), cover the top of dish with foil and bake at 250F for 2.5 hours

Remove from oven, remove foil, coat with just a little more sauce, and either broil on low for 5-10 mins or finish them on the grill to crisp them up.

These will literally fall off the bone

 

[Bay_Kat]

I was looking for a way to cook ribs once and there were so many that said never, ever put ribs in a crock pot. I didn't try it, but I was wondering why and my thought is, ribs really don't take that long to cook so a crock pot would over cook them.

My mother always did the boiling way, I just put mine on the grill, it's always ready to go anyway.

 

[KDENISE977]

There's a ton of ways to cook them...but my favorite way is this:

boil them (yes, boil) unseasoned in a large stock pot for 45 mins.

place in 9x13 baking dish, may take one or two depending how much you have but they should lie flat.

cover in your favorite bbq sauce (I prefer Sweet Baby Ray's), cover the top of dish with foil and bake at 250F for 2.5 hours

Remove from oven, remove foil, coat with just a little more sauce, and either broil on low for 5-10 mins or finish them on the grill to crisp them up.

These will literally fall off the bone

I've actually heard of boiling them first, I just thought...what a pain in the azz #lazycook

The only time I've ever made them and was happy I seasoned them (not with the bbq yet) then wrapped them in plastic wrap tightly, then in foil and they came out pretty decent. I also use Sweet Baby Rays

 

[KDENISE977]

I was looking for a way to cook ribs once and there were so many that said never, ever put ribs in a crock pot. I didn't try it, but I was wondering why and my thought is, ribs really don't take that long to cook so a crock pot would over cook them.

My mother always did the boiling way, I just put mine on the grill, it's always ready to go anyway.

I would grill, but it's way too cold for my lazy azz to keep running out and checking them.

 

[lucky_bee]

I've actually heard of boiling them first, I just thought...what a pain in the azz #lazycook

The only time I've ever made them and was happy I seasoned them (not with the bbq yet) then wrapped them in plastic wrap tightly, then in foil and they came out pretty decent. I also use Sweet Baby Rays

I promise it makes a hugeeee difference. Once I cheated and went straight for the oven and just kept it on 200 and in there for 3 hours...they were pretty good. But the juiciest ones I've had all involved boiling. To me wrapping and unwrapping them in a million layers involves more work

 

[KDENISE977]

I promise it makes a hugeeee difference. Once I cheated and went straight for the oven and just kept it on 200 and in there for 3 hours...they were pretty good. But the juiciest ones I've had all involved boiling. To me wrapping and unwrapping them in a million layers involves more work

I should have titled this thread lazy girls guide to ribs

 

[lucky_bee]

I should have titled this thread lazy girls guide to ribs

I promise my method involves very little work. I too am always looking for the laziest way in cooking. When I say "boil" I put them in the stock pot, turn the water on and go watch TV nearby and then they cook in the oven for 2 hours....more TV

 

[KDENISE977]

I promise my method involves very little work. I too am always looking for the laziest way in cooking. When I say "boil" I put them in the stock pot, turn the water on and go watch TV nearby and then they cook in the oven for 2 hours....more TV

10/4, I'm on it !! Thank you !!! (and I have a tv in the kitchen so I am cracking open a bottle of wine and i'm good)

 

[Midnightrider]

10/4, I'm on it !! Thank you !!! (and I have a tv in the kitchen so I am cracking open a bottle of wine and i'm good)

If you are cooking in the oven look up the Alton brown recipe. You foil wrap, braise in the foil and then broil as you thicken the sauce. Best ribs, not from a smoker, you will ever eat.

 

[Bay_Kat]

If you are cooking in the oven look up the Alton brown recipe. You foil wrap, braise in the foil and then broil as you thicken the sauce. Best ribs, not from a smoker, you will ever eat.

If I don't grill mine, that's the way I do them. Very good, but grill or smoked is still better.

 

[Hank]

How much for one rib? I shooo am hungry!

 

[Roman]

MY BIL boils them for a bit too, but he adds a beer to the water.

 

[KDENISE977]

MY BIL boils them for a bit too, but he adds a beer to the water.

drunken ribs !!! wonder if Bud Light Lime would work??

 

[Baja28]

10/4, I'm on it !! Thank you !!! (and I have a tv in the kitchen so I am cracking open a bottle of wine and i'm good)

Hey since we're both staying in tonight, can I come over and stay in with you?

 

[Bann]

We're stayin' in, too, and I also cracked open a bottle of wine. (But we're having our traditional schnackies for dinner!) Can't wait to hear how the ribs turned out!

 

[KDENISE977]

Ugh... the ribs SMELL amazing !! I put some various seasonings on them after the boil (garlic, onion, McCormick pork rub, brown sugar, Worcester, little bit of smoke, little bit Sweet Baby Rays with a touch of crushed red pepper, and TINY bit of McCormick maple).... my kitchen is literally about to have a big "O" !!

and the wine is setting in just fine... 1 hour to go I think

 

[RPMDAD]

Damn, Ribs one of my favorites, you all are making me hungry.

 

[Monello]

I know this is a little late but. Before I boil ribs I pull the membrane from the inside of the rib. You can grab the end of it with a paring knife then pull it off. It doesn't soften as it cooks and ends up getting caught in your teeth sometimes.

 

[KDENISE977]

I know this is a little late but. Before I boil ribs I pull the membrane from the inside of the rib. You can grab the end of it with a paring knife then pull it off. It doesn't soften as it cooks and ends up getting caught in your teeth sometimes.

thanks, I was told to score the ribs with a knife and let the membrane seal in the juices :shrug: