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Baked BBQ Ribs on a tray with a potato.

Oven Baked BBQ Ribs

Ribs for two! Dry-rubbed, baked to tender perfection, and finished with your favorite bbq sauce. Homemade or storebought use what you love. This recipe makes TWO huge servings, three normal servings, or 4 servings if you portion them out ahead of time and set the rest aside.
4.70 from 63 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 4 hours
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 3 Servings
Calories 1095 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 pounds St. Louis Style Ribs can use regular pork spare ribs OR baby back ribs
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp onion powder
  • 2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • BBQ Sauce use your favorite, and as much as you like, slather it on or apply it sparingly

Instructions
 

  • preheat the oven to 250°
  • line a baking sheet with foil
  • place the ribs on a baking sheet
  • pat the ribs dry
  • turn them over and pull off the silvery piece of fascia, just work a knife under it, and start pulling it off, it will be slick and tough to remove but it's worth it
  • mix together the dry rub spices
    Mixed spices.
  • rub the ribs all over with the spices
    Rub on ribs.
  • lay another piece of foil over the top of the ribs and make a foil packet around the ribs
    Foil wrapped ribs.
  • bake in the oven for 3 hours or so
  • remove from the oven and carefully open the foil
    Baked ribs.
  • brush the ribs with bbq sauce
    A brush spreading bbq sauce.
  • increase the heat to 350° and bake the ribs for another 30 minutes
  • when the sauce is thickened up and got shiny remove the ribs from the oven
  • carefully cut between the ribs and serve

Nutrition

Serving: 4 servingsCalories: 1095kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 131gFat: 42gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 405mgSodium: 1477mgPotassium: 2390mgFiber: 1gSugar: 36gVitamin A: 881IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 89mgIron: 4mg
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