Country Style Ribs: Smoky Carolina Gold BBQ
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Country Style Ribs: Smoky Carolina Gold BBQ Country style pork ribs are cooked in two stages for this recipe: first at 275 degrees in a smoker or oven, then in a covered foil pan with butter, brown sugar, honey, and Carolina Gold BBQ sauce. The initial cook builds bark while bringing the ribs to an internal temperature of 165 to 175 degrees.
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The foil-pan stage adds the finishing ingredients and continues until the ribs are tender, around 200 to 205 degrees internally. This method works whether the first stage is smoked or baked.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
The recipe keeps the process focused on clear stages. The ribs are first coated in BBQ rub and cooked until the bark has developed, then moved into a foil pan for a covered finish with the butter, brown sugar, honey, and BBQ sauce.
The sauce and sweet additions are used in amounts that suit the ribs and provide enough liquid to help braise them in the covered pan. If needed, the oven can be raised to 350 degrees during this final stage to move the ribs along more quickly.
Ingredients You'll Need
Start with one pack of country style pork ribs, about 1 to 2 pounds. Coat the ribs with BBQ rub; Sweet Pork Rub is used here, along with NinjaCue All Night Low and Slow. A spritzing liquid is optional during the smoker or oven stage.
For the covered finish, use one stick of butter, cut into about eight even-width slices. You will also need brown sugar and honey to taste, plus BBQ sauce; StickyFingers SmokeHouse Carolina Gold is the sauce used in this recipe.
Have a foil pan and aluminum foil ready before the ribs reach their first temperature target. The foil pan holds the ribs and finishing ingredients for the covered braising stage.
How To Make It
Heat the smoker or oven to 275 degrees. Coat the country style ribs in BBQ rub, then smoke or bake them until they reach an internal temperature of 165 to 175 degrees and have developed good bark. Use the optional spritzing liquid during this stage if desired.
Transfer the ribs to a foil pan. Add the butter slices, a handful of brown sugar, a hefty squirt of honey, and BBQ sauce. Add enough honey and sauce to help braise the ribs as they continue cooking.
Cover the top of the aluminum pan with foil and return it to the oven. Continue cooking until the ribs are tender and reach around 200 to 205 degrees internally. If you are in a hurry, bump the oven temperature to 350 degrees for this covered finish.
Remove the pan from the oven and open the foil so steam can escape. Let the ribs rest before serving. Serve while hot with BBQ sides such as mac and cheese, baked beans, or cornbread.
Serving & Variations
Serve the ribs after the foil has been opened and the steam has had a chance to release. Mac and cheese, baked beans, and cornbread are all listed as BBQ-side options to serve alongside the hot ribs.
The recipe’s flexibility is built into the cooking setup and finishing amounts. Use either a smoker or oven for the 275-degree first stage, and adjust the honey and brown sugar to taste while keeping enough honey and BBQ sauce in the pan to help braise the ribs.
Heat the smoker or oven to 275F, then smoke or bake the ribs until they reach an internal temperature of 165F to 175F and have good bark development. Add the ribs to a foil pan with butter, a handful of brown sugar, honey, and BBQ sauce. Use enough honey and BBQ sauce to help braise the ribs, then cover the pan with foil. Cook the covered ribs until tender, around 200F to 205F internal temperature. Then remove the foil to let steam off and rest before serving. Yes. The oven temperature can be increased to 350F if you are in a hurry. Serve the ribs hot with BBQ sides such as mac and cheese, baked beans, or corn bread.Frequently Asked Questions
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Wrapping Up
These country style ribs move from a rubbed smoker-or-oven cook to a covered foil-pan finish with butter, brown sugar, honey, and Carolina Gold BBQ sauce. Follow the first internal temperature range for bark development, then cook the covered ribs until tender at around 200 to 205 degrees.
Before serving, open the foil and allow steam to escape during the rest. Serve the ribs hot with the BBQ sides of your choice.
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Ingredients
- 1 pack of country style pork ribs 1 – 2 lbs
- BBQ Rub I used Sweet Pork Rub
- NinjaCue All Night Low and Slow
- Optional – spritzing liquid
- 1 stick butter cut into 8 or so even width slices
- Honey to taste
- Brown sugar to taste
- BBQ Sauce I used StickyFingers SmokeHouse Carolina Gold
Instructions
- Heat smoker / oven to 275 / Coat country style ribs in BBQ rub: Smoke / bake until internal temp of 165° 175° and good bark development.
- Add to foil pan / Add butter / Add Handful of brown sugar: Hefty squirt of honey and BBQ sauce. (Enough to help braised the ribs). Cover aluminum pan top with foil. Back into oven till tender (around 200° – 205°) You can bump temp of oven to 350° if you’re in a hurry. Remove from oven open foil. To let steam off / rest.
- Serve while hot with bbq sides such as mac and cheese, baked beans, corn bread, etc.
