Ribs ala Cat

Ribs ala Cat

Cat posted the original recipe on the BGE forum - the one that follows only has minor changes and for the most part was lifted from the forum. The best thing that ever happened to a baby back. From: John Thorne's 'Serious Pig' (wonderful essays about American food, including BBQ).

Ingredients:

3	fat garlic cloves, peeled -I used 1.5 tbs of minced garlic
1	Tbs kosher salt
1	Tbs black mustard seeds - I used regular mustard seed
12	juniper berries
1	Tbs coarsely ground black peppercorns
3	Tbs brown sugar
3	Tbs cider vinegar
3	Tbs peanut oil
2	tsp ground hot pepper - this will make the ribs spicy - I used Arbol chilies
1	slab baby back ribs (2+ lbs), membrane removed

Preparation Directions

The rub is best made with a stone mortar & pestle.
Mash the garlic and salt into a paste in the mortar.
Add the juniper berries and mustard seeds, crushing them as thoroughly as possible with the pestle.
Add remaining ingredients and stir well to blend.

Cooking Directions

Work the rub into the ribs at least an hour before cooking. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate. These don't need to sit overnight, but can be rubbed 3-4 hours in advance - I let mine sit for about 4 hours.
Cook according to your desired method. I did them over indirect heat (with Jack Daniels Oak chips), dome temp of around 225 - see below.
I cooked for 4.5 hours turning about every 45 minutes.

07/29/2000 - The ribs turned out exceptionally good - even my wife said nice things and she doesn't normally like ribs. They were cooked indirect at 250 degrees for the 1st 4 hours and then at 200 degrees for about 1.5 hours. The results were very tender and "pull off the bone" - the meat was very flavorful - pulling 2 ribs apart was easy and the meat pulled in strips. The picture was taken early in the cook. I was going to take one at the end. However, by the time I remembered to take the picture, the ribs were 1/2 gone. Try these, you'll like the results.

Gfw's BBQ / FAQ Index / Recipe Index / Search 1 Search 2 - Active Visitors
Recommend this site to a Friend