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Oven-Baked Barbecue Baby Back Ribs

Ingredients · Serves 4 · Prep 20 min · Total 3 hr 10 min

Ribs
5 lb baby back pork ribs, 2 racks
Rub
3 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp smoked paprika
2 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp chili powder
½ tsp black pepper
½ tsp mustard powder
Glaze
1 cup barbecue sauce
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Oven-Baked Barbecue Baby Back Ribs

Steps

Heat the oven to 275°F with a rack in the middle.
Set a rack bone side up. Slide a butter knife under the thin, shiny membrane on one end bone, grip it with a paper towel and peel it off.
Repeat with the second rack.
Stir the rub ingredients together in a small bowl and rub them all over both racks.
Lay each rack meat side up on a large sheet of heavy-duty foil. Fold the foil over and crimp the edges to seal tightly.
Set the foil packets on a rimmed sheet pan.
Bake until the meat is tender and has pulled back from the bone ends by about 1/2 inch.
Carefully open the foil (hot steam will escape). The ribs are at least 145°F (63°C) by now and need to be very tender before you go on.
Stir the barbecue sauce and vinegar together and brush a thick layer over the meat side of the ribs.
Fold the foil open so it forms a tray under the ribs. Move an oven rack about 6 inches below the broiler and turn the broiler to high.

Oven-Baked Barbecue Baby Back Ribs

Steps, continued

Broil until the sauce bubbles and caramelizes in spots. Watch closely; sugar burns fast.
Let the ribs rest, then cut between the bones and serve with more sauce.
Cook to 145°F inside (check with a thermometer).