These are the beef version of baby back ribs. Smoked low and slow, then braised with beef tallow and finished off with a homemade barbecue sauce. The sauce in this recipe is an adaptation of a sauce in Steve Raichlen's book, Sauces, Mops and Marinades.
Mix all ingredients over low heat until beef tallow melts.
BBQ Sauce
Cook the onion and olive oil in a large, nonreactive sauce pan over medium heat until softened. Add all remaining ingredients. Stir well and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low simmer and cook, uncovered, for 30 minutes, stirring often. Strain sauce and serve.
Ribs
Sprinkle dry rub over ribs (all sides).
Setup smoker for indirect heat at 250° F. Add a drip pan with water below the grate. Smoke ribs for 3 hours. Baste ribs with basting sauce every 30 minutes.
Remove the ribs and place in a roasting pan. Add remaining basting sauce to the pan along with one stick of butter. Tightly seal the pan with foil. Return pan to the smoker and cook for two hours. Rest ribs for 10 minutes and serve.