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Smoked Beef Ribs

Smoked Dino Bones with Bourbon BBQ Sauce Recipe

4.25 from 4 votes
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.
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Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Resting Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: BBQ
Calories: 936
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Video Notes

Ingredients
  

Dry Rub
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ⅓ cup kosher salt
  • 1 tbs chili powder
  • 1 tbs onion powder
  • 1 tbs garlic powder
  • 1 tbs black pepper freshly ground
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Basting Sauce
  • 1 cup beef broth
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup beef tallow
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
BBQ Sauce
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ cup yellow onion finely minced
  • ½ cup good bourbon
  • ½ cup brown sugar packed
  • ¼ cup cider vinegar
  • ¼ cup honey
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
  • ¼ cup tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon liquid smoke optional
  • 2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 cups ketchup
Ribs
  • 8 beef ribs dino bones
  • 1 stick butter

Equipment

  • Smoker

Method
 

Dry Rub
  1. Mix all ingredients and set aside.
Basting Sauce
  1. Mix all ingredients over low heat until beef tallow melts.
BBQ Sauce
  1. 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
  1. Sprinkle dry rub over ribs (all sides).
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Nutrition

Serving: 2ribsCalories: 936kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 109gFat: 42gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 22gTrans Fat: 2gCholesterol: 369mgSodium: 839mgPotassium: 2033mgFiber: 1gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 390IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 127mgIron: 13mg

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Notes

PAID AFFILIATE LINKS
 
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