Ribs on the Grill
Ribs on the grill — spicy honey baby back ribs, Bachan's BBQ ribs, Texas Roadhouse style spare ribs, and smoked beef ribs for weekends and cookouts.
★ lunch
lunchSpicy Honey Baby Back Ribs 🔥
The key to a perfect rack of ribs is the perfect combination of sweetness & spice. I grilled this rack using a spicy BBQ rub and then wrapped them in honey and butter for the perfect flavor combination.
Breanna StarkIngredients
- 1 rack Baby Back Ribs
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 4 tbsp Spicy BBQ Rub
- 5 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Honey
- 3 tbsp BBQ Sauce
Instructions
- 1Start by removing the membrane from the bottom side (bone side) of your rack of ribs.
- 2Coat the entire rack in olive oil.
- 3Season with 3 tbsp of a spicy BBQ rub. I recommended something with a combination of sweetness and heat, we used the Chicks That Smoke Spicy BBQ Seasoning on this rack.
- 4Fire up your smoker to 250°F and place your ribs directly on the grate. Let them smoke for 1-1/2 hours.
- 5Lay down a sheet of aluminum foil. Lay down 5 tbsp (pats) of butter, top with the remaining 1 tbsp of spicy BBQ rub, and drizzle the honey over the top.
- 6Pull your ribs off the smoker and flip them meat-side down onto the butter/honey mixture. Wrap them up tight in the foil and place them back on the smoker for another hour.
- 7Pull your ribs off the smoker one more time, unwrap the foil and create a little boat for the ribs to rest in. Flip the ribs meat-side up and coat them in your BBQ sauce.
- 8Place the ribs back on the smoker for another 30 minutes to 1 hour, or until the bones on the side of the rack are poking out about 1/4”.
- 9Slice between the bones and ENJOY!
P.S. We update the recipes on this page every few days. If you want to cook this recipe over and over again, we'd love it if you downloaded Pepper 🤝.
More to try
dinner
dinner
dinner
dinner
dinner
breakfast
dinner
Find more recipes like this
Join 1M+ cooks discovering, organizing, and sharing their recipes on Pepper
Open in Pepper →Ribs Worth Standing By The Grill For
Ribs take time, and that's the whole point. You get the rub on, keep the heat low and steady, and let the smoke do the work while the rest of the day goes on around you.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these when the weekend is finally here, when family's coming over, or when somebody's been asking for ribs since last summer.
Every recipe here is a full rack with a plan, from Spicy Honey Baby Back Ribs and Bachan's BBQ Ribs to Korean BBQ Ribs with gochujang, Sweet & Savory Beef Ribs, and Whiskey Glazed Baby Back Ribs.
Quick Tips
- 1
Pull the membrane off
Slide a butter knife under the thin silverskin on the bone side and pull it off with a paper towel. It takes 30 seconds and keeps the rub from sitting on rubber.
- 2
Cook low and slow
Hold the grill around 250°F with the ribs off direct heat. Baby backs run about 3 hours, spare ribs and beef ribs closer to 5.
- 3
Sauce at the end
Brush on barbecue sauce or honey glaze in the last 20 to 30 minutes. Any earlier and the sugar burns before the meat is done.
- 4
Rest before slicing
Tent the rack in foil for 10 to 15 minutes off the heat, then cut between the bones so the juices stay in the meat.
Browse More Recipes
Never lose a recipe again
Save everything. Stay organized. Share with friends.
