Ever since I started smoking food one of my favorite things to make on the smoker of course are ribs! As such I liked to experiment with different rubs, woods, and sauces to pull out different flavors. One of my favorite ones are these Cherry Pecan Smoked Ribs. So fire up the smoker and give these a try!
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Cherry Pecan Smoked Ribs Recipe
Ingredients
For the Rub
- 1/4 Cup Paprika
- 3 Tbsp. Black Pepper
- 3 Tbsp. Salt
- 2 tsp. Garlic Powder
- 2 tsp. Onion Powder
- 2 tsp. Celery Seed
- 1 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
For the Ribs
- Apple Juice
- Yellow Mustard
- Brown Sugar
- Baby Back Ribs
- Cherry Wood Chips
- Pecan Wood Chips
For BBQ Sauce
- 40 oz. bottle Sweet Baby Rays
- 15 oz. Cherry Dr. Pepper
- 3 Tbsp dark brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp Honey
Instructions
- Soak wood chips for about an hour. Mix all seasonings for dry rub. My all ingredients for the BBQ sauce, set both aside.
- Coat ribs front and back with yellow mustard. Apply generous amounts of the rub we made. Sprinkle on a liberal amount of brown sugar. Don’t be shy with the brown sugar. Rub it in real good. Place in the refrigerator for 30-45 minutes to allow flavors to absorb into meat.
- Smoke ribs over wood chips at 225 for 3 hours. Mist the ribs with apple juice every 30 minutes.
- After 3 hours, remove ribs and place on foil. Splash on apple juice. Again don’t be afraid to put some on there. Wrap foil around ribs and place back into smoker.
- Cook another 1.5 hours then remove the ribs from the tin foil and place them back in the smoker.
- Sauce up the ribs and smoke for another 45 minutes.
Notes
There you have it great ribs for the family or a get together. Some beans, a baked potato, or some slaw on the side would compliment this perfectly!
Adapted from Average Guy Gourmet
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