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Cherry Pecan Smoked Ribs Recipe

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Total Time 6 hours

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