Baby Back Pork Ribs

This recipe is for 3 racks of baby back pork ribs.

DRY RUB INGREDIENTS

1 box dark brown sugar
• 2 oz cinnamon
• 1 oz cumin
• 1 oz paprika
• 2 oz chili powder
• 1 oz cayenne pepper
• 1 oz dried thyme
• 1 oz Old Bay
• 1 oz onion powder
• 1 oz garlic powder
• 1 oz dried mustard
• pinch kosher salt
• fresh black pepper

DRY RUB PREPARATION

Mix all ingredients for dry rub together. Rub onto ribs, generously. Squeeze a generous amount or commercial sauce onto ribs and cover with foil, marinate 24 hrs.

Take ribs out of frig and let stand 1 hour. Cook ribs for 3 1/2 hours at 225 degrees. Remove from oven and let cool.

SAUCE INGREDIENTS

• 1 bottle Round Barn Cocoa Stout
• dash cider vinegar
• pinch mustard seed
• remaining dry rub from ribs
• 1 bottle of your favorite commercial BBQ sauce
• 1 pound of smoked bacon

PREPARATION

Pour beer, vinegar, and mustard seed into a sauce pan and reduce for 30 minutes. Add the remaining dry rub from the ribs and caramelize. Add one bottle of the BBQ sauce to the mixture and simmer for 1 hour. Add 1 pound of pureed, cooked bacon to the sauce and remove from heat, let stand overnite.

GRILLING INSTRUCTIONS:

Add and generous amount of BBQ sauce to each rack of ribs and grill until the sauce caramelizes and becomes crispy on the outside of the ribs. Cut and serve.