Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Dr Peppered Ribs

What's for dinner?


4 lbs country style pork ribs
3 c ketchup
3 c Dr Pepper (or Mr Pibb)
1 c dark brown sugar, firmly packed
6 tsp chili powder
4 tsp black pepper, ground
1-1/2 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp ground cinnamon

Place ribs in a non-reactive glass baking pan.  Pour 2/3 of the Dr Pepper on the ribs.  Cover with foil or plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator overnight.  In a blender, combine remaining Dr Pepper, ketchup, brown sugar, cinnamon, chili powder, black pepper, and dry mustard.  Blend until the mixture is smooth, with no lumps.  Pour this mixture into a glass bowl and set aside.

Now here's where we're winging it because we don't have time to smoke these for a long time tonight.  We're using our Traeger grill (which is awesome btw...expensive, but awesome), but you could very easily cook these in your oven or on a charcoal or gas grill.

The directions say "Start your grill, switch to medium.  Cook for approx 2 hrs.  Switch to smoke and begin to mop the ribs with the sauce mixture.  Mop ribs every 1/2  hr for 3 hrs or until internal temp reaches 165 degrees.

We are doing the following: 350 degrees for roughly 45 mins.  Then 80 degrees for another 45 mins or so until they are up to temp (mopping with sauce every 10 or so mins at this stage).

Enjoy!

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