The Best Oven Roasted Ribs

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 tablespoons light brown sugar or 6 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons paprika
• 3 tablespoons black pepper
• 3 tablespoons garlic powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, plus some for seasoning
• 9 tablespoons dijon mustard or 9 tablespoons yellow mustard
• 2 teaspoons liquid smoke (optional)
• 3 lamb sparerib racks (remove thin membrane on back of bones with paper towel) or 4 baby back rib racks (remove thin membrane on back of bones with paper towel)
• your favorite barbecue sauce

Recipe

• 1 adjust one oven rack to low position, remove remaining oven rack, and heat oven to 250°.
• 2 mix a dry rub of the sugar, paprika, pepper, garlic powder and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in a small bowl.
• 3 mix mustard and liquid smoke in another bowl.
• 4 lay ribs directly on removed oven rack and lightly sprinkle with salt.
• 5 brush both sides of slab with mustard mix and then sprinkle both sides with dry rub.
• 6 line jelly roll pan with a large sheet of heavy duty foil, extending foil so it covers oven rack.
• 7 slide rack with ribs into upper-middle position and place foil lined pan on lower oven rack, making sure that foil covers rack.
• 8 bake/roast ribs until fork-tender, 2-3 hours for spareribs and 1 1/2 hours-2 hours for baby back ribs.
• 9 if coating ribs with barbecue sauce, remove foil lined jelly roll pan from oven and pour off excess fat.
• 10 transfer ribs to foil lined pan meat side up.
• 11 turn on broiler and brush ribs with sauce and broil until bubbly but not burned.
• 12 let stand for 5-10 minutes before serving.