Smoked Baby Backs

Name: Smoked Baby Backs
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: ¼ cup yellow mustard; 1 cup apple juice (or other fruit juice); 2 racks baby back Pork ribs (about 2 lb per rack); ¼ cup Big Bald BBQ Rub

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 hr

Appears in

Smoking Meat

By Jeff Phillips

Published 2012

About

While some might say that spare ribs are king, baby backs are really hard to beat when it comes to the meat:fat ratio. Baby backs are taken from the loin of the pig, where there is less fat and the meat is naturally more tender. This means that baby backs usually cook faster and become tender at a lower internal temperature.

Ingredients

2 racks baby back Pork ribs (about 2 lb per rack)
¼ cup yellow mustard

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preparation

Rinse the ribs with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel. Place them on a cutting board bone side up and remove the membrane (see the introduction to the Pork chapter).

Once the ribs are trimmed, apply a light coat of the yellow mustard to both sides, then sprinkle the rub on both sides, making su