Easy Smoked Ribs

I’ve been messing around with ribs last year, and now that it’s rib-time again, I’m diving back in. I know I can fill my Orion cooker up with 6 racks of ribs and have every one be perfect, but it’s the short-order I’ve been messing with, usually with my pressure cooker and air-fryer.

But tonight I leaned into just the grill. No Orion, no smoker, no air fryer. And it turned out perfect.

First, apply the rub. My classic ‘Don Rub’ is like everyone else uses, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, celery salt and a bit of cayenne. For pork, I also use a little turmeric.

On a high burner I put some applewood pellets in a foil tray and left the heat off the burners under the ribs. I replaced the pellets 3 times. The grill got to 350°, and I just let the ribs heat up and get a bit smoky.

Then I turned up the heat under the ribs to sear them. With that done, I wrapped them in foil and left them off-heat at 350° on the top rack for an hour.

The result was a classic smokey, fall off the bone rib. Served with a garden fresh romaine salad and my home-made BBQ sauce.