A Finger-Licking Good Recipe for Grilled St. Louis Ribs
Recently I’ve added a new big toy to my collection- A Napoleon Prestige 500 Grill!! This is by far the prettiest and biggest grill that I have owned to date, and I love it. I adore my grill so much that I HAD to name him. Everyone, welcome Big Daddy to the family!
After my hubby and I assembled Big Daddy, I couldn’t wait to put him to work. As a matter of fact, as soon as he was delivered to me, I knew exactly what I wanted to grill: St. Louis ribs with lots of sauce!!
In this post I’m going to show you how to grill up some St. Louis ribs, and make a homemade hickory brown sugar barbecue sauce! No need to worry. Just like many of my other recipes, this is going to be really easy!
Big Daddy (the grill that I am using for these ribs) is a gas grill. I made sure to heat the grill to 325° F. If you are using a charcoal grill, do the same! If your grill does not have a thermometer, be sure to buy one. Don’t try to guess the temperature, LOL!
Making the barbecue sauce is the easiest part! You simply add all of the ingredients into a pot, cook and simmer. Once done, you will have about 4 cups of sauce.
I used a lot of sauce for my ribs. You can use less if you choose. Once that the ribs were done, I cut them and then poured on more sauce. Instead of pouring the sauce onto the ribs, like I did, you can serve the remaining sauce on the side.
Keep in mind that you can use this sauce on food other than these ribs!
Try using the sauce on:
- beef ribs
- burgers
- chicken
- pork steaks
- pork chops
- pulled pork
- as a dipping sauce & more
Now That I’ve Done All That Yapping, Let’s Get to Grilling Some St. Louis Ribs!
St. Louis Ribs with Hickory Brown Sugar BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 5-7 lbs of St. Louis Pork Ribs
- 1/4 cup barbecue rub
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar
Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce
- 29 oz of tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 tbsp liquid hickory smoke
- 1/4 cup barbecue rub
Instructions
Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce
- Add all of the ingredients needed for the sauce into a large pot.
- Mix until everything is well combined.
- Bring the sauce to a boil, and let it cook for about 5 minutes.
- Reduce the heat (from high to low-medium) and let the sauce simmer for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Use!
Ribs
- Remove the membranes and excess fat from the ribs.
- Combine 1/4 of my homemade barbecue rub, 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, and 3 tbsp of apple cider vinegar. Combine until it turns into a paste.
- Rub the "paste" all over the ribs (front, back, sides).
- Preheat the grill to 325° F, then place the ribs on the grill.
- Flip the ribs every 15 minutes.
- About 45 minutes into grilling, start brushing on the sauce.
- Continue to flip the ribs and brush on the sauce every 15 minutes, until the ribs are fully cooked (it took my ribs about 1 hour and 10-15 minutes).
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Notes
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If you enjoyed my St. Louis Ribs, check out these other recipes perfect for the grill!
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looks great can’t wait to try these ribs
Thank you!
Ur website recipes looks delish Omg! Cnt wait too try majority of ur recipes!
This looks outstanding! We usually use bottled bbq sauce but this homemade one seems too good not to make. Thanks again, Rosie, for another wonderful recipe!!