Hy-Vee Recipes and Ideas

Directions

1. Step1
   To make Blackberry Barbecue Sauce, in a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook 3 minutes until translucent. Add garlic; cook 1 minute more. Add jam, tomato sauce, soy sauce and red pepper flakes. Bring to boiling; reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until reduced by half. Stir in blackberries; simmer 10 minutes more. Set aside.
2. Step2
   For rub, combine paprika, brown sugar, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, black pepper and salt; set aside.
3. Step3
   Place ribs on baking sheet. Insert a butter knife under membrane on back side of ribs to loosen enough to grip; pull membrane to remove as much as possible. Spread mustard over both sides of ribs. Sprinkle each side of ribs with 2 tablespoons rub; massage into meat. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour. Meanwhile, soak wood chips in water 1 hour.
4. Step4
   To prepare grill for indirect cooking on a charcoal grill, place drip pan under center of grill grate with coals surrounding pan; light coals, scatter soaked wood chips over coals and bring coals to medium-low heat. For a gas grill, preheat grill to medium-low. Place soaked wood chips in smoke box or foil pouch with small holes poked in top; place on grate directly over lit burner. Place ribs, bone-side-down, on center of prepared grill. Close grill.
5. Step5
   Grill 2 hours (keeping grill temperature around 225 to 235 degrees) to form a crust on ribs. If heat of grill is uneven, rotate ribs after 1 hour. Transfer each rib rack to a large sheet of heavy-duty foil; pour 3 tablespoons apple juice over each. Bring sides of foil together over ribs; fold down to seal and fold in ends. Return to grill; close hood and cook 1 hour.
6. Step6
   After ribs have cooked 1 hour in foil, unfold and pull back foil, leaving ribs in foil. Spoon half of barbecue sauce over ribs; lower grill hood and cook 10 minutes.
7. Step7
   Spoon on remaining sauce; lower grill hood and cook 10 minutes more. Ribs are done when a toothpick inserted between ribs gives little resistance and internal temperature is 170 to 185 degrees.