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Saturday we had BBQ Pork Ribs prepared oven style. I love them best prepared on the grill, the taste and texture is to die for. However, for super tender, fall off the bone ribs, the oven method works wonders. And it's easy. You could of course, fix these in the oven and then finish them off on the grill or you can simply relax with a glass of wine and let the oven do all the work. As I remember, we relaxed with a glass of wine :)

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Poppy’s Pork Ribs

Ingredients:

4 Lbs Pork Ribs

Poppy’s Pork Rub

Poppy’s Red BBQ Sauce

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F
2. Remove membrane from bony side of ribs
3. Apply rub to both sides of ribs
4. Using baking sheet, lay ribs on two layers of foil, shiny side up and meaty side down
5. Cover ribs with two layers of foil, shiny side up
6. Bake for 2 ½ hours or until meat starts to shrink away from the bone
7. Remove from oven
8. Heat broiler
9. Remove foil cover, arrange ribs bony side up
10. Brush on Poppy’s BBQ Sauce
11. Broil for 1 or 2 minutes until sauce is bubbly
12. Turn ribs over
13. Brush on Poppy’s BBQ Sauce
14. Broil for 1 or 2 minutes until sauce is bubbly

Poppy’s Red BBQ Sauce

1 Cup apple cider vinegar

1 Cup ketchup

3 Tablespoons packed dark brown sugar

1 Tablespoon yellow mustard

1 Tablespoon molasses

1 Teaspoon sea salt

½ Teaspoon red pepper flakes

Best when mixed together and allowed to stand overnight. *If you do not like vinegar based BBQ sauce, you are not going to like this. On the other hand, if you do - then give this a try! I have a hotter version if you want it...

Poppy’s Pork Rub

¼ Cup brown sugar

¼ Cup paprika

2 Tablespoons black pepper

2 Tablespoons sea salt

1 Tablespoon cayenne pepper

2 Teaspoons dry mustard

May be dry stored 1-2 months in sealed container.

(Poppy is what my granddaughters call me)