How to Cook Baby Back Ribs on a Propane Grill
Baby back ribs are best cooked over low heat for a long period of time. You could cook them in the oven, but grilling them can take some of the heat out of your kitchen, free up your oven for other dishes, and impart some smoky flavor with the help of some wood chips used specifically for smoking. Grilling ribs on a propane grill uses a different heat source from a charcoal grill, but it uses the same idea. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Marinade or dry rub of choice (optional)
- Salt and pepper
- Propane grill
- Soaked smoking chips (optional)
- Barbecue tongs
- Meat thermometer
Instructions
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Remove the silver skin from the ribs. Rub your dry rub seasonings into your ribs, or settle the rack into your marinade. Wrap the dry rub ribs in plastic, or cover your marinating ribs with plastic, and leave them in the fridge overnight.
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Turn on only half the burners in your gas grill. You will want to cook the ribs on the half of the grill that isn't on, keeping them away from the direct heat. If you can control your gas grill's temperature, set it to 300 degrees F.
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Unwrap your ribs and place them on the side of the grill that isn't on. Place them on the grill so that their bone side is facing down.
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Place your smoking chips in your grill's chip tray if you want to smoke them. If your grill doesn't have a chip tray, wrap your chips in foil, and leave the foil open enough for the chips to smoke. Place the pouch on your grill's heat diffuser.
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Close the grill cover, and do not open it for at least 30 minutes. Maintain your grill's temperature at 300 degrees F.
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Cook the ribs for about 3 hours until the meat is tender and pulls away from the bone. Use your barbecue tongs to rotate the meat halfway through the cooking time.
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Remove the cooked ribs from the grill. Allow them to rest on a cutting board or serving platter, tented under foil, for 10 to 15 minutes before cutting them into portions and serving them.
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Tips & Warnings
If you're in a hurry, you can increase your grill's temperature to 325 degrees F and grill them for about 2 hours, though they may not come out as tender. Alternatively, you can grill them at 275 degrees F for about 4 hours.
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Comments
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Here is the information I used to cook the ribs. Use your own favorite sauce recipe. I did not use a rub. I did marinate and cooked on the side of the grill that was OFF. THe heat from the flame will be more that enough to cook them tender. I used a thermomater to gague the internal temp. THe smaller ribs cooked in about 1 1/2 hours. Enjoy.
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Gerrie Grimsley
Jun 28, 2009
Great article with vivid steps. I could just see each step even without photos. 5*s
