How to Cook BBQ Beef Ribs That Melt in Your Mouth

Make BBQ beef ribs that melt in your mouth.

There's nothing quite like barbecue beef ribs that melt in your mouth and fall off the bone. When it comes to making ribs, using a slow cooker to get the meat tender and finishing it off on the grill to provide the barbecue flavor is the way to go. It requires a bit of time and preparation, but the end result will be worth it.

Things You'll Need

• Lime juice
• Olive oil
• Fresh garlic
• Fresh ground pepper
• Slow cooker
• BBQ grill

Instructions

1. Before you can cook beef ribs that melt in your mouth, you'll need to select good meat to start with. Find a local farmers market that raises cows the natural way. These ribs will be meatier, cook better and taste better.

2. Prepare your marinade for the ribs by mixing together fresh-squeezed lime juice, olive oil, fresh minced garlic and fresh ground pepper. Remove the thin white layer of fascia from the meat and rub the marinade on. Marinate the ribs overnight in the refrigerator.

3. Put the ribs in a slow cooker on low for three hours. Do not add any water. Beef ribs have water in them already and you don't want to boil off the flavors from the marinade.

4. Fire up the BBQ and cook the beef ribs on each side for about four minutes. Be careful when transferring the ribs from the slow cooker to the BBQ. They will be so tender that they almost fall apart.

5. Add your homemade BBQ sauce during the last few minutes you cook the beef ribs. Brush it on each side evenly.

Tips & Warnings

• If you can't marinate the beef ribs overnight before you cook them in the slow cooker, it's OK. Just puncture the meat with a knife and pour the marinade over them and let it sit for a few hours. Then put them in the slow cooker.