Hey, that Grill took my Rib!

I'm not sure if you know it or not, but I like to grill during the summer. Last night I decided I'd try to cook ribs. We found a good deal for a rack of spare ribs for $6. How can I pass this up?

I've never done this before, so it was quite an adventure. The problem is, you can't simply go on the internet and find a simple recipe for cooking ribs. This is due to the fact that people who like to cook ribs REALLY like to cook ribs. So all of the recipes you find on the internet take a week to prepare with super complicated rubs and marinades and sauces. You can't find a recipe that says, "cook it for so long and throw some bottled sauce on it and call it good." So I basically had to make it up myself. I don't want to brag or anything, but they were FANTASTIC!

There are two ways people cook ribs. The first is to precook the ribs, then finish it off on the grill. The other way is to slowly cook it on the grill for two plus hours.

Here's how I did it:

First, I decided to precook them the night before, then throw them on the grill when I got home from work the next day. I cut up a whole white onion into wedges and threw them into a deep fry pan. Then I took a whole bulb of garlic and threw in whole pealed cloves (all of them). I cut the rack in half and placed it on top of the onions and garlic. I poured a 24oz can of Bud Light over everything. I covered the pan and simmered it for about an hour and a half.

After I was done cooking, I pulled it out and scraped off any stowaway onions or garlic and let it rest for 10 minutes. After that was done, I put the ribs in a baking dish, and poured an entire bottle of BBQ sauce over it. I took care to brush it over the entire rack of ribs. I covered it and put it into the fridge over night, letting it marinade.

When I got home the next day, I removed the ribs and reserved the leftover sauce. It's a good idea to bring the leftover sauce to a slow boil to kill any bacteria. Then I preheated the grill. Because BBQ sauce burns pretty easily, I made sure to grill it with indirect heat. The best way to do that is to turn off the middle burner on a 3 burner grill Place the ribs over the turned off burner. Make sure to rotate the ribs, flip them over, and of course baste them with the leftover BBQ sauce on a regular basis (about every 5-10 minutes). I cooked them for about 40 minutes. Take them from the grill, let them rest for 10 minutes, then dig on in!