Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ Amazing St. Louis Spare Ribs

Ingredients

• 2 slabs St. Louis Spare Ribs (2 1/4 to 2 3/4 lbs each) - ask your butcher to trim a regular Spare Rib into a St. Louis rib for you. A St. Louis rib is a regular Spare Rib with the rib tip and skirt flap removed
• ½ cup SYD All Purpose Rub
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup Apple Juice
• 2 tbs Clover Honey
• ½ cup of your favorite BBQ sauce

Method

1. Remove the membrane from the bone side of ribs.
2. Place ribs on aluminum foil pan and pat dry with paper towels.
3. Sprinkle both sides evenly with the SYD Rib Rub; about 2 tbsp of rub for each side.
4. Let ribs rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour to allow the rub to "sweat" into meat.
5. Place ribs meat side up into a 275 – 300 degree smoker with some hickory wood chips.
6. After two hours and when a crust has formed, remove from smoker and place meat side up on a sheet of aluminum foil.
7. Sprinkle an even thin layer of brown sugar on meat. Drizzle honey next.
8. Flip over so bone side is up. Repeat the brown sugar and honey step.
9. Put 3-4 tbsp of apple juice at the bottom of the foil before folding the ribs up into an airtight pouch.
10. Return to smoker and cook for another 1 ½ hours.
11. After 3 ½ hours total cook time, unwrap the foil and check the ribs for doneness using a toothpick between the bones.
12. If not yet done, close the foil, return to smoker, and check back in 10 minutes; repeat until ribs are done.
13. When done, remove from foil and paint on a thin layer of your favorite BBQ sauce.
14. Return to smoker for 10 minutes for sauce to set.