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    Home » Recipes » Meal Recipes

    Sweet and Spicy Barbecue Grilled Pork Ribs

    Published: Jul 5, 2018 · Modified: Jun 15, 2021 by Sandi Gaertner · 14 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

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    If you love fall-off-the-bone delicious barbecue pork ribs, this recipe is a family-pleasing dinner recipe to try! I am talking flavor popping ribs with a finger-licking homemade sweet and spicy barbecue sauce your family is going to LOVE!

    Grab a few simple ingredients and fire up your grill! You are sure to love this recipe for BBQ spare ribs on the grill. If you love to grill, try this Grilled Pork Chops recipe too!

    a plate with white paper and a pile of BBQ ribs on top. The ribs are garnished with scallions
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    (*This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Farmer John California Natural Fresh Pork. All opinions are 100% mine.)

    Raise your hands if you love barbecue ribs!!

    Our family loves to make ribs. BBQ pork ribs are the perfect meal to make on the grill. I feel like my teens are always hungry and I often have to buy more than one rack of ribs to satisfy their appetite!

    I am so excited to share my newest recipe with you because most importantly, ribs have a stigma of being difficult to make. I am ready to shatter that by showing you how easy and foolproof cooking ribs can be with Farmer John California Natural Fresh Pork.

    raw pork back ribs in package

    The hero of this recipe is the Farmer John Fresh Pork Loin Back Ribs. I love this brand because their ribs are meatier than most ribs I have tried, and that means more flavor-packed delicious pork for your family!

    Farmer John California Natural Fresh Pork is made from 100% fresh pork with no artificial ingredients and comes in a variety of cuts, including boneless loins, chops, ribs, ground pork, tenderloins and more.

    two hands holding a partially eaten bbq rib

    Ways to cook ribs:

    1. Start the ribs in the oven and finish on the grill. This is the quickest cooking method.
    2. Cook them the whole time on the grill the whole time. You will love the flavor you get cooking these ribs on the grill, but it will take longer.
    3. Cook them in a smoker. We love our barrel smoker, but it takes many hours.
    4. Bake them in the oven.
    a hand dipping a grilled rib into BBQ sauce.

    Are you ready to grill some ribs?

    Step by step instructions:

    spice rub for barbecue pork ribs

    Step 1: Let's make the barbecue spice rub! The rub is not only to add a little flavor into the ribs while they cook, but it primes the meat for the barbecue sauce. The most important flavors in this rub are salt and paprika.

    These spices blend in with the strawberry and green chile flavors in the barbecue sauce, which you will read about shortly! In a small bowl, combine:

    • 2 teaspoons salt
    • ½ teaspoon black pepper
    • 1 teaspoon paprika
    • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
    • ½ teaspoon of cumin
    spice rub on a raw rack of ribs. The ribs are on a baking sheet

    Step 2: Dash outside and preheat the grill to 200º F (or preheat your oven to 300º F if you plan to precook the pork ribs a bit in your oven first.)

    Step 3: Spread the rub onto the uncooked ribs. Make sure to coat both sides! Allow the meat to sit for 15 minutes.

    Step 4: Wrap the pork ribs in tin foil and allow them to cook for 1 hour on the grill. Keep the heat low at 200º F.

    ribs cooking on a grill

    Step 5: Unwrap the pork ribs and brush both sides with the homemade barbecue sauce. (See the recipe below!)

    Step 6: Cook without the foil, basting with barbecue sauce every 20 minutes. Turn the ribs each time you add sauce. Continue to slow grill the ribs.

    another shot of the ribs coated in barbecue sauce cooking on the grill

    Step 7: The ribs are done when they have an internal temperature of 160-170º F. Use a knife to slice between each rib to cut up the rack of ribs.

    a close up of the plate of ribs.

    More gluten free pork recipes:

    • Gluten Free Pork Fried Rice
    • Easy Gluten Free Ground Pork Pasta Sauce
    • Grilled Pork Chops
    • Ground Pork Chili

    Recipe

    Sweet and Spicy Barbecue Grilled Pork Ribs

    Sandi Gaertner
    A delicious homemade sweet and spicy barbecue grilled pork rib recipe.
    4.92 from 23 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 40 mins
    Additional Time 10 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 5 mins
    Course Meal Recipes
    Cuisine American
    Servings 6
    Calories 596 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 pounds ribs
    • ⅓ cup strawberry jam
    • ⅓ cup ketchup
    • 1 tablespoon green chiles finely chopped
    • 3 tablespoon maple syrup
    • 1 tablespoon molasses
    • ⅛ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
    • 2 cloves garlic minced

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the grill to 200 degrees F.
    • Place the pork ribs on foil and cover with the spice rub. Allow to sit 5 minutes.
    • Wrap the pork ribs in foil and slow cook on the grill for 20 minutes.
    • Combine all of the ingredients in a saucepan, cover, and simmer on low for 15 minutes. Coat the pork ribs with the sauce when they are almost done cooking!
    • Remove the pork ribs from the foil and coat the pork ribs in the homemade barbecue sauce.
    • Cook for an additional 15 minutes, turning the ribs over so both sides are cooked with the sauce. Check for an internal temperature of 160-170F degrees.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 596kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 25gFat: 43gSaturated Fat: 19gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 21gTrans Fat: 3gCholesterol: 113mgSodium: 266mgPotassium: 463mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 98IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 41mgIron: 3mg
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    1. amine@ instant pot sizes

      July 21, 2018 at 12:04 pm

      5 stars
      Yum! These ribs look amazing! I love starting mine in the oven and finishing them up on the grill.

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      • Sandi Gaertner

        July 22, 2018 at 10:19 am

        Thank you so much Amine 🙂

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    2. Andrea @ Cooking with Mamma C

      July 05, 2018 at 12:37 pm

      5 stars
      I love that you have strawberry jam and maple syrup in your recipe! These ribs look fabulous. I usually cook mine in the Crock Pot for a lazy method, but would love to try them on the grill.

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      • Sandi Gaertner

        July 06, 2018 at 2:30 pm

        Thank you so much Andrea...I love the lazy crock pot method too 🙂

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