Recommendation for smoked baby-back ribs

[hotwine]

Here's the recipe for baby back ribs:

Combine and heat over high heat until boiling:

1 cup ketchup
1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic poowder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

Reduce heat, simmer 30-40 minutes until thick.

Coat 4 pounds of baby back ribs, front and back, with the BBQ sauce.

Wrap ribs in aluminum foil. Bake at 300 degrees for 2 - 2 1/2 hours.

Remove ribs from foil and smother with more sauce.
Grill on hot BBQ grill for 2-4 minutes per side.

I started an oak fire two hours before putting the ribs into the pit, and added an oak log every half hour, so the pit was holding a stable temperature of 300 degrees. Continued to do that throughout, adding the last log at the two-hour point, so when I inserted the firebox grill it was over very hot coals. Removed the ribs from the foil, brushed the sauce liberally on both sides, and placed them on the grill, cooking for two minutes per side or until some of the rib-tips started turning black.
Removed 'em quickly then & served 'em up with baked spuds & fresh spinach salad (sprinkled with olive oil, Kraft Three-Cheese (Parmesan, Romano, Asiago), & Athenos Crumbled Feta Cheese). Purr-fecto!

[This message has been edited by hotwine (edited 02-04-2001).]