Slow-Cooker Barbecued Ribs

Total Time: 8 hours 
Preparation Time: 15 minutes 
Active Cooking Time: 8 hours 
Yield: Serves 6 to 8 
Make Ahead: Best served immediately 

Ingredients

·         BBQ sauce

·         salt 

·         pepper

·         3 Tablespoons sweet paprika

·         2 Tablespoons brown sugar

·         ¼ Teaspoon cayenne pepper

·         6 Pounds pork baby back ribs * *

·         Vegetable oil spray

·         * * Spareribs won’t fit into most slow cookers and should not be purchased. They are too tall and they are too difficult to bend to fit the shape of the insert. You want baby back ribs, which are considerably smaller. Most racks of baby back ribs weigh between 1½ and 2 pounds. You will need three or four racks for this recipe.

 * This recipe requires a large slow cooker with a capacity of 5½ to 7 quarts.

Instructions

Mix 3 tablespoons paprika, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, ¼ teaspoon cayenne, 1 tablespoon salt, and 1 tablespoon pepper together in small bowl.

·        Rub spice mixture evenly over 6 pounds pork baby back ribs.

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        Stand ribs up along perimeter of slow cooker with wide end down and meatier side of ribs facing slow-cooker insert wall.

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        Pour barbecue sauce over ribs.

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        Cover slow cooker and cook until ribs are tender, 6 to 8 hours on low.

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         Position oven rack 10 inches from broiler element and heat broiler.

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         Place wire rack in aluminum foil–lined rimmed baking sheet and coat with vegetable oil spray.

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         Carefully transfer ribs, meaty side down, to prepared baking sheet 

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·         Brush ribs with some sauce and broil until beginning to brown, 2 to 4 minutes.

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         Flip ribs over, brush with more sauce, and continue to broil until ribs are well browned and sticky, 9 to 12 minutes longer, brushing with additional sauce every few minutes.

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        Slice between bones and serve ribs with remaining sauce.