Classic barbecued spare ribs

I spotted these spare ribs (full cut) at ALDI for $1.99/lb, and decided right then and there, “I have a date with the grill later!”

Smoked keto pork spareribs on the gas grill

Rubbed and rested

Oh, and the store didn’t have the spareribs racks in the typical cut already (St. Louis style) so I trimmed that sucker, myself. First time. Not too hard. Pulled the rack off the grill, the ends and undersides were nice and smoky, a little bark on top. Already had a little bit of pull-back on the meat. Wrapped in foil to steam a little at 300F for a couple hours (I spread soft butter mixed w/a teensy amount of molasses on the foil)

Time to flip and glaze

I’m surprised how much my kitchen shears were able to get that short rib meat off the top and side.

What do you guys do with this excess meat when trimming spare ribs for St. Louis style cut? Any good for grinding up into sausage?

I glazed these keto pork spare ribs with a low-carb bbq sauce (@KenDavisBBQ, pictured below, makes the best, locally). I usually make my own sugar-free barbecue sauce homemade, but I got their Classic 2-Carb BBQ sauce because their 17 oz. bottle was on sale for 2 for $3.59 at Lunds & Byerly’s

Girl, your front side is amazing

Let’s get that glaze sealed on! 20 more minutes on the grill, lid-down.

Ready for NOM time!

They’re a little overdone, but I don’t mind. Still tender. I ate FOUR.

Gas grill smoked/slow cooked pork spareribs

Gas grill smoked/slow cooked pork spareribs

The recipe uses 5 lbs fresh spare ribs to start (before trimming)
Let sit at room temp 1 hour, includes time I spent trimming the excess
Rubbed & rest: 40 minutes
Smoked at 250 for 1 hr 15 mins
Cooked at just under 300 for 1 hour 40 mins
Finished on grill glazed with sauce: 20 mins
Total prep time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Total cook time: Approx 3 hours 10 minutes

Get my gas grill smoked/slow cooked pork spareribs recipe here…