Grilled Pork Baby Back Ribs

     If you love barbecuing like I do, you will appreciate the process of slow grilling and the patience it involves.  Remember in the 1970's, the catsup commercial 'anticipation is making me wait'? Same concept with grilling.  In the end, the result is worth waiting for and fulfilling. 
     Family picnics were always fun, because you always knew there was going to be a barbecue,  but no matter what the occasion or what meat was being grilled, barbecued ribs rocked! and dad always said ' if you didn't have sauce up to your elbows and all over your face, then it wasn't good enough'. 
     Growing up, my uncle owned a restaurant and I learned my appreciation for good food from watching him and my aunt cook, not to say that my parents were not good cooks, as they were.  My dad and his brother were fabulous at cooking. Everyone cooked from scratch back then, and I do too, but every so often I improvise on the ingredients when I am short on of some of my seasonings, or sauces. 
     Today I am sharing a different version of my BBQ Pork Baby Back Ribs.  Later on, I will share with you the recipe for homemade BBQ sauce with baby back ribs. 

Grilled Pork Baby Back Ribs
Recipe by Alisa Soderstrom 

Ingredients:

A  3-5 pound slab of baby back ribs
1/4 cup original Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce
1/4 cup  Memphis BBQ Sauce
1/8 cup regular BBQ Sauce
Weber N'Orleans Cajun Seasoning

Utensils Needed:
Aluminum Foil
Baking Pan
Small Bowl
Basting Brush
Large grilling fork

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
Combine all 3 BBQ Sauces.  Set aside. 

     Lightly sprinkle Cajun seasoning on both sides of ribs.  Place ribs on baking sheet and cover with foil.  Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour.  Remove ribs from the oven and drain off any liquid and discard. 
     ** See note below if you are using the oven instead of grilling.     If you are grilling, now would be the time to pre-heat your grill.

     Now that the grill is pre-heated, place ribs on grill rack.  Baste with the mixed sauces and close grill lid; grill ribs on low for 35 minutes, turning every 10 minutes to baste ribs.  If ribs are showing signs of burning, move to upper rack of gas grill, or if using a charcoal grill; raise grill rack up and continue grilling.   After 35 minutes, your ribs should be very sticky and fall apart tender.  Serve with BBQ Sauce for extra dipping. 


**In the oven BBQ Ribs:
     After baking for 1 hour at 400 degrees, remove ribs from oven and  increase  temperature to 'broil'.  Drain liquid from baking pan and baste ribs with BBQ Sauce.  Do not cover.  Place ribs under broiler on lowest level, so as not to burn ribs.  Check every 7-10 minutes, making sure to turn ribs and re-baste to create a thick saucy layer.  After 20 minutes, remove ribs from broiler and cool slightly.  Ribs should be 'fall apart' tender and juicy.   Serve with extra BBQ Sauce for extra dipping.