If you have the impression that having a barbeque is nothing more than throwing pieces of ribs onto the grill with a strong fire burning, you can’t be further from the truth. Besides applying homemade barbeque sauce on the ribs, there are also a few other steps which you need to take in order to have your guests awing over the tender, delicious ribs.

1. Selecting the ribs

Choosing the right type of ribs for your barbeque session is a skill in itself because each kind taste best in its own style of cooking. Your recipes should not be the same for the various ribs that you are intending to cook. If you have decided that you are going to cook spareribs, make sure you find out how you should prepare and cook it. Even the homemade barbeque sauce recipe should be specially prepared to go hand-in-hand with the spareribs to make it taste good.

You will also have to season the ribs well hours before barbequing them to ensure that the seasoning has been fully absorbed into the ribs. Otherwise it will not taste good. Rub the seasoning well on both sides of the ribs and then keep the ribs in the refrigerator for a few hours before the BBQ starts.

2.  Initial cooking

Yes, in order for your BBQ ribs to taste good, you will need to carry out one round of initial cooking first. You can cook it in the crockpot for 8 – 10 hours first or bake it in an oven for around 8 hours before putting it on the burning grill. This will soften the ribs and ensure that the seasoning is thoroughly absorbed into the ribs to make it tastier. 

3. Grilling

Once the ribs have been cooked to your preferred tenderness, it is now ready to be barbequed. Some people like to add a layer of homemade barbeque sauce over the ribs before putting the meat on the fire. Others prefer to dip the ribs into the sauce after the ribs had been fully grilled. Yet others carry out both ways before eating the ribs. The choice is yours.

As you can see from the above, in order to prepare tasty BBQ ribs, you will need to put in quite a bit of work and effort. However, you will be pleasantly rewarded with mouth-watering grilled ribs. Nevertheless, something which you cannot do without when you are barbequing ribs is preparing a homemade barbeque sauce recipe to go with it. Try it. You will love the results.

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