Oven Pork Ribs with Barbecue Sauce

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 170.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	6%	11%
fat	1%	1%
aromatics	1%	9%
acid	6%	0%
sweetener	25%	0%
salt	1%	0%
collagen idx	0.8	0.9
marbling idx	0.6	0.9

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

6 g	2.5 tsp paprika powder
6 g	2 tsp garlic powder ((sub with onion powder))
5 g	1.5 tsp onion powder ((sub with garlic powder))
2 g	1 tsp cayenne pepper ((omit for not spicy))
3 g	1.5 tsp dried thyme
2 g	1.5 tsp dried oregano
9 g	1.5 tsp salt
1 g	0.5 tsp black pepper
2041 g	2 - 2.5kg / 4 - 5lb pork ribs (2 racks)
	3/4 cup sweet alcoholic apple cider (hard cider) (, or apple juice (Note 2))
14 g	1 tbsp olive oil
120 g	1/2 cup apple cider vinegar ((Note 3))
408 g	1 1/2 cups tomato ketchup ((or Aussie tomato sauce))
118 g	1/2 cup water ((or use remaining apple cider!))
32 g	1 1/2 tbsp molasses (, orginal (not blackstrap, Note 4))
71 g	1/3 cup brown sugar
9 g	2 tsp mustard powder
4 g	1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
11 g	2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
6 g	1 tsp salt
2 g	1 tsp black pepper
2 g	1 tsp Tabasco or cayenne pepper ((optional, for spiciness))

Method: 11 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“My 3rd time cooking these ribs and admittedly I'm lazy with plenty of time here. Tip: I cut the ribs half and stuffed them in the slow cooker on high for a couple of hours for the initial steam/ bake; saved on foil and turning on the oven. I was on my own for ” — a cook, 5★

“My 3rd time cooking these ribs and admittedly I’m lazy with plenty of time here. Tip: I cut the ribs half and stuffed them in the slow cooker on high for a couple of hours for the initial steam/ bake; saved on foil and turning on the oven. I was on my own for ” — a cook, 5★