That's certainly more information than you wanted to know, but I say all that to say that I made ribs the other night. They weren't all that good. They had good flavor but didn't turn out like I wanted. It was the fist time that cooked them in our oven here and I didn't have a grill to finish them on. (It was raining and all I have here is an outdoor electric grill - not so good in the rain). So I tried to finish them under the broiler. It worked but the ribs weren't very tender.
I had a lot left over but I wasn't excited about eating them again. So what should I do? Well, here's a good technique to fixing broken ribs. The Crock Pot. I put a little of the (fresh) braising liquid in the bottom. Just an inch or two. (The liquid I use is a combo of apple juice, cider vinegar, bbq rub, worcestershire sauce, and liquid smoke) Next put the ribs in, drizzle a little more BBQ sauce on top, set your pot to cook for about 2 hours, come back later and enjoy fall-off-the-bone ribs.
I know some people cook ribs from the beginning in the Crock Pot. I guess it works, but I still like the other method. However, I will always turn to this when they don't turn out. It worked great. Especially when served with potato pancakes (mom's recipe).
This was a long post about ribs. So?
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My Mom cooks ribs in the oven in stoneware at 350 for 2-3 hours (or something like that) with a little water in the bottom and the sauce at the end too. She doesn't usually grill them. Jeramy and I put ribs in the crock pot from the beginning with only a little bit of water in the bottom and cook for 4 hours then he puts them on the grill for about 10 minutes to sauce them and give them more of that charboiled/flame taste. The crock pot is awesome at tenderizing the toughest meat. Maybe next time we'll use some of your flavoring ideas. :-)
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