("Barbecue Shoes" by The BBQ Pit Boys)
♪ Gonna smoke me a belly brisket ♪
♪ Got my barbecue shoes on ♪
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today we're cooking up some
margarita spare ribs on the grill
and of course, they're real easy to do.
All right, here we've got some pork spare ribs
all right, had my butcher cut them up
he just took the band saw, cut them down the middle
cut them up into small pieces like that
didn't charge me any extra money
yeah, find yourself a good butcher
he'll take care of you like that.
All right, I've got about six pounds here
and we're gonna be making a marinade or a brine
we're using a brine because these ribs
are gonna cook fast and we don't want them to dry out
so we're gonna make a good brine here
and keep them moist and also tenderize these ribs
gonna use this brine for just about two hours, all right?
You're gonna start out with one cup of water
we're gonna add one cup of tequila, oh yeah
so now this tequila is gonna help tenderize this meat
oh yeah it's gonna make it nice and tender
'cause we're making up a margarita brine
here we're adding some Triple Sec
about four tablespoons, four or five anyway.
Oh yeah.
And the Triple Sec is a liqueur, right?
And it's a liqueur made out of orange peel
so there's a lot of orange flavor.
Now we're also gonna add the juice of two limes
of course they'll add the flavor
and also help tenderize these pork ribs
oh yeah.
Now like I said, we're working with
about six pounds of ribs here
off of two slabs, two pork slabs
so this can feed a lot of people.
Then again, might want to make a double batch
because there ain't gonna be any left of this.
All right, now if you've never had margarita ribs before
definitely got to check this out
this is some good eating right here.
All right, now we're gonna add some salt
probably about four table spoons.
In this brine we're gonna need
a couple table spoons of sugar.
Last but not least, we're gonna put some orange zest
just gonna scrape about a table spoon
off the top of this orange right here.
Now like I was saying here
we want to do this marinade for about two hours
and you don't want to go beyond two hours
because you don't want to cook this meat, right?
Want to keep this pork full of flavor not cooked
and two hours will do.
So we're gonna throw this in the refrigerator.
And of course, through the miracle of time
two hours has gone by and these ribs have been brined
Now here I've got a rub
and this here is a chili rub
you can find the ingredient list on this on our website.
Because these are margarita ribs, oh yeah
what better rub than to be a chili rub like this.
Now, just take your ribs just roll them in the rub
simple enough, right?
Now of course, you can use your own favorite rub
use your own favorite brine, right?
This here is a lot about technique right
so if you've never done these ribs before
definitely you want to check this recipe out
it's some good eating.
All right
got the rub on there pretty good
now we've set up our grill for indirect cooking
we want to be cooking at fairly low temperatures
and here I have a water pan.
I'm gonna add some water in there of course
to keep the moisture up in this grill.
You want to try to keep everything nice and moist.
Here I'm laying these ribs in fairly tight
and again, you don't want to cook these too fast
because they've been cut and split
they just might cook faster than we want here
so this is the way to do it
you kind of pack them in there fairly snug, all right?
It's gonna take about two and a half hours to do
and we're gonna be running the temperature
at about 300 degrees fahrenheit.
Man it looks good enough to eat already.
(chuckling)
All right, put the cover on
our target temperature is 300 degrees fahrenheit.
Now, about 45 minutes has gone by
and all I'm gonna do is rotate these a little bit
so they cook kind of evenly.
Oh yeah, look at that.
And now we're gonna hit them with a mop right
we're just gonna add a little more
moisture to the top of this with a bit of beer
slop it on like that.
Put the cover on and another hour and a half to go.
All right now we're about two hours into this
and now we're gonna hit it with some sauce
and this is one of our tomato based sauces we're using
and again you can find that recipe on our website
use your favorite sauce, all right?
Again, now we're adding another layer of flavor
oh yeah, see, just gonna sauce them on one side first.
Put the cover on, come back in about half hour.
Rotate these again a little bit, flip them
then you're gonna sauce the other side.
Getting hungry or what?
Oh man, about 20 minutes to go.
I say it's time to eat.
Take a look at that.
Meaty, moisty tender.
Margarita ribs.
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Put some more sauce all over those ribs.
(chuckling)
So the next time you're looking for
a recipe for your barbecue
you check out BBQpitboys.com
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