{"id":2007,"slug":"maple-barbecue-baby-back-ribs","title":"Maple Barbecue Baby Back Ribs","description":"These ribs have beaten some of the best BBQ joints around, including Famous Dave's and Roscoe's, in local competitions.","ingredients_raw":["2 slabs baby-back pork ribs","Rib Rub","Maple Barbecue Sauce","Hickory and applewood chunks"],"ingredients_norm":["slabs baby back pork rib","rib rub","maple barbecue sauce","hickory and applewood chunk"],"steps":["Remove membrane on the bottom of the ribs. Season both sides liberally with rib rub and refrigerate at least 1 hour.","Place enough hickory and applewood chunks in the firebox of a smoker to keep the temperature around 200 °F (95 °C).","Place ribs in smoker and cook, brushing with barbecue sauce every 1½ hours for 4 hours or until very tender, changing chunks as needed.","Brush meat side of ribs liberally with sauce and place meat side down on a very, very hot grill until well browned and slightly charred.","Slice into one-rib portions and serve with additional sauce."],"categories":["Pork recipes","Recipes using pork","Barbecue recipes","Main course recipes","United States recipes","Smoked recipes","Recipes using cayenne","Recipes using paprika","Grilled recipes","Recipes using maple"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Maple_Barbecue_Baby_Back_Ribs","source_ref":"4505870","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Maple_Barbecue_Baby_Back_Ribs&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"9832b880f634bc54a18b17682a1652e6f51a56438fa518cdcaaf420f77072748","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:08Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/maple-barbecue-baby-back-ribs"}