Smoked Baby Back Ribs on the Traeger

We made the easiest baby back ribs on our Traeger! This is one of my most popular dishes so you should give it a try regardless of the type of smoker you have!

Ingredients:
baby back ribs
pork rub
1 cup apple juice
¼ cup brown sugar
6 Tbsp butter
4 Tbsp honey

Instructions:
Step 1
Start by removing the membrane from the back of the ribs. Use a paper towel to help you do this. Use mustard or olive oil to act as a binder for the rub to stick to the meat. Liberally apply the bbq rub to the meat and let it sit out at room temperature while you prepare your smoker to 250 degrees.
Step 2
Once the smoker is up to temperature, smoke the ribs for 3 hours over your preferred wood. Every 3-45 minutes, spray the ribs with apple juice or apple cider vinegar to keep them moist.
Step 3
After three hours, lay out two sheets of aluminum foil. Prepare a bed of butter, brown sugar, and honey on the bottom and lay your ribs over the bed. Add more honey, butter, and brown sugar to the top as well as a spray of apple juice.
Step 4
After 1.5-2 hours wrapped up, remove the ribs from the foil and place on the smoker. Reserve the liquid from the inside of the aluminum foil. Mix your favorite bbq sauce with the juice from the aluminum foil to create a glaze and glaze the ribs. Let the glaze set on the ribs for 15-20 minutes and remove.
Step 5
Let the ribs rest for 10-15 minutes and enjoy!

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[marksuttie]

We just fallowed your recipe, and these are the most amazing ribs we have ever had. Thank you for the video, and bone appetite.

[mattfranklin]

You are my new hero!!!! The tailgate Rotelle dip was massive hit at the race this weekend too. GO VOLS!!!

[tomzablocki]

Love how simplified version you pulled, I will try that with my st. Louis ribs tomorrow

[mjd]

well done, love the idea of mixing the braising liquid with the bbq sauce !

[Rob-srrj]

Hey bud I'm trying out these on my brand new treager, this is the first real smoke I'm doing. I did break it in per the directions and then I smoked some hotdogs which were good. But I don't think that really counted. So here's to you, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Thanks for the video, btw the production and editing were great, the audio is not bad. Thanks for taking the time to make this.

[quinnhiggins]

It looks like you put the wrapped ribs back on the grill meat side up. Why not meat side down so the ribs cook in the flavor?

[jeramiahjohnson]

Came out good! Thank you for the video!

[CoachHolt-whkj]

Do the back side first when seasoning and you won’t loose 1/3 of your seasonings sticking to foil from the meat side being turned down. Good recipe! I love the hot honey.

[NordicMyth]

Thanks for the video and recipe!! When you took the ribs off to wrap in foil, did you change the temp at all, or did it stay at 250 degrees? The whole cook was about 4.5 hours, yes? Thx again, and they look delish!! 😋

[brianharris]

HOLY Sh%#. AMAZING! Follow his video and amaze your family and friends. Thank you!!!!

[Jaystub]

I trust anyone with BBQ who calls foil "fole" lol.

[jrocksnittos]

I feel like I have stuff all over my face And immediately sucks the bone lmao 😂

[richjenkins]

Such a shame, 95% of cooking videos could be perfectly complete in less that 90 seconds..