Father's Day Rib Overload!

Last Sunday was Father's Day, a fabulous one I might add! 80+ degrees outside, swimsuits on, family together by the pool, but most of all... amazing home cooked food! Since it's a day dedicated to Frankie, my dad, we made a meal he would appreciate. Typically that consists of any type of MEAT! We went for BBQ this year. The menu was mini burgers, aka sliders, and Ribs. We rubbed the ribs ourselves, put them in the oven to let them brown up, and then threw them on the grill with homemade BBQ sauce!!! MMM!!! Definitely the highlight of the meal for me :)

Rub Recipe for 1 Rack (multiply for additional racks):

*1 1/2 tablespoons of each: Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder

*2 tablespoons Brown Sugar

*1 tablespoon of each: Paprika & Black Pepper

Everyone has different taste buds-- very sensitive to spice, salt, etc. Therefore, this is the general recipe I would mix up first and then add more for additional flavoring!! My family wanted a little more brown sugar then it called for and less pepper and paprika since Greg and my dad have NO tolerance for ANY spice LOL!!

Rub the ribs with this recipe front and back. Try to avoid the spices clumping together because the last thing you want is to get a big bite of salt or onion powder haha! Put the ribs on a baking sheet and in the oven at 375 for about 40-50 minutes. (For less clean up, lay foil down on the baking sheet first) Roughly after 20-30 minutes flip the ribs so the other side gets browned too! 

BBQ Sauce Recipe for 2 Racks (multiply for additional racks):

This recipe was given to me by Natasha Campion- thanks girl!

2 cups boiling water
1 cup ketchup

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup vinegar

1/4 cup worcestershire sauce

1/8 teaspoon tabasco

1/8 teaspoon chili powder

1 tsp salt

Mix all the above ingredients together and put on the stove for 1 hr on medium high. After that hour, you can add water if the sauce is too thick for your liking or you can add cornstarch to thicken it. 

Heat up the grill, throw those ribs on, & sauce them up!!!!! The best part of putting the ribs in the oven first is for those spices to melt into the meat for perfect seasoning and it lessons the amount of time the ribs need to be on the grill. Make sure to add enough sauce while you are cooking and flipping the ribs on the grill. There should also be extra BBQ sauce to put out on the table when you serve... yummy :)


(For my grill-less friends: Instead of taking the ribs out of the oven and putting them on the grill, just add the BBQ sauce and keep cooking in the oven. Make sure to add enough sauce to both sides!)

To make a complete meal- add some potato salad, a regular green salad, corn on the cob, or vegetables.. there really is so much you can do with a BBQ!

      Happy Father's Day to the best dad<3!

The delicious ribs ready to eat :)