Kansas City Sweet-and-Smoky Ribs

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      4 hr 30

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By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

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Ingredients

  • 4 racks of spareribs (4 to 6 pounds total)
  • 6 cups apple cider, plus additional for spraying the ribs

Method

  1. Trim each rack of ribs as shown in Preparing the Meat, Steps 1 through 5, or have your butcher do this for you.
  2. Place the ribs in a large nonreactive roasting pan. Pour the cider over the ribs. Squeeze the juice from the lemons over the ribs, catching the seeds with your fingers. Turn the ribs a couple of times to coat a