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diy, recipes, tutorial · April 11, 2013

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs!

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Hello Tatertots and Jello friends! I’m Melissa from No. 2 Pencil, and I’m so happy to be here again. Today, I’m sharing an amazingly easy slow cooker recipe, Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs. Friends, this is the easiest way to make ribs, and they come out incredibly tender and flavorful.

Melissa Profile

I love using my slow cooker. Some of my favorite and most popular slow cooker recipes are, Slow Cooker Chicken and Mexican Style Stuffed Bell Peppers, and this recipe is definitely going into my favorites as well.

Start with a rack of baby back ribs. Season with salt and pepper, or all-purpose steak season and brown sugar. Rub seasoning into both sides of rack. Place entire rack of ribs in slow cooker, meaty side facing the outer wall of the slow cooker.

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Pour BBQ sauce over ribs and cook on low 6-8 hours. Mine were tender after 7 hours.

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Once ribs are done, remove from slow cooker and serve. Optional: Broil ribs on high for about 5 minutes in oven to further caramelize BBQ sauce. This recipes easily doubles! Just curve additional rack of ribs on the opposite wall of the slow cooker.

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Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs

Ingredients

Baby back pork ribs – about 2.75 pounds

1 tablespoon of brown sugar

All-purpose steak seasoning or salt and pepper to taste

1 1/2 cups of BBQ sauce of choice

Directions

Season ribs and place in slow cooker with meaty part facing wall of slow cooker.

Pour BBQ sauce over ribs and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Serve warm with additional BBQ sauce.

Optional step: Broil ribs, in oven, on high for about 5 minutes after removing from slow cooker.

Recipe notes: Some bottled BBQ sauces can be very high in sodium, so take that into account when seasoning the ribs and adjust salt accordingly. This recipe is easily doubled to two racks.

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Thanks so much for letting me share! Tatertots and Jello readers are the best!

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Thanks Melissa!!

Wow – those look Ah-mazing!!!

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Be sure to put No. 2 Pencil on your list of Daily-Reads — it’s one of my favorites!! 

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Comments

  1. Dyanna says

    October 22, 2013 at 9:16 PM

    Hello Jen,

    Love this BBQ Rib Recipe and I can’t wait to try it. I have a question. On the slow cooker what would the temp be : slow, med or high.

    Thanks,
    Dyanna

  2. Elizabeth @ HobbyLobbyist says

    May 9, 2013 at 5:17 PM

    Those ribs look amazing! And I’m so glad to see a slow cooker recipe that isn’t just a variation on shredded chicken.

  3. Jessica says

    April 20, 2013 at 7:05 PM

    I love ribs.

  4. kelly says

    April 20, 2013 at 5:53 PM

    made this today and OMG yummy!! Perfect, tender falls right off the bone yum

  5. Betsy says

    April 19, 2013 at 5:16 PM

    Mine was done in 5 hours “fall off the bone good”

  6. Roxanne says

    April 19, 2013 at 3:06 PM

    Hi Melissa I am making these right now and I’ve never made ribs…how do you know when they are done?

    • Melissa @ No. 2 Pencil says

      April 19, 2013 at 3:27 PM

      Hi there! When the meat is tender, and falls off the bone, they are ready!

  7. Kelli Girsch says

    April 14, 2013 at 3:32 PM

    Hi Melissa!
    Thank you for posting this incredible recipe! I’m surprising my family this weekend with these easy slow-cooker ribs. I know my husband and kids will love them! I just might do
    the milkshake too, I think they balance each other, don’t you? Summer is here in sunny California..we’re sitting in the pool already. YAY!

    Kelli Girsch – buybabydeals.com

  8. Amy Mayen says

    April 11, 2013 at 11:32 PM

    Ooh…so hungry!!

  9. Janel says

    April 11, 2013 at 7:17 PM

    Every once in awhile my husband gets a craving for the baked ribs his mother used to make when he was a kid. I bet this would be similar, but less work since they’re in a slow cooker. Thanks for sharing!

  10. Lindsey says

    April 11, 2013 at 1:15 PM

    I’ve never made ribs before because I was intimidated but this looks totally do-able!! Thanks, will be checking out your blog #2 🙂

  11. NORTHERN COTTAGE says

    April 11, 2013 at 12:34 PM

    Ok a great recipe from 2 of my fav girls from 2 of my fav blogs & ribs to boot?? Yum!!!

  12. Angelina Fracchiolla says

    April 11, 2013 at 10:20 AM

    I will take a FULL rack of ribs and an Oreo Milkshake to go PLEASE!!! Oh this looks so Finger Licking Good!! You’ve got it going on in the Kitchen, girlfriend 😉
    xo
    Angelina

  13. Melissa says

    April 11, 2013 at 9:47 AM

    Thank you for letting me share, Jen! This is my favorite new recipe (and my husband’s) and I think your readers will love it too!

  14. Legertha says

    April 11, 2013 at 6:29 AM

    Your bbq ribs look wonderful but can you use regular ribs or pork steak steak instead of baby back ribs. Thank you.

    • Melissa says

      April 11, 2013 at 9:45 AM

      Thanks for your comment! I haven’t tried beef ribs, but I’m sure as long as they fit in the slow cooker, they would work. Of course, cooking times would vary!

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