Asian Smoked Spare Ribs

The other day I fired up the grill for the first time to try it out. I chose to smoke some country style spare ribs. It was a bold choice for the first use of the grill but I had the spare ribs and I really wanted to try out the included smoker box.

Asian Smoked Country Style Spare Ribs

I started out by rubbing the spare ribs with Tom Douglas Spicy Tokyo Rub. I was a little worried since this rub seemed more for fish but it was all I had.

Once I had them rubbed I went to work setting up the grill for smoking.  I had some Weber 17053 Hickory Wood Chips, 3-Pound which I picked up at my local hardware store. I soaked a handful of them in water for about an hour before I pre-heat the grill. 

I put the chips in the smoker box, setup the grill for indirect heat cooking with smoker box over the burner. Turned on all the burners on high and pre-heated the grill to about 425 to get the chips smoking.

Once the grill was heated I turned all the burners off except the far left one with the smoker box. I then laid out my spare ribs on the far right side of the grill and closed the lid. I maintained a temperature of about 350 for 30 minutes or so without opening the lid to get them good and smokey.

After this I turned the grill down to about 300 and let them keep going for another 30 minutes. For the final 30 minutes or so I turned the grill up to 350 and basted the ribs with Marie Sharp's Exotic Sauce 5oz. - about 5 minutes on each side until they had a good sticky coating.

These turned out fantastic. Very tender with nice smokey flavor and a hint of Asian / tropical flair. These were pretty fatty which I think contributed to the tenderness after cooking them at low for a long duration.