Blackberry BBQ Ribs

Slow-cooked baby back ribs brushed with a blackberry BBQ sauce for a deeply rich, perfectly juicy bite.

Servings: 1

Ingredients

Sauce

  • ½ cup BBQ sauce
  • 2 tablespoons Dickinson’s® Blackberry Preserves

Ribs

  • 1 tablespoon Dickinson’s Blackberry Preserves
  • 2 pounds baby back ribs
  • 2 tablespoons BBQ spice or rub
  • 1 cup apple juice
  • 2 tablespoons blackberry BBQ sauce

Directions

  1. Mix ingredients together and keep refrigerated until ready to use. 
  2. Preheat smoker to 180°F. Pat the ribs dry with paper towels. Take the blackberry preserves and spread onto the ribs until lightly coated.  
  3. Season with a BBQ spice rub. Place ribs in the smoker and cook for 3 hours. 
  4. After 3 hours, remove the ribs and place the meat side down onto tin foil.  
  5. Pour apple juice onto the ribs and wrap. Place back into the smoker for another 2 hours at 225°F 
  6. After two hours, carefully remove the ribs from the smoker and foil. Brush the ribs with the BBQ sauce and smoke for 30-60 minutes with the meat side facing up. 
  7. Remove the ribs from the smoker and rest for 10-15 minutes before slicing. Serve with extra sauce as desired.

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