Tropical Storm Debby Dry Rubbed Ribs

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We are getting our first tropical storm of the season hitting Florida.  Tampa is being pummeled right now by wind and rain, we are under a Tornado warning at the moment.  Silly me, last night I did a dry rub on a rack of ribs and put them in the refrigerator to marinate over night.  Waking up this morning to this storm I had to decide whether to face the rain and grill, or move the project to the oven.  After a lot of people telling me to man up on face book, I decided to go ahead and try for the grill.  Fortunately for me, I had them done before the extremely bad weather hit.  I ventured out between rain bands to  turn and check on them.  So I have aptly named these ribs after Tropical Storm Debby.

I love barbequed ribs, but I am not a fan of saucy ones.  I prefer mine with a dry rub.  So I put together one last night consisting of a few different ingredients that I thought might work out well.  It turns out that the rub was perfect and turned out an almost caramelized tasting rib.  This is due to the amount of brown sugar I used.  I really like this combination.  I think y’all will too.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin

2 racks of ribs. ( I cut mine into 2 bone sections)

Combine all ingredients and rub into all the ribs.  Place ribs in a zip lock bag or bowl and cover with remaining rub.  Shake/mix well and place in refrigerator at least 2 hours.  I did mine overnight.  You’ll find your ribs have an almost bbq  sauce type liquid in bag/bowl in morning.  This is from the salt pulling juice out of the ribs and mixing with your rub.

Ribs fresh out of the bag from overnight marinade in the rub.

Place ribs in the center of a fully heated grill (turn on only side burners and leave middle ones off.  or place on one side of grill and leave other side off.) and cook for about 90min-120-min.  You’ll need to check for doneness due to all grills cooking at different temperatures.  You can also do these in the oven fully, or start on grill to get a some charring and then finish in oven.

Beginning the ribs between rain bands.