BBQ Ribs or Pork Chops

Folks,

It seems like everyone has a special recipe for ribs, but just in case you don't, here's my recipe. This is pretty useful if you don't have a grill or wood chips to smoke your ribs, yet still wickedly flavorful.

First, preheat your oven to 300 degrees, no higher. The idea is to cook your ribs low and slow.

If you choose the pork chops, I highly recommend you use the pork shoulder chops.

First prepare a rub with the following ingredients to taste:

• Brown sugar
• Seasoned salt
• Black Pepper
• Cayenne Pepper
• Paprika
• Dried or powdered mustard (Optional)

After preparing this rub, rub it into your meat and put your meat in a baking pan and into the oven and allow to cook for one hour without disturbing.

While your meat is beginning to cook, prepare your BBQ sauce by mixing the following ingredients together:

• A cup of vegetable oil
• A cup of white or apple cider vinegar
• A cup of white sugar
• 1/3 cup of soy sauce
• 2 cups of ketchup
• Hot sauce to taste
• 1/4 cup of any brand of BBQ sauce that has hickory
• Seasoned salt to taste
• Black pepper to taste
• Cayenne pepper to taste
• Paprika to taste
• Dried or powdered mustard to taste (optional)

Mix your wet ingredients well and taste to ensure that the flavors are balanced and/or to your liking.

After the meat has cooked for an hour, take a large cooking spoon (not a brush) and baste your ribs every 20-30 minutes until they are done. Depending on how much meat you're cooking, they should take between 3-4 hours to cook; but when they're done they should come off the bone.

Please trust me on this one. The ribs/pork chops will be delicious.