Oven Baked BBQ Ribs

This Oven Baked Ribs recipe makes such juicy and tender ribs. Make these easy and delicious rack of ribs easy in the oven any time of the year.

About This Recipe:

This oven-baked ribs cooking method is the easiest way to make bone tender baby back ribs in the best way and with little effort. 

No need to mess with a dry rub for this recipe, and you will still get the best ribs with less cooking time by making them in the oven.

Using the oven to cook the racks of ribs is a great option for making good ribs without the need for a smoker or a grill for this pork recipe.

Be sure to add the ingredients for sweet cornbread or easy homemade cornbread for the finishing touches to this backyard BBQ!

Key Ingredients

• Ribs: For the best results, use baby back ribs since they are smaller and will fit perfectly in the pot for boiling. But you can also use spare ribs for the rib meat if you prefer.
• Seasoning: You will use a little bit of a spice mixture when boiling the ribs, so no rib rub will be needed. Then just use your favorite BBQ sauce before slow cooking.

How to Make Easy Oven Baked BBQ Ribs:

1. Place ribs in a large pot and fill with water until ribs are completely covered. You may need to cut the ribs into smaller sections to fit into the pot with a pairing knife.
2. Add garlic powder, pepper, and salt to the pot and bring to a boil.
3. Boil for 40 minutes, or until ribs are tender.
4. Preheat oven to 325℉.
5. Remove ribs from pot and place in a 9×13-inch baking dish.
6. Brush BBQ sauce over ribs.
7. Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour, or until the internal temperature of the pork has reached 160℉.
8. Brush on additional BBQ sauce before serving, if desired.

Expert Tips:

1. Remove the connective tissue or white membrane before cooking the loin ribs.
2. To keep the oven-backed BBQ ribs from drying out, cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.
3. Remove the foil-wrapped ribs from the oven and immediately brush with more BBQ sauce. 
4. Make sure to get the back of the ribs and the meaty side with barbecue sauce for the best flavor.  
5. Use a bbq rub before brushing on BBQ sauce if you want even more bursting BBQ flavor.
6. The low temperature will aallow the cooking ribs to absorb more of the flavor without drying out.

Oven Baked Ribs Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Delicious, fall off the bone ribs made right in your oven. This Oven Baked BBQ Ribs recipe is so simple but so delicious!

ServingServing: 8 people

Prep Time 40 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour

Total Time 1 hour hour 40 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 ½ lb baby back ribs
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon pepper
• ▢ 2 Tablespoon salt
• ▢ 1 cup barbecue sauce

Equipment

• Stock Pot (10 qt)
• Baking Dish (9 x 13)

Instructions

1. Place ribs in a large pot and fill with water until ribs are completely covered. You may need to cut the ribs into smaller sections to fit into the pot.
2. Add garlic powder, pepper and salt to pot and bring to a boil.
3. Boil for 40 minutes, or until ribs are tender.
4. Preheat oven to 325℉.
5. Remove ribs from pot and place in a 9×13-inch baking dish.
6. Brush BBQ sauce over ribs.
7. Cover dish with foil and bake for 1 hour, or until internal temperature of pork has reached 160℉.
8. Brush on additional BBQ sauce before serving, if desired.

Notes

Remove the connective tissue or white membrane before cooking the loin ribs.

Nutrition

Calories: 265 kcal · Carbohydrates: 15 g · Protein: 18 g · Fat: 15 g · Saturated Fat: 5 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 62 mg · Sodium: 2190 mg · Potassium: 319 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 12 g · Vitamin A: 101 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 42 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Cuisine: American

Cost: $15

Author: Steph Loaiza

Course: Main Course

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What to Serve With This Recipe:

• I love ribs. I don’t even need a side dish with them because I could just get full on ribs. But here are a few of our favorite BBQ sides that go perfectly with ribs.
  • Twice Baked Sweet Potato.
  • Acini De Peppe Salad before (we called it frog-eye salad).
  • BBQ Macaroni Salad.

We also love to serve these ribs with our Baked Mac and Cheese Recipe!

More Rib Pork Recipes:

• Easy Smoked BBQ Ribs — for those that love the smoky flavor
• Slow Cooker Short Ribs — enjoy this recipe for busy weeknights or slow weekends
• Apple Butter BBQ Spare Ribs — amazing and unique flavor profiles developed in this dish
• St. Louis Style Ribs — A great recipe using spare ribs