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BBQ Beef Ribs - Preparing the Smoker

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BBQ Beef Ribs - Adding BBQ Sauce
Beef Ribs with BBQ Sauce

Beef Ribs with BBQ Sauce

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I strongly recommend that you put a barbecue sauce on your beef ribs. While pork ribs are great with or without sauce, beef ribs benefit greatly from a good barbecue sauce. Again, it would be a good idea to avoid a sauce with too much sugar, this is why I avoid barbecue sauces from the grocery store.

You can add sauce at any point during the smoking, but I suggest you wait until the last hour. This will give you time to apply several thin coats of barbecue sauce. This way you get a nice, sticky layer of sauce that will make your beef ribs delicious. If you want to add some real smoke flavor to the sauce throw a few extra chunks of wood on the fire to build up the smoke.

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