Carolina BBQ Ribs & Homemade BBQ Sauce

We made some awesome ribs a couple weekends ago and I have been dying to share the recipe, but have been on vacation and busy since returning!  We bought some ribs on a whim and Corey looked up and found these two awesome recipes for a Carolina rub and a great bbq sauce.  They made the ribs so flavorful!

Carolina BBQ Rub

via about.com

1 tablespoons salt

1 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoons brown sugar

1 tablespoons ground cumin

1 tablespoons chili powder

1 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper

1/2 tablespoon cayenne pepper

1/8 cup paprika

Mix all ingredients together and rub into meat on both sides.  For our ribs, we grilled them on each side about 10 minutes.

 

Homemade BBQ Sauce

via the Neelys

1 cups ketchup

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

2.5 tablespoons light brown sugar

2.5 tablespoons sugar

1/4 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper

1/4 tablespoon onion powder

1/4 tablespoon ground mustard

1/2 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

In a medium saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to simmer. Cook uncovered, stirring frequently, for 1 hour 15 minutes.  (We found this recipe right before cooking the ribs, so it only had time to simmer for maybe 20-30 minutes.  I think if it simmered longer it would have cut out more of the bitterness from the vinegar, but to us it gave it a nice kick!).  This is a semi spicy, but sweet, and full of flavor bbq sauce!