These rib recipes give you the option of making them on the grill, in the oven, even in the Instant Pot, pressure cooker, or slow cooker. What we’re trying to say is you can revel in barbecued rib awesomeness rain or shine, all year long.

Barbecue Beef Ribs
: Geno Loro
1/16
Minimal effort. Maximum return. These ribs seem like they were tended all night and day in the smoker. Yet mandate barely any effort with a slow spell in the oven or on the grill.
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Smoked Ribs with Spicy Bourbon BBQ Sauce
: Paige Green
2/16
How to make head-turning, crowd-pleasing ribs? Simple. Smoke 'em low and slow according to this straightforward and boozy recipe.
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Amazing St. Louis Ribs
: Chia Chong
3/16
Our testers raved about these ribs slathered with spice rub and smothered with barbecue sauce and smoked until knee-wobblingly tender. They're that good.
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Pressure Cooker Ribs
: Silvio Knezevic
4/16
We confess, we'd never imagined you could turn ribs fall-off-the-bone tender in 30 minutes. Until this recipe made believers out of us.
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Fall-Off-the-Bone Baby Back Ribs
: Quentin Bacon
5/16
The secret to these knee-wobblingly tender little lovelies? Roast 'em low and slow and then toss 'em on the grill for just a short spell. Which means you don't have to constantly tend a smoker from dawn to dusk.
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Memphis Style Ribs
: Johnny Autry
6/16
Memphis style ribs are slathered with a spice rub made of paprika, chile, and black pepper and sloooooowly cooked until imbued with flavor. No barbecue sauce necessary.
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Oven-Baked Barbecue Ribs
: Angie Mosier
7/16
We’re all familiar with the glory of ribs slowly smoked in the backyard. But sometimes Mother Nature doesn’t agree with our barbecue plans. Thankfully there's this recipe.
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Smoked Spare Ribs
: Aimee Buxton
8/16
Authentic barbecue joint flavor from your own backyard. No smoker required. Actually, no smoking experience required, either.
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BBQ Ribs
: Leela Cyd
9/16
An oven method for ribs that folks are calling "utter perfection" and "the easiest rib recipe I've ever made. And has the best flavor, too." We think you'll agree.
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Barbecued Baby Back Ribs
: HLPhoto
10/16
Baby back rib perfection is yours when you first brine the ribs, then massage them with our subtle and superlative rub, and then grill them low and slow.
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Slow Cooker Ribs
: Keller + Keller
11/16
All the scintillating, fall-off-the-bone magnificence of smoked ribs. None of the standing outside in the snow or sleet to tend your grill or smoker.
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Smoked Pork Ribs
: Keller + Keller
12/16
Our latest obsession? These beauties pretty much became our fave reason to fire up the smoker the instant we first tasted them. No lie.
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St. Louis Style Ribs
: Johnny Miller
13/16
St. Louis style ribs are dry rubbed with loads of spices, slathered with sweet and tangy barbecue sauce, and cooked until devastatingly tender.
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Vietnamese Pork Ribs
: Ben Cole
14/16
Caramelized sugar, pungent fish sauce, and tangy lime create an experience that’s sublimely sticky and perfectly charred from the grill. Napkins, please.
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Spice-Rubbed Baby Back Ribs
: Maren Caruso
15/16
Dry-rubbed and slathered in sauce, these ribs are deeply flavored, lip-smackingly messy, and easier than you'd think to pull off at home.
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Korean-Style BBQ Ribs
: Ola Smit
16/16
Sweet, tangy, and deliciously messy. Marinate 'em, grill 'em up, stack 'em on a platter, and prepare for everyone to be astounded.
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