Spooky BBQ Jack-o-Lantern Ribs

With these scary Jack-o-Lantern ribs, your Halloween party will be both scary and tasty. Your BBQ will be the talk of the town when you pair it with festive decorations and smoky flavors.

Ingredients:

• 2 racks of baby back ribs
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons paprika
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 cup barbecue sauce
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 large pumpkin for decoration
• Assorted Halloween-themed decorations

Instructions:

Get the grill ready by heating it up to 250F 120C

For a dry rub, put brown sugar, paprika, black pepper, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne pepper in a bowl and mix them together

Take off the membrane from the back of the ribs and rub both sides of the ribs with the dry mixture

Put the ribs on the grill grates with the bone side down

Let them smoke for three hours

For basting, mix barbecue sauce and apple cider vinegar in a different bowl

After three hours, baste the ribs with the sauce mixture and smoke them for another thirty minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 190F 88C

Face the big pumpkin with a scary Jack-o-Lantern while the ribs are cooking

This will make a fun decoration

After cooking the ribs, let them rest for 10 minutes before cutting them in half

For a scary BBQ, put the ribs on a platter with Halloween-themed decorations and serve them with a carved Jack-o-lantern