Whenever the MIL comes to the house, she kindly brings us some random piece of meat she found on sale somewhere and wants to share, such as fish, pork chops or breakfast sausage. On her most recent visit, she brought a rack of baby back ribs.
I panicked. I don’t know how to cook ribs and everyone I’ve ever talked to about them has a list of chores 2 days long they complete before they bring them to the table. I put them in the refrigerator and pondered how and when I could use them.
Yesterday, I decided I had nothing to lose by keeping it simple. I slathered them in Sweet Baby Rays Original BBQ sauce (my store-bought favorite) and put them in my big slow cooker. Left it on low and left for work. 10 hours later, I opened the door on a familiar sweet, smoky smell.
Some of the sauce was burnt. (The crock is soaking in the sink.) They probably were done after 8 hours, but they were still tender enough to enjoy I brushed on some more barbecue sauce and they were great.
The only real problem was that I didn’t have two racks.
If you want to go an extra mile, cook them in a dry rub and put the sauce on before you eat.