Country-Style Ribs on a Pellet Grill

This simple recipe for country-style ribs on a pellet grill is made with boneless country ribs coated with the rub of your choice, and then they are smoked for a couple of hours before being bathed in your favorite barbecue sauce and braising and tenderized in a bath. This is something anyone will be a little envious of.

Smoked country-style ribs on a pellet grill are a delectable new way to enjoy an inexpensive and mouth-watering cut of pork.

Low and slow does bring out the best in this family’s new favorite, the Traeger smoked country-style pork ribs. It’s time you learned how to cook these ribs just right.

What Are Country Style Ribs?

Country-style pork ribs do not contain any rib bones, regardless of their name.

They are cut from the pork shoulder, and most packages come with at least a few pieces of bone, which are gotten from the shoulder blade in them.

Compared to other rib cuts, they are meatier, which means you will end up with plenty of delicious meat with fewer bones to get rid of.

When cooked low and slow to a high internal temperature, country-style pork ribs are best, and this is done to break down the tough connective tissue and make them extremely tender.

When they melt in your mouth and taste rich, then you know you’ve cooked these ribs right.

An additional incredible bonus of smoking country-style ribs is that they are so inexpensive and go on sale all the time.

This makes for an affordable family meal with plenty of flavor, and you can eat leftovers days later too.

Smoked Country Style Pork Ribs

These smoked country-style ribs will soon become your new favorite smoked meat recipe.

They are simple to make and extremely affordable, and you get great amounts of barbecue bark in every single bite.

Course: Pork
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 6 hours
Total Time: 6 hours and 15 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

• Country-style pork ribs
• Cherry pellets
• 1 cup of apple juice
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 2 tablespoons of BBQ rub

Laid-Out Instructions

• First, you are to trim up each piece to around 4-inch-long strips and then cut away any stray pieces of meat or fat you find hanging off of the pieces.
• After that, place them on a foil-lined cookie sheet or in a disposable pan and rub them down with the olive oil. Ensure that you follow the olive oil with your favorite BBQ rub.
• That being done, preheat your pellet grill or smoker to cook at 225 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Make sure you set up your Thermoworks Smoke after you place the pork ribs in your smoker, as this is to be done to monitor the internal temp of one of the ribs.
• Also, set an alarm on the smoke to go off when the internal temperature reaches 155 degrees. It should take your boneless country-style ribs around 4 hours to reach this temp. Afterward, spray the ribs with apple juice every hour until they get up to temperature.
• You are to remove the ribs from the smoker when they reach 155 degrees. Use tongs to place each of them in a large roasting dish or disposable pan.
• That being done, proceed to add a half cup of apple juice to the roaster, along with four one-tablespoon pats of butter. Then cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil and return the ribs to your smoker. Also, push your smoke probe through the foil into one of the ribs and set up the temp alarm to go off at 180 degrees.
• You should adjust the temperature of your smoker to 275 degrees F and allow those ribs to cook. Keep in mind that it will take around 60 minutes for them to reach room temperature. Spot-check them with your Thermapen when the smoke alarm goes off, and if they are all up to temp, remove the ribs from the roasting pan, place them back on the grill rack, and return them to the smoker.
• Brush each of the ribs with your favorite BBQ sauce and allow them to cook at 275 degrees Fahrenheit until the internal temperature of the ribs reaches 195 degrees.

What Are the Best Sides To Serve With Smoked Country Ribs?

I suggest you go for vinegar coleslaw to be served along with your delicious smoked country ribs. The acidic vinegar-based coleslaw sauce is just the best thing to be served alongside rich, tomato-based barbecue.

Smoked mac and cheese is also another option, and this one does make the kids always go crazy.

You might also want to try out a big pile of Traeger corn on the cob if you are going to do coleslaw and smoked mac.

What If I Don’t Have a Smoker? How Would You Make This on a Regular Grill?

If what you have is a regular grill rather than a smoker, then you can use either wood chips or pellets to get the smoky flavor.

Pellets and Smoke Tubes

• Sometimes, people with a Traeger still desire to have more smoke, so they go for smoke tubes and fill them with pellets. All you need to do is fire up the pellets on one end and then blow out the flame immediately after the light.
• After that, set your smoke tubes on the grill and close the lid, ensuring that it is on the indirect heat side.
• They will smoke throughout the cooking process and also add that smokiness to your ribs. Plus, you can add these to your pellet grill for additional smoke flavor.

Wood Chips

• Just soak them in water for 30 minutes before you start the grill. Note that one cup of wood chips will last for around 20 minutes. Just keep adding the chips to the grill all through the cooking process.
• Fire up the coals if you use a charcoal grill, and when the coals are ready, place them on one side of the grill.
• That being done, place some of the wood chips on top of the coals and place your food on the side without the coals to cook it with indirect heat.

Frequently Asked Questions about this Recipe

Are Country Style Ribs Boneless or Bone-in?

Of course, they are both. You can get them either way, but keep in mind that there’s a difference between the two, and that is the fact that the bone-on is a little longer, and I think the bone-in has more flavor.

However, boneless country-style pork ribs can be a little more convenient for people, and they are also a bit leaner.

How Do You Store Leftover Pork Ribs?

You can store your leftover pork ribs in a tightly sealed container or sealable plastic baggies in the fridge. This will allow them to last for up to 2 to 3 days.

However, I advise against freezing for reheating, as your pork ribs might lose too much texture and moisture.

Final Thoughts

When it comes to reheating your country ribs, you can do that in the microwave and add some extra thinned-out-slightly BBQ sauce over the meat for good measure. Ensure that they are covered.

Just proceed to heat them until they are steaming hot, but remember not to overdo it.

In a normal package of country-style ribs, you will find a combination of thin and thick cuts.

Keep in mind that the thin cuts will cook faster compared to the thick cuts, so I recommend you monitor the temperature of the thin cuts closely and then remove them from the pit as soon as they reach 145 degrees Fahrenheit.

Now, this concludes this guide, as you now have your perfect recipe for country-style ribs on a pellet grill.