Crock Pot Sweet Smoky Barbecue Ribs

Crock Pot Sweet Smoky Barbecue Ribs will slow cook into the best barbecue ribs you have ever tasted. Slow cooking country style pork spareribs makes the pork meat tender and fall off the bone. The best part is you only need 3 ingredients to make this Crock Pot Sweet Smoky Barbecue Ribs recipe.

How to cook country style pork ribs in a slow cooker?

Country style pork ribs can be cooked in a slow cooker just like any type of pork ribs can be but the cooking time will be longer because the meat of a country style pork rib is much thicker than the pork meat of a regular pork spareribs.

Place the pork ribs in a large slow cooker. Cover then with your choice of sauce and let the slow cooker do the work for you. In just a short time you will be enjoying barbecue spareribs with meat that is so tender it literally falls off the bone.

How long does it take to cook pork ribs in a slow cooker on high?

It will depend on the type of pork sparerib you are cooking. I cooked these country style bone-in pork ribs for 4 hours in my casserole slow cooker.

After 3 hours of cooking I opened the slow cooker and brushed more barbecue sauce over the pork ribs. I love the flavor of cooked barbecue sauce much more that pouring the uncooked barbecue sauce over the cooked ribs when serving. I think cooked barbecue sauce has a more intense and richer flavor than uncooked barbecue sauce.

If you like to cook your pork ribs in a slow cooker on low you would cook them for about double the time of cooking on high. But keep in mind the cooking time for each slow cooker will vary based on the size of the slow cooker, the amount of pork ribs and the type of pork ribs you have put into your crock pot.

A good rule of thumb when cooking in a slow cooker is to never fill your crock pot more than 3/4th of the way full. This allows the slow cooker to heat up faster and to reach the correct slow cooker cooking temperature you need to cook the food safely and completely.

Warm Weather Crock Pot Recipes

Now that the warm weather is here it is time to start enjoying the sweet and smoky flavor of barbecue spareribs. Using the slow cooker to make these Crock Pot Sweet Smoky Barbecue Ribs and still get the smoky flavor of a grill is possible when you add a little bit of liquid smoke to the recipe.

How to get a Smoky Barbecue Flavor in a Slow Cooker?

(affiliate links ahead) Liquid Smoke is available at most grocery store chains and can be found in a few different flavors. You can find the plain Natural Hickory Liquid Smoke, Apple-wood Liquid Smoke, and Pecan Wood Liquid Smoke Flavoring.

If you’re really lucky you can even find my all time favorite Mesquite Liquid Smoke flavoring.

Keep an eye out and soon you will have your slow cooker turning out all kinds of sweet and smoky barbecue flavored food without standing out in the blazing sun watching the grill.

How To Make Crock Pot Sweet Smoky Barbecue Ribs

Ingredients

3 pounds bone in country style pork ribs
3/4 cup sweet style barbecue sauce
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke

Directions

Place ribs in a slow cooker.
In a small bowl mix the barbecue sauce with the liquid smoke.
Brush the bbq sauce on both sides of the ribs.
Cover and cook for 4 hours on high or 6-8 hours on low.
Brush with more barbecue sauce an hour before finished cooking.
Serve with a pasta salad and baked beans.
Serves 4.