St. Louis Ribs with a Dry Rub Recipe [low-carb] (2024)

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The perfect sugar-free dry rub to coat your St. Louis Style Ribs with tossing on the grill! These ribs are how you celebrate summer!

I’m not really sure how, but we’ve been in the new (to us) house almost a year now. Last year, I envisioned many shindigs at Casa de Crews…until I remembered I have a husband in law school, and the summer semester blows.

…but this year, Jason is taking a summer break! And while we have many a house project, we also plan to have our friends over as often as possible.

And what better way to celebrate summer than with a Backyard BBQ! Jason bought a new grill a few weeks back and has been itching to use it. The first thing to make its way to the new grill were a rack of Smithfield St. Louis Style Pork Spareribs. I had never had St. Louis Style ribs, but after seeing all the comments on my Instagram photo while I was in Walmart,it was obvious St. Louis Style was the way to go!

I love throwing parties in our home, but something like a BBQ shouldn’t cause stress, and should be a laid back event. We’re eating meat off the bone, after all. No need for muchfuss, right?

I told friends we would provide the meat (and Pineapple Salsa – because I am obsessed), and asked everyone to bring a side. I wrote out the menu beforehand on an inexpensive chalkboard that I found for under $5 last year.

While I like the whole BBQ theme, I don’t want it to look like gingham threw up in our house, so I had a lace overlay from a previousparty that I threw over a gingham tablecloth.

…and thoughI wouldn’t usually give guests a party favor after eating at Casa de Crews, I thought a fun way to unofficially kick of summer would be to give everyone their own spice rub to take home. The same spice recipe that we used on our Smithfield Spareribs. That way our friends can not only enjoy their own Smithfield Spareribs this summer, but might remember to invite uswhen the make them too!

st. louis ribs with a dry rub recipe

The perfect sugar-free dry rub to coat your St. Louis Style Ribs with tossing on the grill! These ribs are how you celebrate summer!

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Ingredients

1/4 cup paprika
3 tablespoons garlic powder
3 tablespoons Kosher salt
2 tablespoons black pepper - fresh cracked, suggested
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 rack St. Louis-Style Spareribs

Instructions

About one hour before you plan to start grilling, make the rub: In a bowl, combine all dry spices. Pat the ribs dry with paper towels. Remove the thin membrane attached to the underside of the ribs. Sprinkle both sides ribs with the rub. Set aside at room temperature for one hour.
Preheat the grill for indirect cooking at 250 to 300 degrees F.
Place the ribs, meaty side down, over a drip pan, close the grill, and cook for 2 hours.
Remove ribs from the grill. Double-wrap rack of ribs in heavy-duty aluminum foil. Return wrapped ribs to the grill and cook until very tender, 2½ to 3 hours more.
Remove from grill, and allow to cool. Cut into slabs of 3-4 and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 4ounces | Calories: 370kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 20g

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Meet Nichole

Hi, I'm Nichole Crews, and I'm hungrily dedicated to making delicious food that's healthy and flavorful, that's also EASY. I've been the author and recipe developer here at Casa de Crews since 2011 - WELCOME! Thanks for being here. Read More…