I can't believe I made BBQ Ribs

This is the first time I have cooked such a giant slab of meat - pork spare ribs in all their glory splayed across my grill, wonderfully tended to by my bbq-loving husband

step 1 - buy huge rack of pork spare ribs, have butcher remove the membrane

step 2 - stir together a dry rub - combine tbs of this, tbs of that, maybe 2 tbs of some stuff - i used a version of mark bittman's but added ground cumin and mexican oregano (otherwise, salt, pepper, 2tbs paprika, 2tbs sugar, garlic powder, cayenne pepper)

step 3 - pat dry rub all over ribs, roll up and wrap with plastic - refrigerate overnight

step 4 - bring ribs to room temperature, throw on the grill, low fire - use the top rack with tin foil underneath to act as drip pan

step 5 - cook covered for an hour+ until it gets brown like in the picture

step 6 - sauce both sides and let sit on grill a little bit more to get a sweet crust

my ribs weren't meltingly tender enough just on the grill and it got too cold outside to keep checking on them, so we put them in a low oven for 2 more hours, 250 degrees

I have to say, they were pretty darn good, especially on my first time out - I think next time I will start them in the oven and finish them on the grill

yum.