Memphis Style Ribs

Ingredients

• 6 pounds spare ribs
• 1 3/4 cups cider vinegar
• 1 3/4 cups apple cider
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 tablespoons Louisiana-style hot pepper sauce
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3/4 cup BBQ Rub, recipe follows
• 3 cups wood chips
• Vinegar Sauce, recipe follows, optional
• Excerpted from "Al Roker's Big bad Book of Barbeque" Scribners 2002. Copyright 2002
• 6 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 2 teaspoons coarse salt, such as kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
• 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 cups cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon Louisiana-style hot sauce
• 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon chili powder

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