Crockpot BBQ Ribs

I normally pour a bottle of BBQ sauce into the crockpot with some ribs, maybe add an onion and some garlic and call it a day. The result is never great. The marrow from the ribs mixed with the breaking down of the sauce create a running, greasy "sauce" that covers the meat. The ribs are good, but never GREAT.

Today was different.

I found this recipe on Facebook through the Crockpot Recipe Exchange group. It calls for making a simple rub, rubbing down the ribs and adding some water to the crockpot. Then, just before it's done, you add some BBQ sauce. It was SO good! The meat still fell off the bone, but there wasn't really any greasy mess and the meat still had good feel to it (it wasn't TOO soft). Here's more specific directions:

Ribs: 3 lbs Pork spareribs

Rub:
1 Tbls Brown Sugar
1 Tbls Paprika
2 tsp Garlic Powder
1 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
-----Mix ingredients together in a small bowl. Rub the ribs down, place in crockpot. If you have any rub leftover - just sprinkle it on top.
-----Add 1/2 Cup water to the crockpot (I guess you could do this before or after you put the ribs in, not a big deal).
----- Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 5-6 hours
About an hour or so before dinnertime, take your favorite BBQ sauce and pour about 1 or 1 1/2 cups over the ribs. I ended up pouring 1 cup (3/4s of the bottle) so I could have some dipping sauce with the ribs at dinner.
----Turn the heat down to Warm (what I did) or to low if you don't have a warm setting (or even just off with the lid tightly shut). The sauce will warm up and gently coat the ribs.

***Note that this is a little different then the origial recipe. For the original recipe - click on the link in the above paragraph.

I served this with corn on the cob, the extra BBQ sauce from the bottle and lots of napkins! Delicious!