I actually made this recipe for my boyfriend, John, for our Valentine’s Day dinner. You’ll notice that he bought me the plates I asked for:] Now I will never have to post my delicious food on paper plates again! Back to the ribs, John said that they were the best ribs he’d ever had! I never thought I would be able to cook ribs this good, and am very proud of this recipe. Every good southern girl should have a rib recipe like this.
I got the cooking methods from MMM…is for mommy, but used my own ingredients, and added my own twists.
Ingredients: baby back ribs (mine had 7 bones); 1/2 a can of Dr. Pepper (I used the real sugar kind, but you can substitute the regular kind.); Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce; 1 heaping tbs paprika; 1 heaping tbs light brown sugar; a couple shakes of garlic salt; and a couple of shakes of pepper.
First, I mixed all the dry ingredients in a bowl, then rubbed the ribs down with the mixture. I made sure to get every inch of the ribs, then I placed them bone down in my crock pot. I let them sit, on high, for about 30 minutes before I turned them down to the regular setting.
When I turned the temperature down, I added enough Sweet Baby Rays to cover the ribs, and splashed on 1/2 the can of Dr. Pepper. Then, the ribs just sat for about 6 and 1/2 hours, while I enjoyed the other 1/2 of the Dr. Pepper and went about my day.
After the ribs had spent a total of 7 hours in the crock pot, I took them out, and placed them in a baking pan lined with aluminum foil. I then took all of the drippings and boiled them down in a sauce pan, until they were a thick and rich sauce. Once the sauce was ready, I coated the ribs with it and stuck them under the broiler for about 5 minutes.
The ribs came out with a nice crisp outer layer. Putting them under the broiler really was the key to making my nice tender ribs even better! Though they look a little charred, they were not burnt, far from it. They had an amazing coating that sky rocketed this recipe to one of my all time favorites!
I love making new friends to pin fun things with:]
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Looks good. I make a ham with Dr. Pepper that is pretty killer, so thumbs up to the pork and Dr. Pepper combo. It’s a good one.
they look yummy!
Dr. Pepper. I like the sound of that. We are certainly going to have to try this. Nothing like awesome BBQ out of a crockpot!
Ribs in a slow cooker…gotta try it out.
Wow!
These ribs look delicious. I really like your blog, that’s why I’m passing along to you some awards and a meme. This was really fun for me; I hope you enjoy the experience too. But feel free to accept it or not and/or pass it along to others.
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Thank you so much! You are so sweet and I love your blog!
I’m always looking for new crockpot recipes! This looks soooo good and I know the guys in my household will be happy rib eaters if I made this. Thanks for posting!
Trust me on this one, you will make your boys sooo happy! This recipe is so easy, I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before.
Fantastic looking ribs – I wish I could get that BBQ sauce here. Most American BBQ sauce is far better that anything produced in the UK.
We should do a trade off! hehe
Great idea!
definitely a MUST-Try! Looks delicious!
Ahhh. Love Dr. Pepper! These look super! And in the slow cooker to boot!
Oh and congrats on the dishes 🙂
Thank you so much! He bought me the plates and some baking equipment:] I am super happy!
I am so making these! Soon!! I’ve tried pot roast with root beer in the crock pot, but I love the idea of dr pepper and ribs, too. 🙂
Thanks! This exact recipe is great with brisket too! Amazing for bbq sandwiches:]
LOVE Sweet Baby Ray’s sauce. YUM!
Oh man, these look so good!!!! I will be trying this recipe! I’m like you, I can’t believe I haven’t thought of this. And I am so happy you got those dishes you have been wanting…YEA! Your boyfriend sounds like a sweetie too.
Oh my gosh, these look amazing!! And that really is a wonderful method to cook them in the crock pot, then broil them. Yum yum yum!!
These look so good. And two of my loves – Dr. Pepper and Sweet Baby Ray’s!
There really isn’t any marinade better then the two of them in action:]
Your boyfriend is a lucky man.. because these ribs look amazingly delicious. I am getting hungry just looking at this photo. I had salad for dinner.. i didn’t need to see this post LOL
Thank you so much! Recipes like this are making me look terrible for swim suit season. You are a smart gal with your salad:]
YUM. Those look really good!
Those look amazing! I haven’t had ribs in years but now I definitely am craving them!
My husband would have thought he had died and went to heaven if I made these for him. They look sticky, tangy and so wonderful! Please tell me how to add PIN it button. I have tried and have failed. Thanks!
I don’t think you can, unless you own your blog. You can add links, like I did, but honestly it is so easy to pin, if someone wanted to they would. I just realized that, when pinning stuff today. Watch out, I just may pin you!
Yum, yum, yum!
Must try this. Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing. I am no expert but I think if you go into dashboard – settings – sharing there is a pinterest button that you can drag down and drop into a box. The pinterest sharing button should then appear like above were you have the facebook and twitter buttons. Hope that helps.
Regards Florence x
I just chanced upon your blog today and what a feast… first the japanese tea cakes and now this. Couldn’t get my eyes off the picture here. Mouthwateringly good 🙂
Thank you so much!
I can not wait to try these! I LOVE the Dr. Pepper can too, we dont have that design here
Great looking ribs!
Yum!! We love ribs AND Dr. Pepper. I just happen to have some bottles of DP made with real sugar in the house……….this weekend’s dinner has been found! Thank you. And thank you for coming to my blog. Your’s is great. Trying to do this while you are in Law School is pretty daunting I would say. My son is an L-3 and will graduate in May. In fact, we took him to the airport today for Moot Court competition in San Francisco……..there’s no way he would have enough stamina to do both, like you do. Rock on! Girls rule!!
These ribs look absolutely awesome! I’ve never thought to try Dr Pepper on ribs (having tried coke before) These look so tender and
These ribs look absolutely awesome! I’ve never thought to try Dr Pepper on ribs (having tried coke before) These look so tender and perfectly charred, yummmmm!!!
Looks so tasty! I once had Korean BBQ with Dr. Pepper!
these look delicious! I’ve never made ribs myself, but always order them when I eat out – perhaps I will be brave and try out this recipe!
This recipe is sooo easy, no courage required:]
I do the same, choose quick sides and spend the time on one new dish! I have a favorite rib recipe already.. but it looks like this one might just have to challenge it!! Yumm!
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Hi again! I did try this recipe and it turned out great…thanks! I especially liked using 1/2 can of Dr. Pepper and then drinking the other 1/2! 🙂 Thanks also for the “like” to my post…
Yummy!
really want to try this recipe, but we stopped drinking sodas a very long time ago. is there something else we could use instead or just do the recipe as is and ignore the soda? thanks!
I wold recommend doubling up on the dry rub and instead of adding soda, a splash of water and worchestire sauce. Maybe even a splash of beer if you’ve got it. Hope that helps:]
i am actually using pepsi because i don’t have any dr pepper and i don’t feel like going to the store lol so i will let you know how it turns out! thanks looks awesome!!!