Kansas City BBQ Ribs Recipe

Grind salt and fennel seed together in a blender or coffee grinder. Stir fennel-salt mixture sugar paprika chili powder black pepper onion powder and garlic powder together in a bowl.

Cut each pork slab into 3 pieces about 5 ribs each. Pat ribs dry with a paper towel and rub spice mixture over each piece. Place ribs on a plate cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.

Allow ribs to sit at room temperature for 1 hour.

Preheat grill between 270 degrees F (132 degrees C) and 300 degrees F (149 degrees C) for indirect grilling and lightly oil the grate.

Grill ribs on the preheated grill with the cover down turning once until no longer pink in the center about 1 1/2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).

Combine barbeque sauce honey and cider vinegar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce is thickened and smooth about 10 minutes. Brush sauce onto ribs.

Cook ribs for 15 minutes; flip baste the other side and cook until ribs are glazed and tender when pierced with a fork about 15 minutes more. Let ribs stand for 10 minutes before serving.