Originally posted by mora
What's the best way to cook ribs with a gas grill? Should I put them in the oven for a while before grilling them?
I'm not sure I've never cooked them on a "Gas" grill. but here would be my advice.
Get yourself a dripp pan roughly the same size as the ribs to put UNDERNEATH the great but on top of the the burner. You want to cook ribs via indirect heat. Cook them on LOW until you can pull the bones out by hand.
OR
you can cook them in an oven wrapped in foil (I'd put a rubb on them and put a sliced onion in there as well) then finish them up on the grill while mopping them.
I've cooked some "decent" ribs (not nearly as good as a low heat smoker) by putting them in some type of oven pan. I dilluted a thing of BBQ sauce with other spices an a can of beer. Placed the ribs in the pan with the sauce and oven cooked them for a couple of hours covered in foil.
I'm not sure about times or temps though as I havnt done this in a while and my first rib cooking was done (dont slap me I was a newb) by boiling them......
Maybe toad will chime in here with his wisdom.
here's some additional oven cooking tips
OVEN COOKING BAG RIBS
1 lg. cooking bag (14 x 20 inches)
1/4 c. flour
1 1/2 c. barbecue sauce
3 lbs. ribs
1/2 c. chopped onions
1/2 c. chopped green pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cooking bag in 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish. Shake flour in bag to coat; add barbecue sauce and mix well. Add spareribs, onion and green pepper. Turn bag gently several times to coat. Close bag and tie, make 6 slits on top of bag. Cook 1 1/2 hours or until tender. To serve, spoon sauce over ribs. Pork ribs very tasty but can use beef spareribs.
2 racks baby back ribs
1 med. green pepper, diced
1 med. onion, sliced thin
1/2 bottle barbecue sauce
2 tbsp. flour
1 lg. oven cooking bag
Coat oven cooking bag with flour. Put in pepper, onion, barbecue sauce and ribs, shake up to distribute. Make small slits in bag, place in roasting pan in 350 degree oven for 1 hour
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=grilled+ribs