Memphis Lamb Ribs (steven Raichlen)

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 tablespoons paprika
• 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons celery salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 cups distilled vinegar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 5 lbs lamb ribs (2 racks)

Recipe

• 1 set up your grill for indirect heating at 350 degrees f; place a drip pan in the middle of your coals.
• 2 remove the silver skin from the ribs with your hands.
• 3 combine all the rub ingredients and rub 2/3 of it on both sides of ribs.
• 4 place ribs on the grill and close the cover.
• 5 combine all the ingredients for the mopping sauce.
• 6 after 30 minutes of cooking, mop the ribs with the sauce; repeat mopping every 20 minutes thereafter.
• 7 continue to cook the ribs until they are tender and the meat has shrunk a bit from the bones, about 1 1/2 hours.
• 8 remove ribs from the grill, once they are done, and place on a cutting board; mop ribs one last time and sprinkle with remaining dry rub.
• 9 cut into serving size pieces as desired.