Apple Cherry Smoked Ribs with Apple Honey BBQ Sauce Recipe #DibsonmyRibs

It is summer. Time to fire up the grill and create some great memories. One of my favorite things to grill in the summer is ribs. Typically when we grill anything my husband does the cooking but when it comes to ribs, I am the one in charge.

I heard about this amazing contest from Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., McCormick & Company, Inc., Kraft Foods, Inc., and the National Pork Board. Two grand prize winners will win a years worth of groceries as well as a trip to Memphis in May. What a great contest!

I received an amazing grill kit so that I could come up with my own rib recipe.

So then my creative juices really got flowing.

Apple and Cherry Smoked Ribs with Apple Honey BBQ sauce.

What you need:

Tyson spare ribs
McCormick Grill Mates Sweet and Smokey Rub.
2 apples.
1/2 cup dried cherries.
Kraft Honey BBQ Sauce,
Salt and Pepper.

In the grill kit I had a wood chip set with 6 flavors of wood from Weber. I used the cherry wood for this recipe but you could easily do it without or with any other wood chips.

First you are going to salt and pepper the ribs on both sides. Then rub them down with the McCormick Sweet and Smokey Rub. Don’t be stingy.

Cut up one and a half apples and lay the slices of the apples and the dried cherries on the ribs.

Then place them on the grill. I always cook over indirect heat. Leave the burners on one side set to low and turn the burners under the meat off. Cook this way for about 3 hours turning the meat every 45 minutes. You may need to cook your ribs a little longer depending on size.

While the ribs are cooking take one bottle of Kraft Honey BBQ Sauce and empty into a sauce pan. Take the other half of the apple and dice it up then add to the sauce. Cook over very low heat until the apples cook down. You will have to stir often as the sauce can burn easily. Then set aside to cool until your ribs are done.

Once your ribs are finished cooking apply a lot of the sauce to both sides. We like a lot of sauce so I really pour it on them.

After you have sauced the ribs, they are not ready to eat just yet. This next step is a bit odd but I promise you that it will make the most tender, fall off the bone, ribs you have ever had.

Wrap the ribs very tightly in foil and then place them in a cooler for at least 2 hours.

The cooler and foil hold in the heat from the ribs and they will continue to cook while they sit. This very low temp over a longer period of time will make your ribs so tender you can eat them with a fork.

As you can see everyone loved them. In fact Genghis ate more than I did and even requested the leftovers for lunch the next day.

Don’t forget to head over to Dibs On My Ribs and enter or vote on your favorite rib recipe.

And now for the exciting part. 10 lucky readers will each win one $20 Walmart Gift Card so you can buy your own Tyson ribs, Kraft BBQ Sauce, and McCormick Spices so you can make your own outstanding ribs.

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Rachel Akers writes about crafts, recipes, and features the adventures of a family of 4. It is always crazy but I wouldn't change it for the world!
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  1. Mary Happymommy says:

    I love to grill steak!

  2. Jennifer Marie says:

    hamburgers are my favorite!

  3. D Schmidt says:

    Steak is my favorite food to grill

  4. Definitely chicken!! ;)

  5. Love steak on the grill

  6. I like to grill salmon

  7. Stephanie says:

    hamburgers are my fav

  8. My favorite grillin’ food is steak!
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  9. rhonda miotke says:

    T-bone steaks…so hungry now…LOL

  10. Jessie C. says:

    Grilled salmon

  11. Pork steaks! mmmm :)

  12. I actually love squash, asparagus and pineapple!!
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  13. I like to grill bbq chicken. I never tried ribs on the grill.
    Thank you!

  14. The last time we grilled it was hamburgers and hotdogs on the 4 th. I love to do grilled chicken though.

  15. Christy says:

    I like to grill burgers and corn on the cob.

  16. My favorite food to grill is chicken breasts, then steak.
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  17. Jenny Sims says:

    My favorite food to grill is hot dogs and brats!

  18. pizza

  19. I love grilled eggplant.

  20. marci h says:

    Steak, hamburger and hotdogs :) YUM!!

  21. Laura Jacobson says:

    Oh I love to grill Tbone steaks!

  22. Soha Molina says:

    hot dogs

  23. Rebecca Shockley says:

    Steak and SHrimp

  24. Ashley Tucker says:

    Chicken!

  25. Monica Young says:

    I really like to grill hamburgers and steaks

  26. Rochelle says:

    I love grilling steaks and corn. Thanks!

  27. chicken or pork chops thansk

  28. BBQ chicken

  29. Ashley Hatten says:

    Steak! thanks so much!

  30. ribs!!!

  31. Carolyn G says:

    I like grilling steak

  32. Patricia Wojnar Crowley says:

    I like grilling BBQ chicken!

  33. Tabathia B says:

    boneless chicken breast

  34. I love to grill chicken thighs!
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  35. I love to grill salmon!
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  36. Lisa Brown says:

    I love to grill chicken

  37. Janice Cooper says:

    Turkey burgers

  38. Michelle S. says:

    BBQ Pork Chops!

  39. Michelle H. says:

    I love grilling marinated steak

  40. we love to grill ribs and corn on the cob or chicken fajitias
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  41. I love to grill hamburgers!

  42. Nicole Larsen says:

    Chicken breasts and steak!

  43. Charity S says:

    Chicken, steak, hot dogs, and pork ribs.

  44. I love to grill chicken.

  45. Allison Downes says:

    I like to grill steak

  46. Steak for sure. My husband makes the best grilled steaks.

  47. Lisa Brown says:

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  48. Rebecca Graham says:

    I like to grill chicken breasts.

  49. Cynthia R says:

    love to grill steak

  50. Barbara Montag says:

    Favorite – kabobs!
    Thank you.

  51. Pork Chops!
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  52. Favorite food to grill varies but pork chops are always a favorite!

  53. Jennifer says:

    Ribs!

  54. OM cheese hotdogs & steak

  55. christine jessamine says:

    i love to grill steak

  56. Carolsue says:

    My fave is New York Steaks

  57. Carolsue says:

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  58. I love grilling Chicken breast

  59. JaKell M says:

    pineapple and chicken :)

  60. bbq chicken!

  61. jill herbst says:

    our favorite is steak

  62. Jamie Koonce says:

    I like to grill veggies.

  63. Chicken, steaks, corn on the cob – I love it all!
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  64. jeannine s says:

    marniated chicken

  65. I LOVE to grill BBQ chicken and BBQ hotdogs!
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