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Oven BBQ ribs

Name: Oven BBQ ribs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 190 min
Total time: 205 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 lb country-style ribs pork ribs; 3 tbsp brown sugar; 2 tbsp paprika; 2 tsp garlic powder; 2 tsp onion powder; 2 tsp salt; 1 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1/2 cup barbecue sauce

Fall-off-the-bone ribs without a smoker: dry-rubbed, wrapped, slow-baked three hours, then glazed under the broiler. The cookout centrepiece any kitchen can make.

Time: 205 min (15 prep + 190 cook)
Servings: 4
Per serving: 808 kcal
Protein: 69 g

Ingredients

3 lb country-style ribs pork ribs1400 g

Rub

3 tbsp brown sugar40 g
2 tbsp paprika12 g
2 tsp garlic powder6 g
2 tsp onion powder6 g
2 tsp salt10 g
1 1/2 tsp black pepper4 g

Glaze

1/2 cup barbecue sauce120 g

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Steps

Mix the rub and coat the ribs everywhere. Rest 30 minutes (or overnight in the fridge).
Wrap tightly in foil, meat side up, and bake at 150°C for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. The foil is the smoker substitute: it traps steam and does the collagen work.
Unwrap, pour off the liquid, brush with barbecue sauce.
Broil or bake at 230°C for 8–10 minutes until the glaze bubbles and chars at the edges. Rest 10 minutes; cut between the bones.

Why this score

moderately filling

No single route carries this one — a moderate amount of protein, volume and fiber.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

35% of kcal

42% water

2 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 3233 kcal goes into the pot, 1598 g of ingredients comes out as ~1000 g of food → 323 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 323
Protein: (35%); 28 g
Fat: (52%); 18 g
Carbohydrates: (13%); 11 g
of which sugar: 8 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sodium: 573 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.