16 Incredible Rib Recipes for On and Off the Grill

Sauced or rubbed, grilled or baked, baby back or spare--you know you love 'em! We've got 16 recipes here that'll have you licking your fingers in anticipation

By Danielle Walsh

July 9, 2013

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16 Incredible Rib Recipes for On and Off the Grill

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There's something downright primal about eating a pile of ribs--grasping a bone, bringing it to your face, ripping off a tender bite of meat, licking your chops, and going back for more--and it's something we love. That's why, year after year, we keep printing new takes on ribs. From baby back to spare, baking to grilling, barbecue-sauced to rubbed, these are finger-lickin' recipes you have to try. We prefer to gnaw them in the summer outdoors--eating saucy meat with your hands is messy--but lots of these ribs can be eaten wherever, whenever. That's something we can sink our teeth into.