I took a half rack of ribs with the intentions of making a McRib sandwich that taste better than McDonalds famous McRib sandwich. The results… I’ll never wait in line at McDonalds again!
I started by coating my ribs with a rub and throwing them on the smoker at 275 degrees for 2 hours. Then I added some more ingredients and wrapped my ribs in tin foil and smoked for another 2 hours. Then I pulled out the bones from the ribs, gave a nice coating of BBQ sauce and threw them back on the smoker at 450 degrees for about 15 minutes.
Finally, I threw my ribs onto some toasted Hawaiian Rolls, added some more BBQ sauce, onions, pickles and then devoured! This recipe is a must try whenever you are craving a McRib sandwich.
Ingredients
- 1/2 rack of ribs
- Kosher salt and pepper
- Garlic powder
- Traeger Pork & Poultry rub
- Mustard
- 2/3 cup of brown sugar
- 1/4 apple cider vinegar mixed with 1/4 cup of BBQ sauce
- 1/2 stick of butter cut the long way
- BBQ sauce to your liking
- Onions to your liking
- Pickles to your liking
- 9 Hawaiian Rolls
Prepping Instructions
- Coat your ribs in kosher salt, pepper and garlic powder
- Coat ribs with a thin layer of mustard to use as a binder for your rub
- Generously coat your ribs with rub
- Start smoking session 1
- Get a piece of tin foil big enough to wrap your ribs
- Place brown sugar on tin foil
- Pour apple cider vinegar and BBQ sauce mixture on brown sugar
- Place butter on top of brown sugar
- Place ribs meat side down on top of brown sugar
- Wrap ribs in tin foil and place on smoker meat side down
- Start smoke session 2
- Remove bones from ribs
- Glaze ribs with BBQ sauce
- Start smoke session 3
Smoking Instructions
Smoke Session 1
- Pre heat your smoker to 275 degrees
- Place ribs on smoke for 2 hours
Smoke Session 2
- Smoke ribs for another 2 hours wrapped in tin foil and meat side down at 275 degrees
Smoke Session 3
- Before starting this session, be sure you can pull the bones out of the ribs with little to no meat on the bones (this will ensure your ribs are cooked to perfection)
- Crank your smoker up to 400 degrees
- Smoke ribs 10 to 15 minutes to tighten up BBQ sauce
- Before starting this session, be sure you can pull the bones out of the ribs with little to no meat on the bones (this will ensure your ribs are cooked to perfection)
- Crank your smoker up to 400 degrees
- Smoke ribs 10 to 15 minutes to tighten up BBQ sauce
Sandwich Prep Instructions
- Toast your Hawaiian rolls
- Brush BBQ sauce on bottom row of rolls
- Add your smoked ribs
- Add BBQ sauce on top of ribs
- Add onions and pickles to your liking on top of ribs
- Place top of Hawaiian rolls on top of rib sandwich
- Cut and enjoy!
