BBQ Dry Rub Ribs | Sous Vide

The Best Ribs You Will Ever Make!

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Good BBQ Dry Rub Ribs are hard to come by. Just as people traverse the country for the perfect brisket, finding tender and flavorful ribs can be just as challenging. There is nothing more disappointing that seeing a beautiful rack of ribs that you can't really enjoy because they are tough.

I have always had a love/hate relationship with ribs. In theory, ribs are fantastic, in my reality though, they never live up the hype. They are a tough, hard to chew, frustrating disaster. The best part quickly becomes the BBQ Sauce because it's more flavor for less work. But then you are left with a pile of ribs on your plate, with the uneaten meat, still stick to the bone, taunting you.

Everyone has their one trick, boil first, bake second. Grill over high heat, then switch to low heat. An occasionally, you will find someone willing to stay up all night with their smoker, tending to the fire, getting the temperature just right so that in the morning, the ribs will have a chance at being tender.

But we all don't have a smoker, nor the time, nor years of experience to make perfect ribs, every time.

Until now.

There is a way to enjoy the most tender and flavorful ribs, all from the comfort of your own home.

Enter the Anova Sous Vide Precision Cooker. If you are tired of hard as a rock pork, over cooked steaks, frozen chicken, and overdone eggs, this is the tool for you. While the cook times under sous vide are longer, the delicious results and easy prep are by far worth your efforts.

I always wanted a sous vide. Most people have no idea what this is or what it means, but the ones who do are total converts. Are you a crock pot fan? Instant Pot? This is the gadget for you! It takes the speed and ease of both and give your food a whole new outlet for how to cook it.

A sous vide is a water circulator, that keeps water a certain temperature for a designated period of time. It works like an electric water kettle, heating water with an internal heating element. Sounds complicated, it's not. You food cooks in a hot water bath, there is no fire, no danger, and not really the ability to over cook. No more days of gussying how many minutes on the instant pot, only to discover that your entire pork roast has literally vaporized.

To cook sous vide, all you need its a big stock pot, but really, any bowl, bucket, bin, or sink will do! If you can use a faucet and a ziplock bag, you are already there. In fact, you can put food into a sous vide water bath completely frozen!

Fill with pot water and attach the sous vide. You can also use this Anova Cooking Container, which is perfect for sous vide recipes with long cooking times, as it has a cover! Otherwise ,you going to need to get creative when covering your pot of sous vide water (more on this later). Set your temperature and cook time and hit start! While the water preheats, fill a ziplock with your food and any seasonings. Seal tightly and drop in the water bath.

These ribs take a while to cook, 12 hours or even longer if you like. Something important to keep in mind is evaporation. Even though the water is below boiling, you will notice the water level drop due to evaporation. Food when cooking sous vide should always be completely submerged, so it is important to keep the water lever high. Never, fear, there are few ways to deal with this. First, make sure you put enough water in your pot or container to being with. Second, and this is especially important for items with long cooking times, is to cover your pot or container. You just use aluminum foil that you creatively wrap around the element and the pot.

Otherwise, if you want to get fancy, you can also use this Anova Cooking Container, which is perfect for sous vide recipes with long cooking times, as it has a cover! The sous vide element fits into the lid and creates an airtight seal preventing any water vapor from escaping.

You can make these amazing sous vide dry rub ribs ahead of time, and freeze or refrigerate depending on when you are serving. Then about 30 minutes before serving, pop them in the oven or the grill to reheat. Your friends will say these are the best ribs they have ever had. And you will agree!

Take this incredible BBQ Dry Rub Ribs recipe for a spin and you too will become a convert!

While sous vide techniques and cooking times vary, trial and error give great results. Our best result for these ribs was inspired by this test and you can find our updated version below. Enjoy!

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