Easy Recipe for Beef Ribs in the Oven (2024)

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How are beef ribs supposed to be cooked? ›

Place the rack of ribs in the smoker and cook for 3 hours at 275 uncovered. Cook the Beef Ribs in the foil for an additional 2.5 hrs. Remove the ribs when your temp probe slides in like butter. This should be in the 195-205 degree F range.

Smoke for at 250-275 degrees until the meat is probe tender, anywhere between 205-210 degrees internal. Approx 6-8 hours. Wrap the ribs in pink butcher paper and rest for 1 hour in a cooler before slicing.

Larger, fattier ribs need to be cooked longer than baby backs. Shoot for around 2 hours at 350 degrees if the ribs are uncovered, as in our Barbecued Pork Ribs. If wrapped in foil, the ribs can go for up to 3 hours at 300°F degrees, or crank the oven up to 400 degrees for a briefer baking time—1.5 to 2 hours.

This flavoursome fat and connective tissue means that beef short ribs need long, slow cooking in order to become tender. Once fully cooked, however, they are particularly soft - the meat can be easily pulled away from the bones with little effort and cut through with a spoon.

To prepare beef ribs, start by removing the membrane so you don't wind up with chewy meat. If you want to use a rub you'll have to let the ribs sit overnight. Alternately, you can apply barbeque sauce while cooking. Once you know how you want your ribs, preheat your grill or oven to 225 °F.

A thermometer probe placed in the thickest part of the meat between two ribs with the high temperature alarm set to 205°F (96°C) will alert you to a perfect doneness temperature. There will be a stall on these ribs, but it is much shorter than on other BBQ cuts.

Baby back rib cooking temperature

We want a temp that is relatively low. We want to keep the smoker at about 250°F (121°C) for the duration of the cook. To help keep that temp on target, you can use Billows BBQ Control Fan in conjunction with Signals.

Sure, the membrane wont be something you'll rush to nibble on when it's time to feast on the beef ribs but it will make them easier to dig into. Cook ribs at around 250f (121c) in a charcoal BBQ, Smoker or Pellet Grill.

Ribs are generally cooked between 225 – 275 degrees F. For this recipe, we are starting off low at 225 degrees F. and gradually increase the temperature until it ultimately gets to 275 degrees F.

275°F – 2 hours to 2 ½ hours *preferred method. 300°F – 1 ½ hours to 2 hours. 350°F – 1 ¼ hours to 1 ½ hoursAfter cooking, if the ribs are not tender, they need MORE time. Seal them up and cook an additional 20-30 minutes if needed.

Do you cook ribs at 250 or 300? ›

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Bake ribs wrapped tightly in foil in the preheated oven for 2 1/2 hours. Remove ribs from foil and serve with more sauce, if desired.

Set the oven to 300°F. Move the ribs to an oven rack in the middle of the oven. Bake 2 1/2 to 3 hours for spareribs or 1 1/2 to 2 hours for baby back ribs. Halfway through cooking, cover the ribs with aluminum foil to protect them from drying out.

The meat should be cooked until internal temperature is approximately 200F. They should be very tender. If they are short ribs, braising is an excellent way to make tender, savory ribs.

Moist, gentle heat and a wet vinegary sauce can save dry ribs. Here's what to do: Make a 50/50 mixture of your favorite BBQ sauce and apple cider vinegar and coat the ribs in this mixture. Then wrap the ribs tightly in foil and put them in a low oven (say 300°F) for about an hour.

Do not fully submerge the ribs. Bake, covered tightly with foil until tender, about 3 hours. Editor's Note: A tightly sealed pan topped with aluminum foil will lock in the heat, steam and moisture around the ribs to keep them extra moist and juicy while they cook.

Check for doneness by gently inserting a toothpick between two membranes: the one outside the bones and the one that separates the bones from the meat. Inside, the meat should be extremely tender. Alternatively, take an internal temperature reading: the ribs should be done when they reach 203°F.

That is, whether you like your regular steaks rare or well done, I very strongly suggest cooking your short ribs to medium-rare—about 130°F (54°C). Any cooler than that and the intramuscular fat will remain solid and waxy, rather than unctuous and juicy.

When cooked properly, the meat in the center should be tan, and the juice should be clear (or, at the least, not pink). Remember that there may be some pink meat near the surface depending on how you cooked it, but the middle should always be tan.