BBQ Recipes: Pecan Smoked Sugarcane BBQ St. Louis Ribs

This recipe comes to us from the Commander's Palace Destin in Destin, Florida. This makes a ton of rub and a boat load of sauce, but damn it's good. Pecan shells, or pecan wood if you can find it make a wonderful smoke that just works wonders on Pork. Can't find pecan? Oak or Hickory work just as well.

BBQ Spice Rub Ingredients:

• 3 cups paprika
• 1 cup granulated onion
• 1 cup granulated garlic
• ¼ cup white pepper
• 1 cup lemon pepper
• 1 cup chili powder
• 1 cup black pepper
• ¼ cup cayenne pepper
• 1 tbsp allspice
• 1 tbsp cumin
• ¼ cup dried thyme
• 1 tbsp dried marjoram
• 2 cups kosher salt
• 1/3 dry mustard
• 1 tbsp rubbed sage
• 1 tbsp ginger
• 1 tbsp mace
• 2 pounds brown sugar, light
• ½ cup cornstarch

Steps: Mix all ingredients together thoroughly

Chipotle Sugarcane BBQ sauce Ingredients:

• ¼ cup butter
• 1 cup yellow onion chopped
• 1 cup green bell pepper chopped
• 3 oz. chipotles in Adobo
• ¼ cup garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp chili powder
• 1 ½ tsp black pepper
• 1 ½ tsp allspice
• 1 ½ tsp cumin
• 1 tbsp dried thyme
• 1 ½ tsp dried oregano
• 1 tbsp kosher salt
• 3 ½ cups ketchup
• 3 ½ cups crushed tomato
• 1 ½ cups Dijon mustard
• 1 pound brown sugar
• ¾ cup Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 cup sugarcane vinegar
• ½ cup red wine vinegar
• ½ cup lemon juice
• 3 ½ cups sugarcane syrup

Steps:
Melt butter in a heavy bottom sauce pan. Add onions and peppers and sauté until translucent. Add garlic and sauté about 5 minutes. Puree chipotles in a food processor with about ½ cup of water until smooth. Add chipotle puree and spice to the pot and cook about 5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a simmer. Simmer about 30 minutes.

Pecan Smoked Sugarcane Barbequed St. Louis Ribs Ingredients:

• 4 full racks St. Louis style ribs
• BBQ spice rub
• BBQ sauce
• Whole pecans or pecan shells

Steps:
To prepare ribs peel the thin membrane off the back side of the ribs. Then rub both sides of each rack of ribs with ¼ cup of the spice rub. Let marinate for 8 to 24 hours. Preheat smoker to 225 degrees. Add the pecans or pecan shells to the fire. Cook ribs bone side up for two hours. Flip the ribs and smoke for 3 more hours. Slather both sides of each rack with BBQ sauce and let cook another 20 -30 minutes with sauce. Cut and serve.