Yesterday was our second annual Fourth of July BBQ and once again I spent the better part of the day smoking ribs.  This year we changed things up a little bit.  We didn’t use nearly as much rub (Dinosaur BBQ’s Cajun Foreplay Spice Rub) and we also smoked the ribs for a longer time (6.5 hours).  This made a huge difference in my opinion.  The ribs were much more tender and the taste from the rub wasn’t over the top.  When the ribs were done smoking I put them in foil and covered them with Dinosaur BBQ’s Sensuous Slathering Sauce and then threw them back on the grill for about another hour.  For table side sauce we tried some new stuff from Rufus Teague which was great.

Despite raining the entire day the weather let up around 7pm which was perfect.  We had a good showing and we might have finished off the bottle of Singleton.  A good time was had by all.