SMOKED RIBS WITH CALIFORNIA DRY RUB
Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence

Yield: serves 4-6
Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
4 slabs baby back pork ribs (approximately 2 pounds each)
Wet ingredients for rub:
3/4 cup white distilled vinegar
1/4 cup water
juice of 2 lemons
Dry ingredients for rub:
1/4 cup salt
2 tablespoons ground black pepper
3/4 cup garlic powder
1/2 cup oregano
1/2 cup celery seed
1 cup paprika
3/4 cup chile powder
1/4 cup ancho chile powder
Apple wood smoking chips, soaked in water
Turn on grill/smoker and heat it up. Place soaked applewood chips in smoker box and place over heat in grill (if you are using a charcoal grill place the wet chips directly on top of coals).
Combine dry rub ingredients together then take out a third of the mixture and set aside to dry-rub the ribs when finished. Add water, vinegar and lemon juice to the remaining 2/3 of the bowl to make a paste.  Baste the ribs all over with the paste and set on the grill for two and a half hours. When just about done give them a final baste so the dry rub will stick and shower with dry rub









