- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons paprika
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Dijon mustard
- 5 pounds country style pork ribs
- 1 cup barbeque sauce (optional)
- Adjust oven rack to center position, and preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Line a cookie sheet with foil, and set an oven rack on the cookie sheet.
- In a small bowl, mix together sugar, paprika, garlic powder, pepper, and salt. Brush one side of each rib with mustard, and then coat with the spice mixture. Place ribs, coated side down, on oven rack; brush the other side with mustard, and coat with spice mixture.
- Bake until tender, about 3 hours. Leaving oven rack in the center position, remove ribs from the oven, and turn on broiler. Brush top side of ribs with barbeque sauce; return to oven, and broil until bubbling Turn ribs over, brush with barbeque sauce, and continue broiling until bubbling.