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Sustaining the Powers

Tales From My Test Kitchen

BBQ

Slow Cooker Texas BBQ Ribs

February 22, 2016 by Steph Powers 2 Comments

The best ribs you will ever eat - fall off the bone tender! I can't believe they're made in a slow cooker!

The mid-season premiere of The Walking Dead was last weekend, so our Walking Dead crew came over for a fun evening of BBQ ribs and yelling at the TV in both horror and joy. (We get into TWD like we get into Broncos football - you gotta cheer for your team!) Our friends typically bring over their baby son T for dinner time and then he either goes to sleep upstairs or he adventures around the ...

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Filed Under: Gluten-Free, Meat, Party, Recipes, Simple, Slow Cooker, TexMex Tagged With: BBQ, bbq rub, ribs, texas, walking dead

Texas BBQ Rub

September 12, 2014 by Steph Powers 7 Comments

Texas BBQ Rub

The perfect mix of salty, sweet, spicy, and bitter come together in this Texas BBQ rub. A few weeks ago, a friend asked me to teach her how to make BBQ ribs. We took an afternoon trip to the grocery store where I gave her a lesson in how to choose the right type of ribs. Then we went back to my kitchen and I showed her how to make this Texas BBQ rub from scratch. The idea of rubbing the meat ...

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Filed Under: Meat, Recipes, Simple Tagged With: BBQ, Grill, Meat, Rub, Spices

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