are baby back ribs the same as spare ribs?
Steakhouse Ribs - New York Style. Pork baby back ribs get a brown sugar and spice rub before being grilled in foil. The tender ribs are then finished off on the grill, basted with steak marinade. Recipe by Kevin L. Smith. Loin Back Ribs: This is the popular cut that is from the part of the ribs towards the piggy’s back (the top of the rib cage closest the loin of the pig). Baby Back Ribs: Baby Back Ribs are just loin back ribs that are from smaller market weight hogs, rather than sows. I have heard some suggest that only slabs less than 1 3/4 lbs are baby backs. Whatevs. Spare Ribs: Spare ribs are closer to the belly (mmm, pork belly). Below Dennis separates the ribs, at top, from the loin and belly meat. On the left is the long lean boneless loin muscle cut from on top of the baby back ribs. On the right is the belly meat that is often used for bacon or ground for sausage or meat loaf. It can also be cooked in dishes. Baby back ribs are pork ribs that are smaller in size. Most UK butchers think that a baby back is small cut of ribs. For BBQ aficionados and classically trained butchers baby back ribs are a special cut of pork rib, taken from the rib portion closest to the spine alongside the loin. A picture of the various cuts can be found on the following site. Baby Backs: Smaller racks, easier to cook tender, lower in fat. Spare Ribs: Can be cooked in whole slabs, can also be trimmed into smaller St. Louis racks, have a more pronounced flavor, are higher in fat, take longer to cook tender. Taste wise, I prefer spare ribs. Other than time, cooking methods are about the same. The conspiracy is that St. Louis cut spare ribs are often at least as expensive as whole damn spare rib! Funk that. That’s a lot of perfectly usable rib tip meat they cut off…and they charge the same price or more. Buy the whole damn spare rib and cut it yourself. Quick Baby Back Ribs. This is an easy recipe for ribs which won't be tough, like smoked ribs, or fall off the bone, like braised ribs. These ribs are done the right way, and I've never had better ribs than this. Recipe by Mike Swieton. Apple and BBQ Sauce Baby Back Ribs. Baby back ribs are marinated in a mixture of applesauce and barbeque sauce, then cooked on the grill. Baked BBQ Baby Back Ribs. These simple baby back ribs are seasoned with a homemade dry rub, then glazed with barbeque sauce and baked to produce tender, delicious ribs. Pigs have 14 rib bones. They are attached to the spine and are usually divided into four popular cuts: Baby back ribs, spareribs, St. Louis cut ribs, and rib tips. Starting at the top are the baby backs, closest to the backbone, nestled beneath the loin muscle. Baby Back Ribs. These ribs are commonly referred to as loin ribs, back ribs, or Canadian back ribs. Taken from the top of the rib cage between the spine and the spareribs, baby back ribs are shorter and meatier than spareribs and take less time to cook. That’s why it’s called baby, not because it’s from baby pigs (haha don’t worry), but because it’s shorter than spareribs.
No, baby back ribs are not the same as spare ribs.