Although smoking does not always affect scores on smell-tests, it is widely believed to reduce sensitivity. A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that, contrary to popular belief, blind people do not necessarily have a keener sense of smell than sighted people.
In American cuisine, ribs usually refers to barbecue pork ribs, or sometimes beef ribs, which are served with various barbecue sauces. They are served as a rack of meat which diners customarily tear apart by hand, then eat the meat from the bone.
Although pork ribs are often cooked on a grill, they can be very tasty, tender, and moist when cooked in an oven. It's easy to control the cooking time of oven-baked ribs, and best of all, they can be made even when it's rainy and cold outside.