baby-back-ribs.jpgI am pleased to report that the new outdoor grill is performing up to my basic expectations. I didn’t make much mention of my pleasure or displeasure the first time I cooked on it, but it seemed to work OK. I posted a couple of photos in a comment I left in response to another comment about the performance of the grill.

Today, we fixed a “hybrid” meal; that is, the ribs seen in the clickable image above went into the crockpot for a couple of hours before getting on the grill. When I prepare the ribs this way, the meat literally falls away from the ribs. They were terrific - we had them with broccoli slaw, asparagus spears and the all-important BBQ beans.

The Better Half made some BBQ sauce from scratch - the ribs cooked in the sauce along with the juice from a couple of fresh oranges and three or four mashed garlic cloves. The better Half tossed a bay leaf in the mix along with fresh ground pepper.

We had to take a nice long walk after the feast today to burn off some of these delicious calories.