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					Originally Posted by Slow4v  I use an oven to make my ribs, because for the longest time I didn't have a grill. I slow cook mine at 160 degrees ( That is the lowest that my oven will go.) for 5hrs. I usually prepare them in a dry rub, or caramelized. They come out pretty good, so I'd like to think.
 I make my own sauce and rub, but when I was living in NC I bought a rub from the grocery store. I can't get the rub up here in MI, but I have duplicated it to my best ability.
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 I used to do that myself, I thought that in terms of tenderness and tastiness HOT, they were excellent.
The only thing you lose is the smoke ring, which I have found to be essential in being able to put your
ribs in the fridge for another day.  Hell, you could probably leave em on the counter for a few days and
still hit em with that SMOKE.   Oven cooked ribs get a rancid taste in the fat in almost no time.  
Either that or it comes out of the bones.  Anyone know the flavor I am talking about?  Old pork syndrome.
But for eating hot and fresh, I actually prefer that oven cooked flavor.  Smoke sometimes messes up me innards.