Barbecue Ribs

BBQ Sauce:

Canola oil or vegetable oil

2 small red onions, finely chopped

3-4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced

1lemon, juiced

1cup brown sugar, packed ½ cup cider vinegar

1cup ketchup

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce, or to taste ½ teaspoon chili powder

2 racks of baby back ribs, cut into 3-4 rib pieces

1.Coat the bottom of the VersaWare™ stoneware and place on stovetop set to medium heat. Add garlic and onions and sauté until softened and lightly browned. Stir in remaining ingredients and simmer gently for about 5 minutes. Remove half the sauce to use for serving.

2.Transfer stoneware to slow cooker heating base. Add ribs to sauce, cover, and cook on Low for 7-9 hours or on High for 4-6 hours.

3.To serve, cut ribs between bones and pass extra sauce.

Serves 6

Pulled Pork

Pulled pork can also be done with a large pork butt or pork shoulder (6-7 pounds). Simply cook the pork until tender, then remove and shred meat, removing any additional fat and bone from roast, and pour off and discard all drippings from the bottom of the stoneware. Place shredded pork back into stoneware and add your favorite bottled or homemade sauce and heat through.

2½ pounds pork loin, trimmed of any fat

1 14-ounce bottle of your favorite barbecue sauce 1 teaspoon brown sugar

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 medium onion, chopped

8 hamburger buns or hard rolls

1.Place the pork roast in the VersaWare™ stoneware. Place stoneware in slow cooker heating base, cover, and cook on Low for 10-12 hours or on High for 5-6 hours.

2.Remove the pork roast from the stoneware, and pull the meat into shredded pieces. Pour out any liquid in the stoneware, and combine pork with the remaining ingredients in the stoneware. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours.

3.Serve the barbecued pulled pork on hamburger buns or hard rolls.

Serves 8

 

Note: when using an electric stovetop, the heat diffuser

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MUST ALWAYS be used with the VersaWare™ stoneware.

Note: when using an electric stovetop, the heat diffuser

 

MUST ALWAYS be used with the VersaWare™ stoneware.

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