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Slow Cooker Pork Rib Tips

Cooking rib tips in a slow cooker gives you tender, fall-off-the-bone meat. Finish them off under the broiler, or throw them on the grill for a few minutes.

Basic Details:

Prep time:

10 mins

Cook Time:

4 hrs 5 mins

Total Time:

4 hrs 25 mins

Servings:

4

Yield:

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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 4 servings

  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 pound pork rib tips
  • 1 (18 ounce) bottle BBQ sauce, divided
  • 1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring

Directions

  1. Gather all ingredients.

    Ingredients to make slow cooker pork rib tips
     

  2. Mix together brown sugar, chili powder, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder in a large bowl until combined. Add rib tips and mix until ribs are thoroughly coated. Let rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.

    A glass bowl of pork rib tips in spice mix
     

  3. Place coated ribs in a slow cooker. Stir together 3/4 of the BBQ sauce with liquid smoke in a medium bowl until well combined. Pour evenly over ribs. Cook on Low until ribs are tender, 4 to 6 hours. Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler. Line a baking tray or broiler rack with aluminum foil.

    A slow cooker with seasoned pork rib tips covered in barbecue-liquid smoke sauce
     

  4. Remove ribs to the prepared tray and baste with remaining BBQ sauce.

    A foil-lined baking sheet with slow cooker pork rib tips brushed with extra barbecue sauce
     

  5. Cook ribs under the preheated broiler until sauce is hot and sticky, 3 to 5 minutes per side.

    A foil-lined baking sheet with slow cooker pork ribs coated in barbecue sauce
     

Recipe Tip

You can grill the rib tips instead of broiling them.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories

453

Fat

19g

Carbs

55g

Protein

15g