Coca Cola BBQ Baby Back Ribs – Fall off the bone tender oven baked baby back ribs! Seasoned with a sweet and spicy dry rub and finished on the grill with a delicious coca cola barbecue sauce. These ribs scream summer!
Serve these sweet and sticky flavor-packed ribs with your favorite side dishes! We served ours with homemade french fries and grilled corn. It was a delicious combination! I will link a few of my favorite side dishes to pair with ribs for you below.
This recipe calls for one large rack of ribs serving about 2-4 people depending on everyone’s appetite. If you are cooking for a larger crowd, you can easily double this recipe. From start to finish this recipe takes about 3 hours, so make sure you give yourself enough time to cook.
Ingredients you need to make fall off the bone baby back ribs:
- Baby Back Ribs – You’ll need one rack of baby back ribs. If you are cooking for a large crowd, you can use two racks and double the recipe.
- Apple Juice – To steam the ribs in while baking. If you don’t have apple juice, you can use water instead.
- Brown Sugar – For the barbecue sauce and dry rub seasoning. You can use light or dark brown sugar.
- Salt + Black Pepper + Paprika + Garlic Powder + Cayenne – For the barbecue sauce and dry rub seasonings.
- Ketchup – For the barbecue sauce.
- Coca-Cola – For the barbecue sauce. I used regular Coca Cola but you can also use Pepsi. I do not recommend using diet.
- Molasses – Adds a delicious flavor to the barbecue sauce!
- Mustard – Yellow mustard is best in this recipe, but you can also use dijon or grainy mustard.
- Worcestershire Sauce – Adds a delicious flavor to the barbecue sauce. You can also use soy sauce as a substitution.
Tools to have on hand for this recipe:
- Baking Sheet – To bake the ribs on in the oven.
- Saucepan – For cooking the barbecue sauce.
- Basting Brush – Basting ribs with barbecue sauce after the ribs are done cooking.
- Measuring Cups and Spoons – For properly measuring all of your ingredients.
- Foil – For covering the ribs on the baking sheet while they cook. This is a must for a tender end result!
- Grill – To grill the ribs after they bake!
How to make the best Oven Baby Back Ribs with Cola BBQ Sauce:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
In a small bowl, mix dry rub seasonings and set aside.
For fall off the bone ribs, you need to remove the thin membrane from the back of the ribs. To do this, carefully slide a sharp knife under the membrane then using a paper towel pull it completely off.
Lay ribs on a large baking sheet and rub ribs all over with the dry rub seasonings. Pour apple juice around the ribs onto the baking sheet. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
Transfer ribs to the oven and bake for about 2 – 2.5 hours until they are super tender.
How to make Coca Cola BBQ Sauce:
In a small saucepan add all the ingredients and whisk together to combine. Cook over medium-low heat until sauce lightly thickens, whisking occasionally. After sauce thickens and darkens, remove from heat to let cool. Set aside for later use.
When the ribs are done baking, remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
Preheat your grill to medium-high heat.
Once the grill is nice and hot, transfer ribs to the hot grill meaty side down. Grill for about 5-10 minutes until you have some nice grill marks. Then, flip over and baste a few times with barbecue sauce.
OR Finish the ribs in the broiler(If you don’t have a grill): Transfer ribs to the broiler on foil and cook for a couple minutes, then baste with barbecue sauce and cook another minute.
Serve ribs with extra cola barbecue sauce and your favorite side dishes!
Grilling side dishes to serve with ribs:
Classic American Potato Salad – Made with hard boiled eggs, this classic potato salad is creamy and delicious!
Creamy Classic Coleslaw – My classic coleslaw recipe is made with a delicious slightly sweet and creamy homemade coleslaw dressing.
Simple Mac and Cheese – Super easy and creamy macaroni and cheese recipe. Making a delicious mac and cheese at home from scratch has never been easier!
Shoestring Fries – Thin and crispy baked shoestring french fries make for a delicious side dish or appetizer! Serve with your favorite fry sauces.
Grilled Mexican Corn – Also known as “Mexican Street Corn” or “Elote”. This grilled corn is perfect for your upcoming summer BBQ’s! First the corn is grilled and then basted in a delicious creamy lime sauce sprinkled with fresh cilantro and chili powder.
Five more grilling recipes you’ll love:
BBQ Pork Skewers with Filipino BBQ Marinade – Delicious grilled pork skewers in a homemade sticky, sweet, and spicy Filipino style BBQ marinade. This grilled pork recipe is one of my favorite things to cook on the grill.
Teriyaki Chicken Skewers – The most delicious marinated teriyaki chicken grilled to perfection and finished with a delicious teriyaki sauce. Serve with a sprinkle of sesame seeds and fresh chopped green onions over steamed rice.
Grilled Honey Buffalo Chicken Thighs – Amazing BBQ chicken thighs grilled low and slow to perfection and finished with a finger-licking good honey buffalo sauce. You are going to absolutely love this juicy grilled sweet and spicy chicken!
Hawaiian Beef Skewers – Sightly sweet, super delicious grilled Hawaiian style beef skewers made with tender pieces of steak, pineapple, red bell pepper and sweet onion. The beef is marinated in a flavor-packed sauce in the fridge prior to grilling that gives these skewers to most amazing flavor!
Grilled Spicy BBQ Chicken Thighs – Juicy grilled chicken thighs basted in a spicy homemade barbecue sauce. The low and slow method for cooking these thighs on the grill make for a super tender and juicy end result!
Cola BBQ Baby Back Ribs
Ingredients
- 1 Rack Baby Back Ribs
- 1 cup Apple Juice or water
Sweet Spicy Dry Rub
- 2 tsp Brown Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Paprika
- 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/4 tsp Cayenne Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 Black Pepper
Cola BBQ Sauce
- 3/4 cup Coca Cola
- 1 cup Ketchup
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1 tsp Yellow Mustard
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 2 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tbsp Molasses
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- In a small bowl, mix dry rub seasonings and set aside.
- For fall off the bone ribs, you need to remove the thin membrane from the back of the ribs. To do this, carefully slide a sharp knife under the membrane then using a paper towel pull it completely off.
- Lay ribs on a large baking sheet and rub ribs all over with the dry rub seasonings. Pour apple juice around the ribs onto the baking sheet. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
- Transfer ribs to the oven and bake for about 2 – 2.5 hours until they are super tender.
- How to make Coca Cola BBQ Sauce:
- In a small saucepan add all the ingredients and whisk together to combine. Cook over medium-low heat until sauce lightly thickens, whisking occasionally. After sauce thickens and darkens, remove from heat to let cool. Set aside for later use.
- Finish the ribs on the grill:
- When the ribs are done baking, remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
- Preheat your grill to medium-high heat.
- Once the grill is nice and hot, transfer ribs to the hot grill meaty side down. Grill for about 5-10 minutes until you have some nice grill marks. Then, flip over and baste a few times with barbecue sauce.
- Serve ribs with extra cola barbecue sauce and your favorite side dishes!
- OR Finish the ribs in the broiler(If you don't have a grill): Transfer ribs to the broiler on foil and cook for a couple minutes, then baste with barbecue sauce and cook another minute.
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