Lawry's Mesquite with Lemon 30 Minute Marinade Review

Rudi Xeno's Fall-off-the-bone St. Louis Ribs Revealed!

Yes, I'm a rib man.  No baby backs here.  I like those big meaty St. Louis style ribs.  I spend hours preparing them and just love the looks on guests' faces as they feast on them.  Ambrosia!

The Secret?

Well as it's often said, the secret's in the sauce.  In this case we're talking about Lawry's Mesquite with Lemon 30-minute Marinade.

Oh yeah, I forgot.  It also has to do with the method of preparing them.  Listen up.

The Method

This is really a surprisingly simple method of producing truly fall-off-the-bone ribs without the slightest risk of charring them into a dried out wreck.  I hate when that happens.

I start out with with a 20 quart stock pot half filled with water.  Once the water is starting to bubble I add a couple of full slabs of pork ribs to the pot.  I cover it and leave it to boil for an hour or so until the meat starts to just begins to shrink on the bones.

I drain the water leaving the ribs in the bottom of the pot.  This is where the Lawry's Mesquite with Lemon 30 Minute Marinade comes in.  I empty two or three 12 oz. bottles into the pot and slosh the ribs around in it for about an hour.

Roughly 30 minutes into this last process I fire up my grill and get it screaming hot.  But, not the entire grill, rather, only one side.

After the ribs have soaked in the marinade for about an hour, they're loaded onto the unheated side of the grill, the temperature is reduced to low and I close the lid.  Once every 15 minutes I open it and slater on more marinade flipping the ribs at about the 30-45 minute mark.  I usually find the best results are obtained by grilling them in this fashion for about 1 - 1 1/2 hours.

The ribs emerge tender, succulent and literally falling-off-the-bone.

I pour a fresh bottle of marinade into a pitcher for those that want to wet their ribs a bit.  Me?  I find they don't need anything more, but of course it's a matter of taste.

Why Lawry's Mesquite with Lemon 30 Minute Marinade?

Well first of course, there's the taste.  This is truly a superbly tasting marinade that penetrates the pork well.  But beyond that, Lawry's Mesquite with Lemon 30 Minute Marinadehas only 1 gram of carbs per serving with zero fat.  Remember, we're talking about St Louis Pork Ribs here.  There's already enough fat to go around.

I've never been a fan of overly sweet rib sauces, preferring instead the vinegar-mustard base so popular in North Carolina.

My Viewpoint

If you enjoy your ribs in this style then Lawry's Mesquite with Lemon 30 Minute Marinade may be just the sauce for you.  Available at almost any supermarket for a bit over $4 for a 12 oz. bottle, I highly recommend it.

But, let's just keep it among ourselves.  Enjoy!

Rudi