# Pork butt Western style ribs! (Now what?)

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**Created:** [February 6, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-butt-western-style-ribs-now-what/612017 "2012-02-06T21:59:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-butt-western-style-ribs-now-what/612017/1 "2012-02-06T21:59:42Z")

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Other than throwing pre-cooked ribs on the grill, I don’t have any experience with ribs at all. I like barbeque that’s cooked until it’s glazey, and I have a bottle of Sweet Baby Ray’s.  
If someone could give me the simplest recipe out there, I’m in business!

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**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-butt-western-style-ribs-now-what/612017/2 "2012-02-07T02:02:39Z")

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Is it pork butt or ribs? They are different cuts you know.

At any rate, simple googling found [this recipe](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-rays-tasty-travels/award-winning-competition-barbecue-pork-butt-recipe-recipe/index.html) for pork butt. Of course you can sub bottled bbq sauce, and maybe even skip the marinade if you brine and dry rub. Injection brining seems to be a popular technique for pork butt.

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-butt-western-style-ribs-now-what/612017/3 "2012-02-07T05:09:39Z")

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The shoulder (AKA “butt”) is one of the areas that butchers use to create “[Country-style Ribs](http://ask-a-butcher.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/18/2943091-what-are-country-style-ribs)”.

One of my favorite meats for the grill. I usually just hit them with a rub before grilling. I guess I’ll have to try them with sauce some time.