It’s that time of year kids: time for bbq ribs on Memorial Day! This year it’s subduded and K.I.S.S.: 2 racks of St. Louis style ribs, Barbie’s famous potato salad, Green Giant Corn-on-the-Cob Mini-Ears of corn, and watermellon for dessert.
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Memorial Day Ribs 2025
This year I started planning to make ribs a week before Memorial Day. We took a mini vacation to Waco on Friday and Saturday before Memorial Day Monday. So, I had to buy everything we needed on Thursday.
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Memorial Day Ribs 2024
Once again I didn’t think about ribs until the weekend before Memorial day. I still haven’t lit the grill.
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Hey kids! What time is it? (No, it’s not Howdy Doody time.) It’s time to make our one-of-kind, world famous, finger-licking-good, Memorial Day Memphis Style Ribs! This year I got started late. I didn’t think about ribs until the weekend before Memorial day. Anyway, this month the US officially ended our corona virus emergency, and I’m hoping to finish the ribs on the grill; weather permitting. I haven’t lit the grill since the summer of 2020.
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This year is a repeat of last year. It’s a 12 year tradition for me to make ribs on Memorial Day weekend. The world is on year 3 of the corona virus pandemic, but cases are dropping. This year I finished the ribs in the oven again. I haven’t lit my grill in more than 18 months.
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This year I sound like a broken record. I made ribs for Memorial Day weekend – using my tried and true recipe. The world is still in a corona virus pandemic, and more Americans are resisting getting vaccinated. This year I finished the ribs in the oven with bbq sauce; I don’t think I’ve lit the grill in 9 months.
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It’s Memorial Day weekend once again, and it’s time to make bbq ribs. This year is unique. It’s been 10 years since I started this tradition (yay), and we are in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic (boo). Last year, you may recall, I made some good ribs. This year, the rain forecast for Sunday and Monday is threatening to wash out the smoker portion of our rib day so I’m cooking them on Saturday.
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Memorial Day Ribs 2019
Last year I didn’t make ribs for Memorial Day. I was sad. It was really hot; I think it rained a lot too. But, this year, I am going to make bbq ribs once more – continuing 9 years of tradition (video)
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I cooked ribs again this year, but the level of enthusiasm was really low: I didn’t cook them until Memorial Day Monday, and no one suggested/volunteered sides.
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So, I’ve been doing this for six years now. This May was one for the weather books – we nearly didn’t (couldn’t) bbq outside. In the last week we’ve had flooding, tornadoes, and damage all around us. But today, the Sunday before Memorial Day, it was partly sunny and 90 degrees. It’s time to bbq ribs.
We had the usual suspects – with a twist: this year it’s baby back ribs, my variation of Memphis Dust rub, Barbie’s potato salad, beans, and a dessert.
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