Tender and flavorful baby back ribs cooked to perfection!
These slow cooker ribs are the best — they turn out perfect every time! They cook in a crockpot until tender, then are covered with barbeque sauce and finished in the oven for fall-apart ribs. Perfect for during the week as the slow cooker does most of the work!





Ingredients
- 3 pounds baby back ribs, trimmed
- salt and ground black pepper, to taste
- ½ cup water
- ½ onion, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (18 ounce) bottle barbeque sauce
Directions
- Step 1:Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

- Step 2:Season ribs with salt and pepper. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

- Step 3:Pour 1/2 cup water into the slow cooker, then add ribs. Scatter onion and garlic over top. Cover and cook on Low for 8 hours or High for 4 hours. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

- Step 4:When the ribs are almost finished, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Step 5:Transfer ribs from the slow cooker to a baking sheet; discard onion and garlic. Coat ribs with barbeque sauce. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

- Step 6:Bake ribs in the preheated oven until sauce caramelizes and sticks to meat, 10 to 15 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

- Step 7:Enjoy! Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

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