Ribs

Ingredients
I used this rib rub: to start but left out the cayenne and added a few dashes of clove
 * http://www.food.com/recipe/toms-st-louis-style-rib-rub-460860


 * 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
 * 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
 * 2 tablespoons coarse kosher salt
 * 1 teaspoon cumin
 * 1 teaspoon cayenne
 * 2 teaspoons chili powder
 * 2 tablespoons paprika
 * 2 teaspoons ground mustard
 * 2 teaspoons granulated garlic

Directions
You have to pat the rub on the rack (a whole one cut into two halves), wrap that in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. Rinse the meat first, then dry with paper towels before the rub.

Then, you take a low oven, like 225, and put the racks in baking pans meat side down, cover with foil and bake about 3 hours. Uncover, pour off the liquid, turn up the heat to 350 and baste on sauce if you want to. Good either way. The rub should carmelize on there in about 20 more minutes. The bones need to wiggle pretty freely to indicate tenderness.

Robert's
This is sorta what I tried a couple of weeks ago:

Ingredients

 * 6 pounds pork spareribs cut into 2-rib portions
 * 4 cloves garlic, crushed
 * water
 * 1 cup apricot preserves
 * 1/4 cup chopped onion
 * 1/4 cup ketchup
 * 2 Tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
 * 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
 * 1 teaspoon soy sauce
 * 1 teaspoon ginger
 * 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions
In very large saucepot or Dutch oven, combine pork spareribs and garlic; cover with water.

Over high heat, heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer one hour or until spareribs are fork-tender. Remove ribs to platter; cover and refrigerate.

Meanwhile, prepare apricot glaze. Combine preserves, onion, ketchup, brown sugar, oil, soy sauce, ginger and salt in small saucepan; mix well. Heat to boiling; boil 1 minute.

Cover and refrigerate apricot glaze.

About 1 hour before serving, heat grill. When ready to barbecue, place cooked spareribs on grill over medium heat. Cook 12 to 15 minutes or until heated through, turning spareribs often. Brush occasionally with apricot glaze during last 10 minutes of cooking.