Easy oven baked beef back rib recipe has just a few ingredients. It cooks low and slow to bake into tender, juicy meat. Let’s whip this up!
Want to smoke beef back ribs instead? Scroll to see tips for making beef ribs in the smoker, after the recipe steps.
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Why this beef back ribs in the oven recipe is so good…
- Tender and tasty.
- Very easy / fast prep work.
- Bakes low and slow. It’s pretty hands-off
- SIMPLE INGREDIENTS – Use your favorite BBQ sauce.
- Use them in tacos!
- See my step by step video for beginners (scroll to bottom of page).
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make this recipe for beef back ribs in the oven.
- Beef back ribs
- Olive oil
- BBQ rub (or any beef seasoning you’d like.. I like something heavy with black pepper and garlic powder)
- BBQ sauce
BBQ seasoning tip
If you have the time, season beef back ribs overnight, on a rack or plate, wrapped in plastic.
How to bake beef back ribs in the oven
Now I’ll walk you through it…
Quick look at this BBQ beef rib back recipe
- Prep and season beef back ribs with dry rub.
- Bake beef ribs for about 3 hours at 275 degrees F, until tender.
- Brush beef ribs with BBQ sauce and finish baking 15 minutes more.
- Rest and enjoy.
Detailed recipe steps
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
- Season beef back ribs all over, first by massaging in olive oil. Then sprinkle with the BBQ rub seasonings and massage them in, too.
- Bake beef back ribs in the oven at a temperature of 275 degrees F uncovered, meat side down (bone side up) for 3 to 3.5 hours a thermometer measures an internal temperature of 202 – 210 degrees F.
- Remove beef back ribs from the oven, but leave the oven on so you can cook the ribs for the final step with BBQ sauce. (They’re probably falling off the bone tender at this point. You can probably eat them now if they’re done, but take the recipe a step further with more flavor by continuing.)
- Remove baked beef back ribs from the tray for a moment, and discard foil with beef juice on it. Put a new piece of foil in the rimmed baking sheet and transfer the beef ribs back on it, this time with meat side up.
- Brush meaty parts with bbq sauce and bake for 15 more minutes.
- Rest and enjoy.
Ways to make smoked beef back ribs on the Traeger
While you’re waiting on my smoker recipes for beef back ribs for my Traeger recipe catalog, here are ideas for enjoying this cut with the smoked foods method…
- Follow this my 321 method for beef back ribs smoked at 225 degrees F. It will combine wrapping the ribs with brushing them with BBQ sauce at different times.
- Smoke beef back ribs at 275 degrees for 3 hrs. When you increase the temperature to 275, they cook faster. Wrap them in foil until they reach an internal temp of 202 degrees F (~90 mins)
- Smoke at 225 degrees F, with no wrap until they’re done (about 3 hours until they reach a 205 – 210 internal temp). Then wrap ‘em in butcher paper or foil during the resting period of about 15 minutes to 30 minutes..
Soon I’ll share a recipe video for beef back ribs smoked on the pellet grill, too.
FAQs
Beef back ribs are the small amount of meat that is left on the rib bones after the ribeye and rib roast cuts are made. Beef back ribs come from the dorsal area of the cow behind the shoulders. The ones in this Sip Bite Go recipe tutorial were already cut in pieces. But you might find them in a strip of beef back ribs which might require you to remove the membrane and clean them up a bit more. 
Beef back ribs are great paired with smoked mashed potatoes, smoked mac n’ cheese or oven roasted vegetables or small bowls of rice to name a few sides.
You should bake, smoke, or grill your beef back ribs to an internal temperature of 202 – 210 degrees F.
You can cook beef back ribs in a variety of ways. In my recipe for this post, I baked them in the oven for the entire cooking process. Another popular method is to smoke beef back ribs in a smoker until done. Sous vide beef is another tender-cooking option. For any of these slow methods, you can finish beef back ribs on the grill to get a char if you desire.
Beef back ribs and short ribs are cut from two different areas of the cow. Short ribs are actually found below where beef back ribs are cut. Short ribs come from the rib cage of the cow, whereas beef back ribs are cut from the higher back of the cow. See how to sous vide short ribs with a tasty peppercorn sauce.
For this oven beef back ribs recipe, it should take you about 3-4 hours baking time. Again, always measure doneness by the internal temperature.
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Meat thermometer recommendations
Every home chef needs a reliable meat thermometer to cook food perfectly.
On Sip Bite Go, you’ll often see me using:
- Meater thermometer – a fancy wireless thermometer that connects to a phone app – gifted to me from a Traeger partnership.
- ThermoPro digital thermometer – which has a wire that connects the thermometer to a display box outside the oven/grill.
It’s like being psychic! The great thing about either of the thermometers above is that I don’t have to take the food out of the oven to know the temperature.
How to use ‘em… What I do is stick the digital thermometer in steak, pork, chicken, whatever… Then put the food in the oven, on the smoker, or grill.
While the meat cooks, it reads the temperature so I know exactly what temp meat is as it’s cooking. Without having to take it out and check. It’s really difficult to overcook food when you know exactly what temp it is inside!
Are you a foodie, too?
Hey home chefs, hope that answers all your questions about how to cook beef back ribs in the oven for an indoor BBQ dinner.
Stay tuned for a smoked beef back rib recipe in the future, along with a guide to prime rib.
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Baked Beef Back Ribs Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Equipment
- baking sheet
Ingredients
- 5 lb beef back ribs pat dry with paper towels
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp bbq rub or any beef seasoning you’d like
- ¼ cup bbq sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
- Season beef back ribs all over, first by massaging in olive oil. Then sprinkle with the BBQ rub seasonings and massage them in, too.
- Bake beef back ribs in the oven at a temperature of 275 degrees F uncovered, meat side down (bone side up) for 3 to 3.5 hours a thermometer measures an internal temperature of 202 – 210 degrees F.
- Remove beef back ribs from the oven, but leave the oven on. (They’re probably fall off the bone and tender at this point. You can probably eat them now if they’re done, but take the recipe a step further with more flavor by continuing.)
- Remove baked beef back ribs from the tray for a moment, and discard foil with beef juice on it. Put a new piece of foil in the rimmed baking sheet and transfer the beef ribs back on it, this time with meat side up. (In the sip bite go video you’ll see the meat shrank up so it wasn’t easy to tell which side was the meat side!)
- Brush meaty parts with bbq sauce and bake for 15 more minutes.
- Rest and enjoy.
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