Bbq Spareribs (or Chicken)

Put ribs in oven and cook slowly (250 degrees) until they brown and start to dry out. This should take 2 to 3 hours. Pour off the accumulated fat and bursh on both sides with the sauce. Continue cooking another 4 to 6 hours, brushing on more sauce from time to time. If the ribs start to dry out too much turn down the heat and/or cover with foil. If the sauce starts to burn on the bottom of the pan the oven is too hot. When done they are very tender. They are excellent straight from the oven and even better heated or reheated on the BBQ. This recipe also works with chicken but cut the cooking time in half. The whole idea is to cook the ribs slowly enough to make them moist and tender and not to leave a burned mass of sauce in the bottom of the pan which is really difficult to clean.