Pitmasters can spend 10 hours feeding their smokers to sweat out a few racks of ribs.

It starts in the oven, wherespice-rubbedribs are slow-roasted until tender.

From there they go to the grill for a concentrated blast of hickory smoke.

Low-calorie smokey ribs with peach bbq sauce

Mitch Mandel and Thomas MacDonald

Awood-chip boxholds the chips directly above a gas or charcoal fire as the heat releases their aroma.

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