KELLEY SAYS: With Father’s Day coming up, we thought it would be good to make ribs, but I wanted to try something completely different. We took a little inspiration from the craft beer, spirits and coffee available in town.
BARRY SAYS: This is our homage to hipster ribs. The only thing missing was a beard and a pair of skinny jeans. Kelley balked at both.
Java-based rub make these ribs a great dish for Father’s Day.KELLEY: Anyway, we went with a coffee-based rub and a bourbon-based sauce for the dish.
BARRY: I’ve had smoked ribs all kinds of ways over the years and, in many cases, the heat is the focus. Whether in the rub or the sauce, you get a little spice. This was more about subtlety. I liked being able to taste the meat, and the coffee and the sugar and the cocoa.
KELLEY: It was different. We had the habanera sugar left over from the Hot Mexican Chocolate cookies we made back in March.