Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Ribs are a “project” dish—or they have that ...

Before you cry blasphemy at thought of cooking ribs in an oven rather than on a grill as nature intended, hear us out. Your oven-cooked ribs can be tender, juicy and flavorful! Not to mention, if you ...

There is nothing quite like the flavor of an award-winning pit master’s competition ribs that have been smoking low (temperature) and slow (several hours) in a propane, charcoal, or pellet smoker. If ...

Nobody really knows how the Texas Crutch came to be, or if it was even truly invented in Texas. It’s a barbecue term that simply means wrapping meat in aluminum foil to accelerate the cooking process ...

Baking ribs in the oven is one of the easiest ways to achieve fall-off-the-bone results without having to turn on the grill. Patience is key—low and slow cooking gives the connective tissue of the ...

Many of us reach for a roll of aluminum foil the second we fire up the grill, especially if we're planning to cook meat. One of the most commonly wrapped items is ribs, a dish that often benefits from ...