I gave this 5 stars because I'm a beginning cook. 1) Used a crock pot. I simmered 6 beef short ribs on high for 1 hour then reduced to low for another 4, another 2 or 3 would've done but I was running errands that day. I removed the ribs with tongs and poured all the sauce on top and broiled for 15 mins. They were very tender and very tasty! 2) I like alot of sauce. The recipe for this sauce seemed sufficient for 6 small short ribs. I think if I would've cooked 4 lbs of short ribs, I would need to at least double the recipe. That doesn't take away from the tastiness. I loved that I made my own sauce and I could even taste a small zing of lemon. Pretty cool!

My ribs are still tough, cooked according to directions. sauce is great though, used it on some sirlon instead!

Tried this with apprehension because I'd never made ribs before and was really concerned about disappointing the family who's used to my mom's ribs... Well, after a VERY successful rib dinner, I'm being asked to make these again. Thank you!!!

This recipe was great. . .easy and tasty. However, I found the amount of lemon to be too much so I would have the lemon juice or maybe use 2 tablespoons of cider vinegar instead. But thank you for the way to produce "fall apart" ribs with little work.

Wow! Dad loved these, and they were fool-proof, perfectly cooked and easy too! We just used bottled sauce though.

I used stone ground mustard in place of powdered mustard. And, I boiled the short ribs for 4 hours in a slow cooker instead of the dutch oven... they turned out great! Very tender and lots of flavor.

Melt in your mouth fabulous when I followed a previous reviewers suggestions: add beef bouilion and 2 tsp vinegar to boiling water and use your own sauce. When you do that and follow the instructions in this recipe you end up with ribs that disappear faster than a snowflake on a Georgia sidewalk!

the best ribs i ever had

I just loved the sauce for this recipe. It was so nice to eat the ribs without quite such a greasy feeling to them. Thank you for sharing this recipe!

Easy but delicious! We loved it.

Wow-yum! Great to find a recipe that cuts some of the fat and calories out of cooking with short ribs. I was afraid the consistency of ribs would be funky from boiling, but after broiling with sauce they came out fork tender. The sauce was great- good and sticky on the meat. I used boneless short ribs. My husband loved them, too. Will make again, and I am picky!

I used just the cooking method with this recipe but used my own bbq sauce. I added some beef bouillon cubes and 2 tablespoons of vinegar to the water. After simmering for 2 hours, I drained and removed as much fat from the beef as I could. I then smothered the meat with my bbq sauce and broiled it. Also added hot sauce just before serving. They turned out very tender and my family LOVED them.

It was okay, nothing special

The barbeque sauce was ok, but the meat turned out horribly. I was so excited about this one too, because my husband loves short ribs.

This was the most god awful recipe I have ever made. First, the bones all fell out after simmering for 2 hours resulting in little blobs of beef in a pot. I decided to go ahead with the recipe and baste and broil the meat. The meat was tender but the "barbeque" sauce was disgusting and unappetizing. I would never, ever make this again nor would I suggest it to anyone ele. Makes me mad that I had to throw away 4lbs of meat.

I added vinegar, extra mustard powder, worch.sauce, Carolina Treat barbeque sauce & red pepper flakes to the sauce because I found it entirely too sweet and without kick. Next time I would cut the molasses a lot. I also like pork barbeque a lot better than beef.

I have used this particular recipe now on three occassions and find it absolutely delicious. I had an occassion to feed two very fussy eaters and they thoroughly enjoyed it . Thank you Donna.