• Home
  • Email List
  • Cookbooks
  • FAQs
  • Instant Pot Secrets
  • Sponsor Me

365 Days of Slow Cooking and Pressure Cooking

Easy slow cooker and Instant Pot recipes for each day of the year

  • Filter Recipes
  • Instant Pot
  • Slow Cooker
  • Chicken
  • Beef
  • Pork
  • Meatless
  • healthy
  • Soups

March 15, 2011

Game Summary: BBQ Meatballs vs Sweet and Spicy Ribs

  • Pinterest
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

And the winner of matchup #22 between the sweet and spicy ribs and the bbq meatballs is….

The Sweet and Spicy Ribs!

We caught up with side-line reporter, Jody, after the game and this is what she had to say about the tense match-up…

Results for the Meatballs and Ribs are in, and I would have to say we had a buzzer beater at our house! Although it was a very close race {one of my boys made a very good argument!}…the Ribs won! We loved both meals, and would make either one again. I have VERY picky eaters in my house, but they each tried them both. However the ribs got more second helpings then the meatballs.

I followed each recipe and would not change either one. To be fair I used the same brand and type of barbeque sauce in both recipes.

For the meatballs I used my own recipe for the meatballs instead of the frozen ones from Costco. I also have my own cranberry sauce made from fresh cranberries in the freezer that I used. I served them over rice. I personally felt like these were a bit flat on the flavor, but because ALL my kids ate them I felt like they were good enough. I guess I was just expecting more of a contrasting flavor like a sweet and sour recipe would give. They were however better the next day for lunch.

I was a bit skeptical about the ribs at first. I couldn’t believe you needed 5 CUPS of barbeque sauce. I had also never used Cajun seasoning before. I was only going to add half of the seasoning because I was not for sure my kids would eat it, however I then reminded myself that I must follow the recipe to make an honest opinion. I am so glad I did! After cooking all day, and smelling that wonderful aroma in my WHOLE house I must say it needed the Cajun seasoning. It gave depth and compexity. We did not use the reserved sauce in the fridge so maybe half the recipe on the sauce would be alright…one of my kids said they were too saucy in the end. But you wouldn’t want them to dry out when cooking all day, so maybe that amount of sauce it truly good. I served them “Famous Dave’s” style on toast.

All in all the Ribs were the winner at our house. 

  • Pinterest
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Leave a Comment Filed Under: All Recipes Tagged With: All Posts, march madness, game summary

Recommendations

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Welcome!

Karen photo

Hi, I’m Karen. I know that dinner time can be less than relaxing. Busy schedules and cranky kids and a hundred other things can lead to weariness when it comes to putting dinner on the table. I can help! I make homemade, family-friendly slow cooker and Instant Pot dinners and share the recipes with you.

Stay In Touch

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

Categories

Archives

Amazon Associates Disclosure

Karen Petersen is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

365 Days of Slow Cooking © 2023 ยท Privacy Policy

MENU
  • Home
  • Filter
  • Instant Pot
  • Slow Cooker
  • Chicken
  • Beef
  • Pork
  • Meatless
  • Healthy
  • Soups
  • Email List
  • Cookbooks
  • FAQs
  • Instant Pot Secrets