Buccaneer baby back ribs
At Barbecue University, grilling master Steven Raichlen shows students how to prepare flavorful, perfectly cooked meals on the grill.

In this video, Steven Raichlen teaches students how to make Buccaneer Baby Back Ribs with Pineapple Barbecue Sauce -- a sweet, smokey Caribbean-inspired meal. In order to infuse his ribs with layers of flavor -- "the essence of true barbecue," he says -- Steven utilizes three techniques: He applies a spice rub, sprays the ribs with a pineapple juice mixture, and lastly, brushes the ribs with a fiery pineapple barbecue sauce.

At the end, Steven points out what a perfectly cooked rib looks like -- which if recreated in your own home, would earn you a "rib badge of honor."

Get Steven's Buccaneer Baby Back Ribs with Pineapple Barbecue Sauce recipe.

Steven Raichlen, America's "master griller" (Esquire), is the premier teacher, evangelist, and all-around expert on the art of live-fire cooking. His eight Barbecue! Bible cookbooks include three national-award winners, two that have sold over a million copies, and six chosen as Main Selections of The Good Cook. The third season of his show, Primal Grill, seen in 95% of PBS markets, is scheduled to run in Summer 2010. Previously he hosted four seasons of PBS's popular series Barbecue University at the Greenbrier, now available on DVD, and now teaches seasonal sessions of Barbecue U at the Broadmoor in Colorado. Articles by him appear regularly in Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, and other magazines and newspapers. He lives and grills in Coconut Grove, Florida, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.