Get grillin' with this recipe for BBQ spare ribs and a very special secret sauce from our very own Chef Gilligan! Summertime is finally here - what better way to celebrate than with some positively tantalizing BBQ ribs?! Even better, Chef Gilligan is sharing how to whip up his secret sauce. There are three different ways you can put this tasty dish together. Ingredients: Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! Oven Method: Salt and pepper the ribs.

Place the ribs in a roasting pan with the inside of the ribs down. Place the ribs in a 300-degree F oven until browned (about 1 hour). Drain fat from pan.

Spoon about 1 cup of the sauce over the ribs to coat them with a thin layer. Turn the ribs over and coat with more sauce. Bake 45 minutes.

Turn and coat the ribs with the remaining sauce. Bake until tender (about 40-60 minutes more). Slow Cooker / Crock Pot method: Salt and pepper the ribs.

Brown the ribs in a skillet over medium-low heat. Pour enough sauce in the crockpot to cover the bottom. Put one layer of ribs in the cooker and pour a thin layer of sauce over the ribs.

Put one more layer of ribs in the cooker and pour a thin layer over those. Continue layering until all the ribs are in the cooker. Pour the remaining sauce over the ribs.

Cook on high heat for one hour. Turn heat down to low and cook for about 6 hours or until very tender. Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! Boiling method (Spare.