My mom made these tender oven-baked country-style ribs for special ... up when I bring a plate of these ribs to the table, and company never suspects how easy they are to prepare.

The world of barbecue is vast and complex, so we don't blame you if you can't tell traditional ribs apart from country-style.

The most familiar of those cuts are spareribs, from the pig’s belly, and baby back ribs, taken from the back (not from young pigs). But there are also so-called country-style ribs ...