Grandma 'drea's BBQ Pork

I always loved to come home and smell this in the oven!! You can use ribs, chops or anything really and it's simply mouth watering! The first time I made this I had everything except the tomato paste so I boiled down some V-8, cut back on the amount of water and simmered the whole yummy mess til I got what I was looking for. My mother (now known as Grandma 'Drea) swears this is not an original recipe but that credit is due to Sunset Magazine for first using it as a BBQed beef sandwich/sloppy joe recipe. Either way I now give to you all my favorite recipe of all time...

• Ready In: 1 hr 40 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs  pork ribs or 1 1⁄2 lbs  pork chops
• 1  stalk celery (chopped)
• 1⁄2 small onion (chopped)
• 1  teaspoon garlic (minced)
• 1⁄4 cup ketchup
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato paste (with enough water to make a thick sauce)
• 1⁄4 cup vinegar
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar (loose not packed)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon oregano
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon liquid smoke (I used a hickory flavored pwdr)

Directions

1. Pre-Heat the oven to 350`.
2. Brown your meat in a deep skillet then set in a baking dish (I use our the bottom of our broiling pan).
3. Saute celery and onion in the same deep skillet you just browned the meat add a little bit of whatever you have laying around (ie: olive/vegetable oil, butter/margarine, etc) if needed.
4. Add everything else. bring to a simmer for 3-5 mins or until sauce has reached the consistency of a bottled BBQ sauce.
5. Pour over the meat.
6. Bake in a preheated oven @ 350` for 20-30 mins uncovered then foil and continue baking for 1 hour.