BBQ Baked Potatoes!

If you're in the mood for a very hearty, delicious, EASY (with easy clean-up!) meal, try this man's-man fare of BBQ Baked Potatoes. Crazy good, crazy easy, and the food coma afterward? Yep, crazy.

1 pkg pork short ribs (I'm sure you can try beef but I haven't yet)
1 bottle Famous Dave's Rich & Sassy BBQ Sauce
4-6 Idaho potatoes, scrubbed clean
Salt and Pepper
Toppings: Shredded cheese (whatever your favorite is), Sour cream, Butter, Chives, BBQ sauce

In the morning, throw all the ribs and 1-1.5 cups BBQ sauce into a slow cooker (eyeball measurement). Turn to LOW and cook 7-8 hours (up to 9-10 if needed). 1 hour before you're ready to eat, sprinkle the potatoes liberally with salt and pepper (may need to wet potatoes to get S&P to stick), wrap in foil, and bake in a 500* F oven for an hour. 15 minutes before potatoes are done, pull the ribs out and shred, discarding fat. (You can skip this step if you're feeling lazy, and just let everyone shred their own.) Add another 1/4-1/2 c. BBQ sauce if needed. There are two ways to serve:

Martha Stewart way: Once potatoes are done, allow to cool. Cut tops off potatoes, scoop out flesh, mix with toppings and BBQ, stuff into potato, add more toppings on top, replace potato top, and bake at 350* for another 10-15 minutes or until heated through.

Sarah way: make a "Build Your Own" potato bar. Set everything out and let everyone go to town building their own.

You could probably serve a side with this, but my boys who ate it (Jacob, Trevor, and Steve) thought the loaded potato was more than enough. Delish!

XOXO,
S

(PS, This is the first dish I've EVER made that Jacob complimented me... twice. He really loved it. And this is the first time I've ever tried BBQ that I felt like I did a decent job. The slow cooker is the way to go for ribs, definitely! And I'm not brave enough to make my own BBQ sauce just yet.... let the pros handle it, I say!)