1 Cup onion — chopped
1/4 Cup salad oil;
1 Cup tomato sauce
1/4 Cup brown sugar
1/4 Cup water
1/4 Cup lemon juice
1/4 Cup bottled steak sauce
1 Teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3-4 lbs loin back ribs or meaty spareribs
sawed in 2 strips about 4 inches wide
For sauce, cook onion in hot oil until tender but not brown, add the next 7 ingredients. Simmer uncovered for 15 min or until of nice sauce consistency.
Salt and pepper the ribs, lace in accordion style on spit, securing with holding forks. Put a drip pan under ribs. Attach spit to motor and lower bbq hood. let ribs rotate over slow coals 1 hour or till meat is well done. Last 30 min., brush ribs frequently with sauce and add dampened wood (hickory) chunks to coals for smoke flavor.