We have spent many a happy evening eating baby back ribs off the barbecue in the US but I can't find them here. Worse, we live in Northern Ireland where some ingredients are even harder to access. Any ideas anyone?

Go to a quality butcher....I'm sure if they will get some in if they don't stock them normally. Also, try a farm shop.

Thanks for the quick reply. I have been to a local butchers but thay don't seem to have heard of baby backs. Are they called something else here?

Try asking them for pork loin ribs, I bet they will have heard of them.

Thanks! I will give that a try

Hi Cwat, you can try asking for small spare ribs.

Cwat, I would just use the normal belly pork we get here, really lovely, not sure what you had with the baby ribs but just do some honey and chilli and oh my god my mouth is slavering lol

It is definitely the pork loin you need, if you look at almost any recipe for baby back ribs it tells you to use pork loin ribs. Good luck.

Hi everybody who has posted replies. Thanks for all your helpful comments. I will try the butcher for pork loin ribs. Ainsley has a great recipe for BBQ ribs in his barbecue bible, using maple syrup and cayenne pepper with some other stuff which is just fantastic. Anyone who likes BBQ ribs should really try it.