For the barbecue sauce, heat the oil, fry the onions until translucent. Add garlic, cloves, Tabasco and caraway seeds and let sizzle for 2 minutes. Add all other ingredients (except the ribs), bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes until the sauce thickens. Remove from heat and strain everything through a sieve.
For normal, thin ribs, sear them briefly on the grill and then brush generously with the sauce after each turn. The resulting crust can turn a little black, it tastes extremely delicious. It is important to keep the ribs moving and to turn and brush them every minute!
Pre-fry thick ribs longer before brushing. Or let it steep in hot water, not boiling, for 30 minutes to an hour.
A good Swabian potato salad and lots of cold beer go well with it.