Easy Oven Barbecued Pork Chops are cooked in a tangy BBQ sauce that is lick your finger good! You get that delicious bbq flavor without ever turning on your grill.
This is an easy family-friendly dinner that requires very little prep and only 1 baking dish. Serve these tasty pork chops with mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, cornbread, or your favorite Southern vegetables for an easy comfort food meal.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- No grill required. Get that classic BBQ flavor straight from the oven.
- One pan meal. The pork chops cook right in the BBQ sauce with hardly any clean-up.
- Easy homemade sauce. Sweet tangy, and just a little spicy.
- Bone-in pork chops stay juicy. Bone-in pork chops are ideal for this recipe.
- Minimal prep. The sauce takes just a few minutes to mix together.
- Great for busy nights. Most of the cooking time is hands off.
- Family flavor. The sweet BBQ sauce makes these pork chops especially appealing to kids.
How To Make Baked BBQ Pork Chops
(More detailed instructions and video in recipe card below.)
- Prepare the pork chops. Pat the pork chops dry with paper towels and season both sides with salt and pepper. Place in a baking dish.
- Make the BBQ Sauce. Whisk together the ketchup, chili sauce, brown sugar, honey, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, vinegar, paprika, garlic powder, cayenne, and celery salt.
- Add BBQ Sauce. Pour the BBQ sauce over the pork chops, making sure they’re well coated.
- Cover and bake. Cover the baking dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake at 350°F for 45 to 50 minutes.
- Flip and baste. Remove the foil and carefully flip the pork chops. Spoon plenty of the BBQ sauce over the tops.
- Finish baking and broil. Return the pork chops to the oven for about 10 minutes. Spoon more sauce over the pork chops and broil for 2 to 5 minutes, watching closely, until the sauce is bubbling and caramelized.
- Let rest and then serve.
What Temperature Should Pork Chops Be Cooked To?
Because pork chops vary considerably in thickness, cooking time can vary. A thermometer is the best way to tell if they are done without overcooking them. Pork is done when it reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees.
Recipe Tips
I like to use thick-cut pork chops with the bone in because I find they have more flavor. Plus they are less likely to get overcooked and dry out.
Boneless pork chops can be used, but they cook more quickly and are more prone to drying out. If using boneless pork chops, start checking early with an instant read thermometer. Pork is done when it reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees F.
Cooking time will vary based on the thickness and size of your pork chops.
The sauce has a little bit of heat to it. If you want your pork chops spicy, double the amount of cayenne pepper.
Use Heinz Chili Sauce, not Sriracha Sauce or another hot sauce.
Storage
Leftovers will keep in an air tight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
Oven Barbecued Pork Chops taste great with Cheesy Potatoes and Southern-Style Green Beans. Or even Scalloped Potatoes. Makes a great dinner the whole family will enjoy!
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- Buttermilk Parmesan Pork Chops
- Slow Cooker Bourbon Peach Pork Chops
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Easy Oven Barbecued Pork Chops
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 thick cut bone-in pork chop
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup chili sauce
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon celery salt, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9×13-inch baking dish. Season pork chops with salt and pepper and place in baking dish.
- In a medium bowl, stir together remaining ingredients. Pour over pork chops.
- Cover with foil and bake 45 to 50 minutes.
- Uncover, flip pork chops over and spoon sauce on top. Bake another 10 minutes.
- Spoon sauce over top again and broil 2 to 5 minutes, or until sauce is bubbly and thickened.
- Let rest 5 minutes and then serve.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe adapted from Sweet Tea and Cornbread
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Originally posted January 3, 2018.
TOTALLY AWESOME! This is “hands-down” the best recipe for oven-baked pork chops! The sauce is AMAZING!
The flavor was very good but my thick chops took longer and still were not as tender as I would have liked. They were done but not tender.
Taste was great but sauce was too watery. I left them in the oven uncovered for the full 15 minutes. Not sure what happened. Maybe I need to bake them longer?
Delicious!!! Didn’t use the chili because I didn’t have it. Will make them again so so good!!!!
The barbecue sauce tasted great, and because of heart problems I even had to use no-salt ketchup.
I used my own sauce. At 45 min the internal temperature red 212F. I don’t know what happened.
I forgot chilli sauce do I really need it or will my porkchops be OK
Love your recipes. Reminds me of home in Georgia. Growing up we ate like this a lot no matter what kind of meat was used. Try the pecan recipe on hamburgers. It is so good that they will come back for more so make several. Linda
I made chops today. Sauce is a winner….and so were porkchops! Made loaf of French bread with fresh pressed garlic and butter poured into sliced bread and baked for 30 minutes wrapped in foil and then dunked it in sauce… Really yummy! I’ll make barbecue sauce and use on other meats for grilling. Thanks for a wonderful recipe.
You’re welcome Lynn! That bread sounds marvelous!
Very tasty and so easy!