Leslie, next time, look up a sugar-free sauce recipe, or try some dry-rub ribs. If I'm doing them in sauce, I do them based on this recipe, though I don't even measure ingredients, I just throw it together. If I do a dry rub, I just use cajun seasoning and put them on balls of aluminum foil so that they aren't sitting on the broth that forms at the bottom. Either way, they come out fantastic! You almost can't go wrong with slow cooker ribs. You can always put some sugary sauce on the family's ribs and reheat them if that's what they insist on.