By us we have Meijer stores, and pork loin goes on sale for about $1.89/$1.99#, it used to be $1.69#. I buy pork loin and cut it into chops also. Saves $1.50-$2.00#
Or I just make a roast out of eat. Cheap meats, good eats.
They also have what they call western style ribs, basically just blade roast, for $1.19# (bone in) (used to be $.99#) I'll take this with my favorite bbq sauce, put it in a roaster pan, and cover the meat with the sauce, and put in the oven for 2 hours. If you want, turn the broiler on and sear/char the sauce on the meat after roasting. Carmelized BBQ sauce...mmmmmmm.
ALMOST..not quite, like having BBQ ribs.
After roasting, take bbq sauce and grease in pan and pour into bowl. Place bowl in freezer for about 1 hour, our until all the grease, but not the sauce, has solidified. Remove and disgard congealed grease. Pour bbq sauce in a bottle or jar and freeze, to be used next time you make this.
My brother taught me a similar recipe....put tin foil in the roasting pan (enough to cover the bottom and the ribs)....then cover the foil with saran wrap (enough to cover the foil and the ribs)....then I BBQ the ribs to get a char on them....transfer to the pan with the foil and saran wrap...cover with your favorite BBQ sauce....then cover with the saran wrap and tin foil....then bake....they come out fork tender (and the pan is easy to clean). I thought the saran wrap would burn, but it doesn’t.