Eating meat off the bone reconnects us with our hunter/gatherer ancestors, much like playing Pictionary on cave walls or accidentally discovering fire after leaving the iron on. Rediscover your culinary heritage with today’s Groupon to Ribs USA in Burbank. Choose between two options:

For $25, you get a rib dinner for two (up to a $51.97 value), which includes:

• Two Chief Executive entrees, each with one half-rack of baby-back ribs and two sides (an $18.99 value each)
• One pitcher of soda or beer (up to a $13.99 value)
  
  

For $45, you get a rib dinner for four (up to a $93.96 value), which includes:

• Four Chief Executive entrees, each with one half-rack of baby-back ribs and two sides (an $18.99 value each)
• One pitcher of soda or beer or a bottle of wine (up to an $18 value)
  
  

This Groupon is not valid on Labor Day weekend or Super Bowl Sunday.

Barbecue buffs at Ribs USA prepare a menu brimming with slow-cooked slabs of pulled pork, barbecue chicken, and meaty baby-back ribs as patient diners munch in a relaxed atmosphere. Invite a date or lasso together three friends—or one relative from the Bunyan side of the family tree—to enjoy smoky baby-back ribs slathered in regular or spicy barbecue sauce. Each half-rack shares its plate with two homestyle sides, such as baked beans, collard greens, and roasted garlic potatoes. Diners can substitute their rib racks for a tri tip (a $15.99 value each), a pulled-pork entree (a $13.99 value each), or a chicken entree (up to a $13.99 value each). Help meaty mouthfuls along with refreshing sips of soda, beer, or wine and nibbles from corn muffins and garlic bread (available upon request).