Possible Clues:

• Cooks in dry heat
• So that makes it hot for the star
• What is a sot doing in joints like this?
• Ribs ... or ribbings
• What sort of sots will be in joints like this?
• Certain tributes
• Cooks by dry heat
• Cooks over an open fire
• Decays around as it gets hot
• Pokes fun at, in a way