Annyone tried coffee brined ribs?

[Otis857]

For whatever reason, I haven't unsubscribed to the Smoking Meat newsletter. Most likely out of laziness since I haven't seen much there that makes me say, Hmmm, I gotta try this. Well, I did decide to try the coffee brined ribs today that came out a while back in his newsletter. Anyone else tried them? I am going by his recipe, with the exception of the "my Rub". The brine recipe is;
1 qt of coffee,
1/4 c brown sugar,
1/4 c kosher salt
1/4 c of "my rub". I substituted Rich's MH no salt rub for the "my rub".

Im going to make the variation of final rub, which is;
1/4 c ground coffee
3/4 c of "my rub" but will be my MH rub instead.

GOt them in the brine now for 6 hrs of brine time, then on to the Yoder for a 3-2-1 smoke with hickory pellets. pics to follow.

Curious if anyone here is has tired this recipe and your thoughts??

[GOT14U]

I never got to try them or a coffee rubbed brisket either. Always want to just never remember when I am cooking. Good luck and I'm sure you'll be posting up your results.

[Mark R]

Interesting, never tried coffee brine or rub. Be watchin!

[notbobvilla]

I received that same newsletter a couple weeks ago, right as I was defrosting some spares. I followed the recipe including Jeff's rub and I thought it was great. The coffee brine added an earthy tone to the ribs and they were very moist. I smoked 3 racks and the wife and a few friends raved about them. In my opinion best ribs I have made and I will be using the recipe again.

[Fishawn]

Been on a coffee rub steak and burger kick lately but have not tried on pork. Love the coffee rub on beef.

[Otis857]

Been on a coffee rub steak and burger kick lately but have not tried on pork. Love the coffee rub on beef.

I made some coffee based rub for some ribeyes from Devo's rub recipe after reading your post about coffee rubbed burgers. My first attempt was a mixed bag, not bad, but not what I thought they would taste like, so Im hoping for better results today.

Guess I shouldn't open old issues and I dont even know the specifics of them, but the "my rub" & "my sauce" attitude is what drove me away from that forum to this one, and I've never looked back. Early on, I even bought the recipes to help support the site. It was good, but not the end all recipe that he bills it as. Im sure the Mad Hunky rub will make a more than suitable substitute for "my rub".

[Mark R]

My rub...it's whatever I have in my hand today!

[PitRow]

Never tried a coffee brine, but I've done a few coffee rubs. Most recently a really nice one out of hawaii... kona coffee with a pretty good kick to it. Excellent on steaks. Be curious to see how the brine turns out.

[eDJ]

Re:

I've been meaning to try this.

But for the coffee I purchased a bag of Expresso at a Dollar Tree Store.
It's ground powder fine. It's strong and may not require as much.
as the flavor is quite "robust-O".

If you are at a store that has the various flavored and roast whole bean coffee's, chances are that they will have a coffee grinder too. You could
choose from a lot of coffee roast depending on what smells like it would be
good and then grind it at the Expresso setting so it will be powder fine and easy to use as a rub.

Just a thought.

[SMOKE FREAK]

And that's what I was thinking...The coffee might need to be ground finer to make a good rub...

If I ever checked my e-mail I would have seen this...And probably deleted it.......Might need to try it...

[notbobvilla]

I think I used good old Dunkin Donuts brand but I did run it in my grinder to an almost espresso grind. I was really surprised at how the rub took on a whole new flavor "tone" and color, I really enjoyed it. I'm certainly not a rub "snob" and I support several different vendors across several forums and I figure if someone wants to call it "best" "only rub you'll ever need" etc...that's their issue. I try all kinds of rubs including making my own and I enjoy most of them.

[Slanted88]

Never did a coffee brine gig...interesting! however Sister Kelly (BBQGoddess) has a bad a$$ coffee rub!

[Otis857]

Just getting around to updating this thread. Cut 2 racks of ribs in half and brined for 6 hrs. We had a simple meal of the ribs, some sauteed shrooms, broccoli & garlic bread. Good Sunday dinner without much fuss.

The coffee ribs were pretty good, but I still need to experiment more. They were brined for 6 hours, but were not as moist as I thought they would be. They weren't dry, but thought they would have been more juicy. I used a milder coffee than I normally drink, although the coffee I drink has been called gasoline coffee, and it didnt impart much of a coffee flavor like I would have thought. I will go with Sumatra next time, very strong and one of my favorites.

Notbobvilla described the taste as earthy toned, which is as good of a description as I could come up with. It did give them a different color and taste from my usual MH ribs. Since Im not ready to give up on coffee as an ingredient yet, I'll have to look up BBQ goddess' coffee rub recipe.

[curious aardvark]

Never did a coffee brine gig...interesting! however Sister Kelly (BBQGoddess) has a bad a$$ coffee rub!

I've got kellys java rub recipe around.

never tried it (sorry kelly :-)
Not sure it's posted anywhere.

I've made bbq sauces with coffee in - doesn't really float my boat I have to admit.

Guess I'd have to taste coffee brined ribs before saying yea or nay - but can't see me trying it any time soon.
My ribs are generally marinated which makes them extra moist anyway.

[RowdyRay]

Just getting around to updating this thread. Cut 2 racks of ribs in half and brined for 6 hrs. We had a simple meal of the ribs, some sauteed shrooms, broccoli & garlic bread. Good Sunday dinner without much fuss.

The coffee ribs were pretty good, but I still need to experiment more. They were brined for 6 hours, but were not as moist as I thought they would be. They weren't dry, but thought they would have been more juicy. I used a milder coffee than I normally drink, although the coffee I drink has been called gasoline coffee, and it didnt impart much of a coffee flavor like I would have thought. I will go with Sumatra next time, very strong and one of my favorites.

Notbobvilla described the taste as earthy toned, which is as good of a description as I could come up with. It did give them a different color and taste from my usual MH ribs. Since Im not ready to give up on coffee as an ingredient yet, I'll have to look up BBQ goddess' coffee rub recipe.

Looks like it was a good meal. I have not tried the coffee brine thing either. I'll save you some time. Haven't tried Kelly's rub either. My bad.

JAVA RUB

1/2 cup coffee grounds (I use the Cuban coffee, its stronger and ground finer)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup turbinado sugar
1/2 cup kosher salt
2 T cinnamon
2 T Cayenne