What is your ultimate rib rub recipe?

[Ronan]

I used to by store bought rubs like the 3 little pigs,stubbs and rub some butt.The problem with the store bought ones they all ways have way to much salt and it kills all the other flavors especially as i like to put a lot of rub on.I have been working on a simple rib rub recipe.This is what i have come up with so far.

3 Table spoons Brown Sugar
2 Table spoons Paprika
1 tea spoon chili powder
1/2 tea spoon garlic powder
1/2 tea spoon onion powder
1/2 tea spoon dried oregano
1/2 tea spoon black pepper
1/4 tea spoon cumin
1/4 tea spoon mustard powder

I slather the ribs down with mustard or veg oil then salt then add my rub on top just to make sure i dont over salt the meat.

What do you guys think?And please feel free to add your rub recipe

[barkonbutts]

Mad Hunky General Purpose, open bag enjoy.. no need to measure.....

[Ronan]

As a guy living north of the border i dont like buying in from the U.S as it gets very expensive.The exchange rate is awful at the moment and i have to pay US tax then 13% Canadian tax and the shipping is crazy.I tried to buy 2 shakers of Harry Soo slap your daddy rub and it was $38 bucks just for shipping and by the time i added in all the other cost it was like over $100.So i am making my own rubs. Im sure Richs rubs are superb but until there is distribution in Ontario im going to have to take a pass.

I love living in Canada but sometimes i get jealous of you guys and the stuff you can buy.

[Slanted88]

i'm good with that...may jack some rosemary gig in it...just me...

[Hoser]

I usually have some of Rich's gp rub hanging around, but here is what I use if I decide to make a batch from scratch:

***¾ c paprika
***¼ c black pepper
***¼ c kosher salt
***¼ c turbinado sugar
***2 tbs chili powder
***2 tbs granulated garlic
***2 tbs onion powder
***2 tsp cayenne pepper

[Richtee]

As a guy living north of the border i dont like buying in from the U.S as it gets very expensive.The exchange rate is awful at the moment and i have to pay US tax then 13% Canadian tax and the shipping is crazy.I tried to buy 2 shakers of Harry Soo slap your daddy rub and it was $38 bucks just for shipping and by the time i added in all the other cost it was like over $100.So i am making my own rubs. Im sure Richs rubs are superb but until there is distribution in Ontario im going to have to take a pass.

I love living in Canada but sometimes i get jealous of you guys and the stuff you can buy.

Yeah...ugh! I tried a Canadian MFG. a couple years ago. The GP rub was OK, they got the brines down, but could not ever get the Hot Whang! right. And...there was very low demand in Canada. While there are many BBQ folks up there... they don’t seem to be interested in produced rubs? Maybe because there hasn’t been many? I dunno.

I’d possibly consider trying again up there with a new spice house...anyone got any contacts/ideas?

[HawgHeaven]

Try This:

Magic Dust

Ingredients:

½ cup paprika
¼ cup kosher salt, finely ground
¼ cup sugar
2 tbs mustard powder
¼ cup chili powder
¼ cup ground cumin
2 tbs ground black pepper
¼ cup granulated garlic
2 tbs cayenne pepper

Directions:

Mix all ingredients and store in a tightly covered container.

Yield:

About 2 ½ cups

[curious aardvark]

well to start with I would NEVER use oil on food or in a marinade.

Reason being: oil coats the meat and prevents the flavour penetrating the meat. It's used because oil absorbs the flavour compounds and makes the oil taste great. Not the food the oil.

I pretty much use overnight marinades for ribs. Because the ribs I get don't have much meat on them, a marinade adds moisture and stops them drying out when cooked.

I'll often knock up a spice blend to add to the liquid base of the marinade. rarely write them down.

To be fair you can't beat a ketchup rub followed by liberal quantities of madhunky gp rub.

Looking at your rub it would appear to be lightly seasoned brown sugar.

So to start with I'd put a shitload more seasonings in there. Well fewer seasoniungs but larger quantities. And you do need some salt.
Nota lot but you need some. Salt not only improves the flavour of things it also boosts the flavour impact of other seasonings.

A good basic rib rub can be very simple:

1 seasalt
2 garlic
2 paprika
2 coriander seeds
2 brown sugar
1/2 cayenne pepper
1 tsp peppercorns

grind all to a powder. Measurements are in volumes - ie: tsps, tbs, cups, bowler hats - whatever you want to use.

As you're in canada - substitute the brown sugar for maple sugar and add a little extra, maple flavour goes well with the other ingredients.

[SQWIB]

(Rib trimmings Rub) Ingredients

• 1/3 cup coarse salt (kosher or sea)
• 1-1/2 cup (packed) Brown Sugar
• 1-1/4 cup paprika
• 1 Tbsp freshly coarse ground black pepper
• 2 Tbsp garlic powder
• ¼ cup dried onion flakes
• ¼ cup onion powder
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 2 tsp coriander
• 1 Tbsp rosemary

(sometimes I'll use "Montreal Steak Seasoning" and omit the Salt and Pepper)








For my trimmed ribs... I will usually layer three different flavor profiles


(Rib Rub) Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1-2 teaspoons cayenne powder
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons onion powder
• 2 tablespoons white pepper
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard, such as Coleman's
• 1 tablespoon course black pepper
• 5 teaspoons seafood seasoning, such as Old Bay
• 1 teaspoon ginger powder

For my starting mop (mopped then rub is added, then mopped several more times during cook)


(Rib Mop) Ingredients

• Soy Sauce
• Worcestershire
• Coke or Sprite
• Jack Daniels

For Building my Rib Glaze, (the last hour or so, the glaze is applied every 10 minutes about


(Glaze) Ingredients

• Cattlemans Original, If I can find it, if not I will tweak something with a little Carolina gold type sauce
• KC Masterpiece
• Red Hot
• Salted Butter

Sometimes a bit of Jack Daniels or Extra Dry Vermouth

[Bearcarver]

Mad Hunky General Purpose, open bag enjoy.. no need to measure.....

Hmmmmm-----Also my Goto Method!!!

Bear

[1894]

Sounds like you have lots of good input on the rub mix thing
Only thing I would add is a pre planed road trip Not sure if you like seeing them , but the tall sailing boats are doing a run through the great lakes this summer .

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/...s_to_race.html

[Richtee]

Sounds like you have lots of good input on the rub mix thing
Only thing I would add is a pre planed road trip Not sure if you like seeing them , but the tall sailing boats are doing a run through the great lakes this summer .

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/...s_to_race.html

Be happy to send an order to a US address should you have plans