Developing my own rub, why not start with Aaron Franklins Rib Rub.

Mud Pig

Out of frustration that I can't get my favorite pork rub delivered to my house (only available locally in Florida)I've decided to try and develop my own. Instead of inventing one I thought I'd try out Aaron Franklins rib rub recipe and see how I can tweak it to suit my own tastes. Here is his recipe:

2 parts pepper (i ground my own pepper from whole black peppercorns) to one part kosher salt.
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Pinch of chili powder
Paprika

I coated my spareribs evenly with the rub and then put them on the XL. Cooked the spares at 225 for 4 hours, 250 for an hour, then wrapped them after coating them with BBQ sauce for one more hour. They came out good, but I think Aaron's rub needs more salt so I'm going to work with the ratio a bit and add in some more spices. I'll keep you guys posted until I get it right. Here are some pics of the cook. Including some homemade corn hash and sour cream lime coleslaw.

fljoemon

Just curious .. what is your favorite rub only available in FL?

Mud Pig

fljoemon said:

Just curious .. what is your favorite rub only available in FL?

There is a rib joint near Naples, Fl called MichealBob's. the funny thing about them is their ribs are good, but not great. There rub is amazing though . I happen to pick up their rib rub 3 years ago and it comes out awesome when you cook ribs on the egg. I usually get my mother in law to sed me 6 shakers of rub every 3 or 4 months, but they haven't been down to FL in a while.

I ran out about a month ago. I fin that other rubs, like Dizzy Dust are too spicy. I like a nice salty rub with a couple of hints of other spices. I'm a big fan of tasting the meat more than the rub.

RickyBobby

My favorite homemade rubs are based off of Brown Sugar. Of course, I'm a sweet BBQ kinda guy though too!

Mud Pig

So what happened to the pics I posted? Not cool forum gods!