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BBQ rubs, my infographic
gdenby
Posts: 6,239
Hi, all,
Prompted by a thread a couple of weeks ago about best rubs, I went back and looked at the recipes I'd collected. Added a few dozen more to the collection, which I've built into a database.
I've mentioned before that many rubs are basically sugar & paprika, or paprika and sugar. I thought an illustration of some of those might help. Here's a diagram of rubs to illustrate how similar ingredients are used w. different proportions. Or the rubs made a little more flavorful by adding other ingredients. All portions are by volume, specifically by whole or fractional teaspoons converted from cups or tablespoons as needed.
There are some rounding errors in the figures, but they are within a percent of the ingredient lists graciously described by various authors/cooks.

Note: the majority of recipes mention brown sugar as a preference. Unless specifically described, I've assumed "sugar" refers to brown sugar.
Prompted by a thread a couple of weeks ago about best rubs, I went back and looked at the recipes I'd collected. Added a few dozen more to the collection, which I've built into a database.
I've mentioned before that many rubs are basically sugar & paprika, or paprika and sugar. I thought an illustration of some of those might help. Here's a diagram of rubs to illustrate how similar ingredients are used w. different proportions. Or the rubs made a little more flavorful by adding other ingredients. All portions are by volume, specifically by whole or fractional teaspoons converted from cups or tablespoons as needed.
There are some rounding errors in the figures, but they are within a percent of the ingredient lists graciously described by various authors/cooks.

Note: the majority of recipes mention brown sugar as a preference. Unless specifically described, I've assumed "sugar" refers to brown sugar.
Comments
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Love this visual representation. Very cool to see the 'families'- more paprika based vs. more sugar based.
1 LBGE in Chapel Hill, NC -
Very, very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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This graphic is awesome - thanks for posting.
Memphis, TN
LBGE, 2 SBGE, Hasty-Bake Gourmet -
Lot of work to pull that together. Thanks for sharing.Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.
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That’s cool! Nice work. You need a 50/50 black and white for Texas Style

Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX -
Glad you all liked it. I love trying out recipe variations, and so viewing what works for other people helps me practice.
As far as spice blends go, the illustration is rather small, but seems to me to be in the center of American BBQ.
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So, Texas style is equal part pepper and salt? Lots of the brisket rubs tend to be really heavy on pepper and salt.The Cen-Tex Smoker said:That’s cool! Nice work. You need a 50/50 black and white for Texas Style
If you'd like, I'll stick in a column for you as "Texas Style."
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It is for the most part but I was just kidding about adding a graphic. We use no sugar at all in traditional rubs but when people do we call it “sugar cookie” bark. I like both but I don’t use any sugar or paprika when I make my own. Salt,pepper, garlic for the most part.gdenby said:
So, Texas style is equal part pepper and salt? Lots of the brisket rubs tend to be really heavy on pepper and salt.The Cen-Tex Smoker said:That’s cool! Nice work. You need a 50/50 black and white for Texas Style
If you'd like, I'll stick in a column for you as "Texas Style."Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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