The Best Rub for Pork Ribs
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2024
- Order your leather apron here: madscientistbb...
More Mad Scientist BBQ:
Instagram: / madscientistbbq
Twitter: / madscientistbbq
The BBQ HQ:
Instagram: / thebbqhq
/ thebbqhq
GLOVE LINERS: amzn.to/2vJ0t3s
Amazon links for rubs:
Holy Voodoo: amzn.to/2QJD6Ox
Code 3 Backdraft: amzn.to/2xkxcg0
Oakridge Dominator Sweet Rub: amzn.to/2xZfleO
Suckle Busters Hog Waller: amzn.to/2QGCr0i
Kosmos Q Honey Chipotle Killer Bee: amzn.to/2UgSKmF
Caribeque Pork Rub: amzn.to/33Gr7Xs
For those who want a breakdown:
Salt & Pepper (8:48): 8 / 9.5 - avg: 8.75
Oakridge Dominator Sweet Rub (9:58): 6 / 8.2 - avg: 7.1
Simply Marvelous Genie's Trinity (11:29): 9 / 8.7 - avg: 8.85
Pitts & Spits Ultimate (12:33): 9 / 8.9 - avg: 8.95
Suckle Busters Hog Waller (13:27): 9.5 / 9 - avg: 9.25
Meat Church Holy VooDoo (14:14): 9.5 / 9.2 - avg: 9.35
Kosmos Q Honey Chipotle Killer Bee (15:05): 6.5 / 6.5 - avg: 6.5
Code 3 Spices Backdraft (15:39): 7 / 7.3 - avg: 7.15
Caribeque Pork (16:39): 8 / 8.2 - avg: 8.1
Ranking based on averages:
Meat Church Holy VooDoo: 9.35
Suckle Busters Hog Waller: 9.25
Pitts & Spits Ultimate: 8.95
Simply Marvelous Genie's Trinity: 8.85
Salt & Pepper: 8.75
Caribeque Pork Rub: 8.1
Oakridge Dominator Sweet Rub: 7.1
Code 3 Spices Backdraft Rub: 7.15
Kosmos Q Honey Chipotle Killer Bee: 6.5
Jarek Kolanko
Thanks for this
Where do guys get your cloth gloves that are underneath the neoprene? Or should I ask, which cloth glove is the best?
You can go get the clock go off of that Home Depot or Lowe’s in the garden department
You are a hero for this 💪
Meat church!! 🤤👌
Meat church is the way to go, they are spot on with their rubs
Way too salty.
@@travismiles5885I like their voodoo and honey hog a lot but my God their fajita seasoning is saltier than pure salt. It's insane. They need to balance it out with about 80% less salt and more cumin and paprika etc.
I know this was a test of off the shelf rubs but I stumbled on an amazing rub ingredient some years back. You know that powder pack of apple cider you find around Christmas time? It is available year round in the same place you find instant hot chocolate in the store. Just tear open the packet and add hot water, poof apple cider. Well, I use the powder in my rub with some granulated garlic and onion, salt and pepper. Whatever else you like in a pork rub. I generally just sub the brown sugar with the apple cider powder. I figure we are going to spray it with apple cider vinegar and/or apple juice. Add it to the rub and it sticks.
Interesting, I think I might have to give the cider a try. I heard Kool-Aid's good, too.
Interesting 🤔
Interesting
Interesting
I'm a truck driver from Texas and have eaten ribs from many different BBQ joints across the USA.the best ribs I've had was from a little Jamaican place in Georgia they were the best flavored ribs that I've had
Holy Voodoo and Hog Waller are my absolute favourite. We won some competition with the SB.
What’s “SB”?
@@jackwebb5917 SuckleBuster
I have all the Kosmos seasonings and was very surprised it scored so low. I absolutely love everything Kosmos
When you cook something often for a very long time the beauty of well executed simple versions of those dishes begins to trump all the bells and whistles sometimes added onto those same dishes. I am no chef, but have been cooking for 30 years. Born and raised on the Cajun Prairie I mainly cook braised meats and seafood in sauces that are served over rice. I have taught many people how to cook Cajun food. The process is more important than the spices. That is the real secrete to great food.
Excellent video. I'm a SPG guy. I have a whole tub full of rubs and I still find myself enjoying dalmatian or SPG the most. Lately I have found that using S&P or SPG as main base, and then finishing with a rub as just an accent turns out awesome results. My ratio is about 75% S&P or SPG to 25% rub.
Carlos Lucero
Hmm I have never tried that. Great idea
Song kicked in while seasoning the ribs and I had to check to see what channel I was watching.
Cooking with RY uses same music - threw me too!
Thank you for making this video! I've been struggling trying to find a sugar free rub that will still taste great and seeing that salt and pepper still makes some great ribs makes my day!
Slap Yo Mamma is a great no sugar rub. I like the white pepper version best
Sucklebusters SPG
Next time you should do the same but in a blind test setting... Makes it way more interesting(And a cleaner test).
Awesome video! Thanks for the info👍🏽
It never occured to me to even try just salt and pepper on pork ribs. Tried that today (with garlic powder and onion powder). It turned out great (well I overcooked them, but overcooked ribs are still good ribs). I think this is how I might be doing it from now on.
Thats called good ole SPG. every rub on the market just spins on that simple trifecta to call it their own.
Great review! Didn't realize that rubs with more ingredients block smoke absorption, but that makes sense. I like a deeper smoke flavor as well, so I'm going to cut a rack of ribs in half and do 1/2 S&P and 1/2 of that VooDoo rub.
BBQ & Brews
Awesome! Let me know how it goes
@@MadScientistBBQ I have to agree the simple salt and pepper rub came out on top (I used SPG). Although the SPG rubbed ribs didn't have the color in your video. Might have been because I was using charcoal and wood chunks vs. straight wood. Anyhow, you did a great video here and I hope others find it useful. Well done!
made my own the other day, Alaska Sitka smoked salt, Truffle Salt, Garlic Powder, Cheyenne pepper, black pepper. Amazing.
Killer Hogs, slapp yo daddy, victory Lane , Heath Rub. And I've heard Holy Voodoo. Hi from cal city ca.
All of Victory Lane's rubs were created by Heath Riles, so they are very similar to Heath's rubs. He used to cook for Victory Lane's competition team but left a couple years ago to do his own thing. Can't say I blame him if they were making money bottling and selling his recipes.
Ok i had know idea. Thank you
Great info!! I am a big fan of Heath Riles and Meat Chruch. Running with a Traeger.
@@kylebowers1531 Thanks for the info.
From Canada: Maritime Madness maritimemadness.com/
This is awesome! Thank you! I have a Traeger smoker and use the methods that Matt at Meat Church preaches. Big fan of you guys and happy to have found you. Your rig looks awesome.
Please make an episode 2, comparing the best sauces. 😊
What about eating or drinking a palate cleanser between each sample? That way each rub doesn't affect the next with lingering flavors.
Grizzleback07
Good call. Will do next time
@@MadScientistBBQ I think chugging a hoppy IPA in between each rib wouldve made a great palate cleanser. Prob change the dynamic of the video too
Should of thrown some killer hogs in there!
Theorcman2008 man, you stole my suggestion Haha
killer hogs is amazing
None of these commercial rubs can compare to ones with freshly ground homemade spices. Will never forget the first time I made Chili with actual home-toasted and ground Chiles. Makes an incredible difference.
Cue Ry's Cooking intro music 😂
Igal Tabachnik
👍🏻 had no idea when I put the video together
Yes lol
It's probably some free generic youtube music
First thing I thought of also😄😄
Killer hogs should of been up there for sure
jak burton4 nah... I used to buy killer religiously then I tried kosmo never went back to killer
Malcom Reed is the man! Love THE BBQ rub. The hot rub and AP are incredible as well.
italianrelic totally agree I love Malcolm’s videos but Kosmos products are better! Dirty Bird is hot is on everything at my house
I agree..along with other meat church rubs.
Exactly
I’ve been using kosmos chipotle killer bee on pork for a while. It is excellent!
tim vandyke
Maybe the rub was just old or something? Maybe I didn’t use enough?
I just bought the Holy Voodoo and Killer Hogs Hot BBQ, excited to try the both. Nice video.
All of the Killer Hogs stuff is solid. I just bought the "TX" rub; haven't tried it yet.
S&P is always the best. I think if you're using quality meat and clean smoke, you don't need to complicate the flavors with anything else. Now I do sometimes buy commercial rubs when I want to change things up, but I always end up coming back to plain old S&P.
I agree with that, I always default back to S&P. Right now I am changing it up, but within two weeks I'll be back 😂
I'm a sucklebusters man all day. Glad you enjoyed that Hog Waller! Its one of my go to's, along with their SPG. Excited to try a couple of those others once I run out of HW.
Spanglish Asadero al pastor rub then glazed with Tacticalories pineapple margarita salsa. Straight fire!
Thanks for the video Jeremy...gonna grab some Meat Church VooDoo this morning for the three racks going on my smoker today....I agree with you on the salt/pepper ribs
this was awesome, extremely informative, concise, and fun.
Add Buc-ees BBQ sauce to that Honey Chipotle Rub and that's a gamechanger
Meat Church Texas Sugar is my goto. I make ribs when hanging out with the neighbors and they always love my ribs. Ill need to try the Voodoo.
I was here just for the voodoo rub review 💪🏽 been using it over a year!!
This is why we use S&P here in Texas, the true flavors of the meat and smoke shine through.
This is awesome 👏🏼 I guess it all depends on ones preference, KILLER HOGS THE BBQ RUB is my number 1
Jeremy you give the best barbecue advice in video keep it up
Great review and not surprised to see Hog Waller rank so high. Great rub!
A nice cold ipa and some bbq is the way to go 🍺
Salt and pepper to start for more smoke. Wrap it in butter and brown sugar. Finish with a Memphis style sauce (ketchup, vinegar, molasses). Ultimate rib
Blake Aquadro
I’ll have to try it that way. I’ve done similar stuff in the past but never tried to finish with a Memphis sauce
@madscientistBBQ One thing I wanted to mention the Oakridge Dominator Sweet Rub you said felt muted out. I've found the reason for this was it was lacking salt, once I added some additional salt the flavour profile is insane! Honestly my fav sweet rub.
I have the Holy Voodoo and is a great well balanced savoury rub for dry ribs.
Thanks for the review this was really helpful 👊
I agree with you. Sometimes the simple solution is salt.
Jeremy, thanks for this video!!
Purchased the Suckle Busters & Holy Voodoo rubs & used your lard & butcher idea on some spare ribs trimed to St Louis style ribs. OMG Best ribs I've ever eaten & certainly best I've ever made (only 2nd time smoking ribs) Thanks for your teaching videos! Smoked a pork butt last week it was good too. Spilled a bunch of juice onto my shoe pulling it off my Oklahoma Joe's Highland. Dog got some good scraps. Thanks!!!
From Lawson, Mo
I usually make my own rubs but support Matt Pittman with Meat Church (Holy Voodoo) and his efforts. I have all of his rubs. Glad to see his rub scoring well!
Do this again with all S&P but different sauces!
I second this!
Agreed. Genius idea.
I disagree. Its just salt and pepper. Pointless to do a "rub" video if its just salt and pepper. Why even do a video?
@@40ozbeerbellydude you don't get the point. He's not talking about doing a rub video. He's talking about doing a sauce video. Good grief.
@@leoingle Take it easy some people just need everything explained in black and white. I have a few people at work like that.
The Kosmos rub used I usually use as another layer but not solo or a base layer. If you like just S&P, you should give the Kosmo's Q SPG a run on ribs. Its Salt, Pepper, Garlic and some MSG. And its probably my favorite rub for ribs or anything right now.
I do the same, base layer of spg, killer bee chipotle and Texas beef. Makes for a great crust and flavor
It is hard to pick the best been you didn’t use it. That would be Killer Hog!! 😂. Great video.
that's your opinion..that is very bland unless you load it up like he does with salt and pepper first
I know it my opinion like this is your opinion.
@@RetiredBadge only opinion that counts is mine.....lol
Did your autocorrect kick in or did you just spell Lambert’s Sweet Rub ‘O Mine wrong?
Great job Jeremy, enjoyed the BBQ RUBS and both you guys opinions on the different types and flavors. It’s okay to have different opinions on taste. Thanks for sharing with us and keep up the good work and videos. Fred.
“One bite everybody knows the rules.”
I see you
Tyler Burns
😂
You gotta say one bite then eat the whole thing
Would love to see a cook off of the available Texas bbq joint rubs.
Salt Lick has been my favorite rib rub.
Blacks has been my favorite beef rub.
Rudy’s/salt lick tied on poultry.
i lived in vero beach florida for 30 years, publix supermarket had a dry rub from emeril lagassi. called emerils rib rub, it was the most awesome rub i have found. moved to south georgia and cant get it anywhere. BUMMER.
“You won’t hurt my feelings”.
Immediately has feelings hurt
Would love to see more of these videos testing other rubs with a final showdown video of the top rubs tested . Try some Killer Hogs The bbq rub And Chupacabra rub. Maybe add a third judge and make it a blind test to eliminate any preconceived notions.
Paul Fix
Not a bad idea.
I heard about that chupacabra rub Heard it’s out of this world
blues hog is definitely my go to
Their sauce is insane!
Outstanding review! You guys make great videos! I loved the optional choices you chose to review! Thanks!!
Great video, as I learned a lot! Questions - How much S&P do you apply for seasoning? Coarse S&P?
Do one of these for Tri-tip rubs! Fun to watch, thanks!
Happy Holla BBQ Seasoning is really good as well, I used it the last time I smoked some ribs and they were fantastic! Meat Church Holy Voodoo is another good one!
VOOO DOOO!!!
KOSMO is great too, but that Voo Doo from meat church is my favorites
I've used almost all of the rubs that you used. I would have to say kosmos has my vote hands down. It's hard to find though.
You can buy it off his website. Expensive though.
#ItJustWins
i could listen to that song all day
Thanks for a great video and some useful rub suggestions. I've used several different rubs, but I plan to give simple salt and pepper (or maybe salt-pepper-garlic) a try. Some of my favorite BBQ restaurant ribs have a great smoke flavor, and I think I've been missing that.
I would have preferred blind taste testing.
Same
And about eight more tasters.
Absolutely! Bias is coming through.
Meat Church Holy BBQ is AMAZING!
Operation BBQ relief Sweet & Smokey !!!
The flavor is in the fire. That’s why salt & pepper rules. Don’t ya know a proper pit has a firebox and no gas/electric, no pellets, no soaking the chips. Wood fire. I love your comment about the beer. Spot on!
Caribeque is my favorite!!!!
5:29 *Gold. Pure Gold.*
Classic I just bought a bottle of holy voodoo. Great video 👍
Great vid.
Surprised no ones asking for Zero to Hero. I’ve tried a ton of rubs but still go back to that. Rib tickler is pretty great on ribs as well.
Thanks for putting in the work!
robert mainini
Thanks for the suggestion
Zero to hero and most powerful..those are my go to all the time..EAT BBQ
S&P is the way to go. Everything else is objective and nuanced. I personally like sweet heat but who can really say. Good video.
I love Meat Church! Holy Voodoo is awesome. Honey Hog is also a great one for sweet ribs.
Totally agree, I want to try the honey hog hot next.
Just got some honey hog and the gospel this week. Can't wait to try it!
Great video and test. I’m a big fan of Meat Church and glad Matt Pittman’s product shined through.
I think what i got out of it the most was excessive rubs might mask the ability of the smoke to flavor the meat. And putting a glaze or sauce on the very end can give you a good tangy flavor with some smoked meat flavors.
If you are a big fan of smoke flavor I suggest seasoning with S&P first and then when you go to wrap add a rub that has no salt. You get maximum smoke while also getting flavor from the run.
I've heard you say s&p is your favorite. Now that I've done that and other seasoning, I see where you are coming from.
I’m with ya I was a chef for 12 years. Tried everything to make my own seasoning. An always would go back to salt an pepper. My favorite by far. Hard to beat
Doni Comeaux
Yeah definitely hard to beat
My favourite rub on anything pork is salt. Pepper, lemon zest, onion powder and what ever chilli I'm feeling that day
I got a bottle of rub called Rib Ninja a few days ago and made ribs with it yesterday I Really like it. kinda has a spice to it that comes through afterwards.
1:33. Anyone else rooting for him to spread it super evenly??
also major kudos to your video editor, superb job
Oh damn...I guess I'm going to have to try S&P...that's almost all I've done for beef (+garlic) but honestly never thought to do it for pork ribs.
It's good, not great. Boring for ribs, I like a few more flavors with pork.
i usually s&p first for 3 hours and go back with less salty rub after before wrapping and after spraying with cider.
So this test has raised a question in my mind that I had never considered before; if too much rub blocks wood smoke then what about smoking the ribs for an hour and a half or so and then adding the rub so that you can get the rub flavor but also a good round of wood smoke?
It's totally doable. Most likely would want your binder heated up.
One I used the most is Baron smoke Apple Wood rub 14 0z. $6.88. Los Mos.s $9.99. 10.5 0z.
You gave me a good laugh 😂 with the Trump impression 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Better then the Tonite show.
Lol
Kosmo’s is great accept for one thing that I’ll point out his sauces when there made have the pepper seeds in them so they come out hotter then expected and bitter from the seeds being crushed so small you can taste it . Top 3 contenders for me Kosmo’s 1 Heath riles 2 killerhogs 3 ... Kosmo’s plays with the oz’s on the bottles also don’t know what that’s about everything and everyone’s bottles should be 16 oz that’s normal. But maybe I’m crazy .
Killer Hogs “The BBQ Rub”
I can believe he didn't pick killer Hogs
Seriously is the best
I got some in the mail the other day! Going to try it soon!
Because this is all the guy in the video carries. Take it for what it is...
Best part is that Killer Hogs is available at Walmart now, so it should be available locally for most of us... It's a very good rub
.. Great on pork and chicken... Pretty good on beef as well. Great all around rub
Salt and pepper all the way! Sometimes for a little extra flavor, I like Cavender’s Greek Seasoning along with salt and pepper.
I really enjoyed the process, visual scoring of each and the Honesty!!! Great job!!! Have you guys did other 🍖 the same? I just hit the bell for future videos!!
The killer bee chipotle is a nice compliment to hot dirty bird. Doesnt have a ton of flavor on its own though.
Agree. Most people now days layer rubs.
i agree,didn't go head over heals about killer bee. Dirty bird for the win. I'll try blending the two next time.
I just laid down some SPG and then a layer of honey Chipotle Killer bee on some country ribs. I think that should really make that killer be pop
John henry pecan rub is the best I have ever had...I do like just salt and pepper too
I do that after I put on Killer Hogs....
Never seen scoring the membranes before, only simply taking them off. Is that just an efficiency thing or is there a benefit to scoring the membrane and not removing them completely?
James Pullman yeah that was kind of odd to me also 🧐🤔🤔
A lot of restaurants will score the membrane. They do that because taking the membrane off a bunch of ribs can take a lot of time. Scoring helps out with tenderness as well as removing the membrane. I’ve scored before and I haven’t noticed a difference in the ribs.
Ryan Rodriguez it literally takes 15 seconds to pull it off
EqualsDeath except when it takes 30, or 60. You know you get those pita membranes sometimes. Then multiply by 200 for some rib joints. And honestly, it’s often minimal difference, depends on your cooker.
EqualsDeath dont act as if I’m the one who did that in this video lmao but just like that guy just told you.
Love this type of video great job man please do more of these kind with different meats Great job man
kyridgejumper
Will do
I was hoping for a blind test. But I’m glad to see a good comparison video.
ive used the voodoo on chicken wings all the time.. great rub!
We love it on everything. But heck ya on the wings.
It's awesome bro..
Kosmos Q Honey Chipotle Killer Bee is fantastic with a Honey Mustard BBQ sauce. Tastes like candy.
was waiting for cooking with ry to pop out of no where
For the Salt & Pepper rub, is it just any kind of S&P or a specific style / grind? What is ideal ratio of Salt to Pepper? Would this same S&P only rub work well for pork shoulder?
How can you hate on the Kosmo Q love all his rubs!!!!
I make most of mine with a mix of 2 of webers rubs.. the brown sugar/original, then i'm adding some tony chacheries, onion powder,garlic powder, minced onions... then i get a can of beer put a good dab of it in a sauce pan get some brown sugar, honey,louisiana hot sauce (or tobasco) sweet baby rays, tonys, minced onions, garlic powder, cook it all down for my sauce. Comes out damn good
If you mix the killer bee chipotle and the dirty bird hot.. it is mind blowing
Solid video and honest review. My only suggestion would be to try Code3Spices Sweet/Zesty 5-0 Rub, that is their competition pork rub and designed for pork. The Backdraft is a great rub but more as a layering rub or finishing rub rather than a stand alone. Keep up the great work
Born To Chef
Thanks for the info!
I've tried most of these rubs and some others but always go back to SuckleBusters.