Dry rub Pork shoulder/butt recipe needed

[RU 90]

I need some rub recipes for smoked pork shoulder/butt. I love Meathead’s Memphis dust rub, but need something else to break it up ya know? I’ve looked all through this thread and all recipes seem to be for ribs. Any dry rub pork shoulder recipes you can share would be appreciated.

[mrteddyprincess]

I'm going to suggest trying a few commercially available rubs. I gave up "making my own" rub for pork shoulder, brisket, and ribs.

Killer Hogs rub is fantastic for pork shoulder.
Meat Church products are also really good.
And Three Little Pigs out of Kansas City is a favorite of mine.
And just to put in a little shameless promotion, Meathead's Rubs are darn fine! I can get those on Amazon.

I usually buy my rubs at the local Ace Hardware. Mine has a pretty good selection. So does Cabela's.

Best wishes!

Brian

[RU 90]

Just bought some Killer Hog at Walmart. Tasted it. Awesome. Going to use it tonight

[RU 90]

Thanks. I’ll look for some of those.

[Bullion Bear]

I saw Killer Hogs at my local Walmart. May want to try there too

[HawkerXP]

Prety much any pork / chicken rub works. I like Honey Heat from Caribeque.

[RU 90]

Thanks. I’ll look into it.

[barelfly]

Meat Church brand rubs are all really good, as stated above. Oak Ridge BBQ was also one of my favorites, but I don’t think you will be able to find much of their stuff anymore as they are no longer in business.

[Polarbear777]

That’s awful. Carne crosta was my go to.

[RU 90]

Thanks

[Donw]

These rubs are really great and Henrik was gracious enough to share his formulas. https://hankstruebbq.com/hanks-rubs/

[CaptainMike]

I was thinking the same thing. I need to whip up a batch of Royale.

[Henrik]

Gracias! Yes, the KC Royale is really good with pork.

[bmillin]

This is Steve Raichlen's basic rub, Most of what I learned getting started was from his "Barbecue Bible" which I highly recommend. I tampered with it a bit, I like 1t of finely ground red pepper.

His basic sauce is also a great place to start for making your own.

The rub as I do it:

• 1/4 cup sea salt
• 1/4 cup brown sugar (light or dark—doesn’t matter)
• 1/4 cup paprika - bulk is fine, buying the little jars is painful
• 1/4 cup freshly ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons granulated garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons granulated onion powder
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 teaspoon fine ground red pepper flakes

[jfmorris]

The Barbecue Bible was my start on a road to better bbq and cooking in general. My copy is about 15 years old and well worn!

[rlozinak]

I like Meat Church's rubs and for pork I would use Honey Hog. Very good..

[RU 90]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the recipes and links

[texastweeter]

1/2 cup paprika
1/4 cup garlic powder
1/4 cup ancho chili powder
3 tablespoons black pepper
2 teaspoons mustard powder
3 tablespoons celery seed
1 tablespoon Mexican oregano
1 tablespoon thyme
2.5 teaspoons ground allspice
2.5 teaspoons ground corrieander
1 teaspoon accent

this is my go to for dry rubbed ribs/pork shoulder/pork steak. Is always used after a dry brine.

[RU 90]

I will try this. I like that there is no brown sugar in it.

[bbqLuv]

Just plain old SPG works
Equal parts Kosher Salt and Course Pepper and 1/2-part granulated Garlic