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    Dry Brine Ribs

    A question for the collective. When salting ribs for a dry brine, do you salt the ribs side as well as the meaty side? I salt both, but I'm curious as to what others do.
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    What is this dry brine you refer to?
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    #2
    We never dry brine with salt, I put dry rub on both sides, there is minimal salt in my rubs.

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    • pkadare
      pkadare commented
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      Curious as to why you don't dry rub? A medical aversion to salt perhaps? I have high blood pressure (under control with meds) and am careful with my salt intake. The only thing I add salt to is meat when dry brining.

    • smokin fool
      smokin fool commented
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      My father had high blood pressure so when my mother cooked very little to no salt so have carried it on to adult life.
      I do carry more weight than I should but according to my Dr. I haven't developed HBP....so far....
      Whether the no salt thing has contributed is anybody's guess but Il'l take it.

    #3
    Just a bit on the bone side.

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      #4
      I don’t dry brine ribs well maybe I do because the rub has salt in it and I always applied the rub the night before the cook.

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      • fzxdoc
        fzxdoc commented
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        Ditto for me, only applied a couple of hours before the cook.

        Kathryn

      • Steve R.
        Steve R. commented
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        Hey there, D-Dub! Same here. Most ribs I see have already been injected/brined and don't need additional brining. If I'm using something like Plowboys Yardbird Rub (one of my go-to's) it goes on while the smoker is heating up.

      #5
      Meat only and not long before the cook. To me they get a little too "hammy tasting" if I dry brine too much longer.

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        #6
        Over the last 4 years I've dry brined 2 nights prior and have applied a no-salt rub the night prior. Admittedly, I'm light-handed with the dry-brine. Having said that, I've always been happy with the results.

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          #7
          I go lighter on the bone side than I do on the meat side. Usually apply the night before.

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            #8
            I usually like to coat my ribs in dry rub (which contains salt) the night before I cook, so I guess I am technically dry brining. I do both sides.

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              #9
              Pull off the membrane and dry brine both sides with 1/2 teaspoon salt per pound usually overnight. No salt seasoning before the cook. Comes out great for me, but each palette to its own.

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                #10
                I pull the membrane and rub both sides. Salt is cheap, lay it on!

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                  #11
                  I do a light amount of salt probably about a 1/4 tsp/lb because one of the two rubs that I apply has some salt in it too. I go on both sides and try to go overnight with the dry brine then in am 2-4 hours or so before the ribs go on the smoker I apply the first rub (the saltier) and then the second rub just before they go on the smoker.

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                    #12
                    I light dry brine sometimes night before, sometimes a couple hours before. Rub is right before cooking on pretty much everything I put rub on.
                    Oh, and I eyeball it with the salt. Gave up measuring salt about a year ago.

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