I was in Austin recently and bought myself a bag of rub from Iron Works. Upon further inspection, I discovered that it has salt in it. The problem is that having been convinced of the virtues of dry rubbing, I have a couple of butts sitting with a good sprinkling of salt on them right now and intended to hit them with my new acquired rub, just before I put them in the smoker. The questions are am I risking over-doing it in the salt department if I do this, do I reduce the amount of rub to use, or will it not really matter, as the salt in the rub won't penetrate the meat very much?
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I would apply the rub, sparingly. You do risk over doing it with salt, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. Unless the rub you are using is really heavy on salt.
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The amount of sodium should be listed in the "% of daily of daily allowance" on the package. If it's very low, (<2 or 3 %), I wouldn't worry too much as long as you take note of the "serving amount" used to calculate the %.
What I am saying is that if a serving is one tbsp and that serving contains 2% of the daily allowance you should be OK using a tbsp or two on a rack. However, I would still go easy the first time using it on brined ribs because it's much easier to add salt than remove it.
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Follow the above advice, but now consider this a learning experience and convince yourself of the virtues of making your own rubs. It is ridiculously simple, less expensive, you maintain full control over what went into it, and when your guests rant and rave over your BBQ you can answer the question "Where did you get the rub?" with a proud "I made it myself."
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Personal preference, but I usually make rubs up with no salt and use a dry brine first. Not sure how much difference it makes but I try to dry brine well in advance so the salt can penetrate.
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I like to try various commercial rubs, but try to approximate Meathead's recommended 1/2 teaspoon salt per pound. If you look at the "nutritional" label on Morton's Kosher salt, it has 480mg sodium per 1/4 teaspoon. Thus, the 1/2 teaspoon has almost 1000mg sodium. Then look at the label on the commercial rub . . . Oak Ridge Black Ops, for example, has 100mg per 1/4 teaspoon. It would take 10 quarter teaspoons (2-1/2 teaspoons) per pound to match the recommended salt (a bit much IMHO). So I use a rounded teaspoon of rub and 1/4 teaspoon of kosher salt. Apply both well before the cook (usually the evening two days before so ~36 hours before the cook). Works for me.
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Just don’t dry brine it. It’s not like bbq sucked all the way up until a couple years ago when people started dry brining. It was pretty good back then, y’know?
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