No Sugar rib rub?

[pjlstrat]

Doing some St Louis on the primo tomorrow and have them dry brining tonight. Every rack I have ever done has been with Memphis Dust. I love the stuff.....but am looking for change.

Does anyone have a good rib rub recipe without the sugar component and more savory?

Thanks in advance.

[Jerod Broussard]

Make a Pig Crust out of the Cow Crust.

[texastweeter]

8 tablespoons paprika
4 tablespoons granulated garlic
4 tablespoons chili powder
3 tablespoons course ground black pepper
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1.5 tablespoon celery seed
1 tablespoon oregano
1 tablespoon thyme
2 teaspoon allspice
2 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon MSG

[mountainsmoker]

I keep mine pretty simple:

2 Tbs Black pepper
3 Tbs Sweet Hugarian paprika
1 Tbs Smoked paprika
1 Tbs garlic powder
1 Tbs onion powder
1 Tbs Thyme
1 Tbs Mexican oregano or regular if you don't have Mexican
1/2 tsp Cayenne - you can increase or decrease to taste

[RonB]

If ya need to sauce them before pulling off the grill, try 3 tbs teriyaki sauce, one tsp soy sauce, (use low sodium if you brined the ribs) and some chili bean paste. The chili bean paste is very spicy, so try maybe 1/2 tsp. I have been using a thick Kikoman teriyaki sauce, but it appears that they have stopped making it, so I'm lookin' for a replacement. If you can't find a thick teriyaki, it will be too runny for a sauce.

[smokin fool]

My rub would be combo of texastweeter and mountainsmoker depending on what's in the pantry.
I like what brown sugar does for my cooks but I can see wanting to try something different.

[jfmorris]

Doing some St Louis on the primo tomorrow and have them dry brining tonight. Every rack I have ever done has been with Memphis Dust. I love the stuff.....but am looking for change.

Does anyone have a good rib rub recipe without the sugar component and more savory?

Thanks in advance.

A rub without sugar! INCONCEIVABLE!

I use a commercial rub often on pork that has no sugar added called Bad Byron's Butt Rub. It was my go to rub for butts and pork ribs if I didn't have a jar of Rendezvous seasoning in the pantry, and before I discovered MMD. I don't have the recipe, but know a sugar free rub can work well.

[pjlstrat]

Jerod Broussard texastweeter mountainsmoker RonB smokin fool jfmorris Jfrosty27 First I would like to thank all of you for your responses and help. I ended up using a mix of both of the recipes posted here.

As fate would have it I did not mix up enough rub and did not have enough for the last rack. I looked in the cupboard and had some left over MMD from my last cook, and used it on the last rack. So inadvertently I did a dry rub taste test.

Bottom line, While I very much liked the new rub, there is no comparison to MMD. It will stick with that......until the next unintended experiment.

[ecowper]

Aaron Franklin uses just pepper, salt, granulated garlic at Franklin BBQ .... might be worth a shot to compare that .... will be all about the meat and the smoke at that point, I think.

[BFlynn]

When we went into lockdown, our grocery was completely out of brown sugar.
I made MMD subbing Coconut sugar for brown and it was much less sweet.

It was a good change of pace. I wouldn't use it all the time, but I'd use it again.

[LA Pork Butt]

Nothing fancy, but equal parts of paprika, black pepper, granulated garlic, and granulated onion works for me.