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23 December, 2015

Billy-O’s Sweet & Spicy dry rub

Posted in : Recipes on by : Bill Atkinson

This is my go-to dry-rub for all of my smoked spare ribs and pork butts. It is a sweet, salty and spicy rub that will generate a thick dark bark on your pork.

For more information on spices and rubs see AmazingRibs.com – The Science Of Rubs.

Yeild: About 3 cups. Generally this will make about 2 spare ribs or one pork butt.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup brown sugarpork butt 5
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup paprika
  • 1/3 cup garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons onion powder
  • 3 tablespoons cumin
  • 3 tablespoons Hungarian or Spanish paprika
  • 3 tablespoons ground black pepper
  • 3 tablespoons kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
  • 3 tablespoons black pepper
  • 1 tablespoons crushed red pepper