Happy Monday all. I did another rib taste test this weekend and am here to give my report.
I started out with St Louis cut ribs from GFS. Trimmed and removed the membrane.
Rib rubs used from top left to right:
Jeff's Original Rub
Head Country Rub
Killer Hogs The BBQ Rub
Slap Yo Daddy AP Rub
Jeff's Original Rub with Lawry's seasoned salt
BBQ Sauce used:
Head Country Oringinal
Both Jeff's and the Killer Hogs rubs gave the best color. I think the Killer Hogs rub edged Jeff's Original out by a hair. If I added annatto to Jeff's rub, I would expect to get a nice red color like the Killer Hogs rub.
All ribs were cooked in the same manner. 3 hours naked with Cherry/Hickory smoke.
1.5 hours in foil with brown sugar, butter, and Head Country BBQ sauce mixed with water. About 5:1 water to sauce. Rested ribs in foil for 45 minutes then back to the smoker for saucing.
Blue plate: Jeff's Original
Red Plate: Head Country
Yellow plate: Killer Hogs
White Plate: Slap Yo Daddy AP
Ribs turned out great. Perfectly done with just the right amount of smoke.
I had 5 people judging the ribs and here are where things came out.
Head Country and Killer Hogs edged out the other ribs by a very slight margin.
Jeff's Original was the solid second place with every judge.
I was surprised that the Harry Soo rub came out on the bottom as with my last taste test, Harry Soo's rub came out on top.
I am sure the sauce is what made the difference. Last time I used Harry Soo's sauce. This time, I used Head Country.
This has made me rethink my approach to BBQ sauces as well. Clearly the proper pairing of rub and sauce is critical to get flavor pop you are looking for in a BBQ rib.
One of these days I will have to do a rub and sauce test to find the best combo.
All this said, this is my second taste test throw down and I have to say this. Both batches of ribs were perfectly cooked and seasoned. Every rack was delicious. I now feel that any commercially available rub will produce satisfactory results if used properly and complimented with a matched sauce.
I think that my next task will be to test different BBQ sauces on Jeff's Original Rub. I have found that Jeff's Original Rub is a top notch quality rub that can compete with the best out there. I also like being able to mix up my own rubs.
Thanks for reading.
JC in GB
I started out with St Louis cut ribs from GFS. Trimmed and removed the membrane.
Rib rubs used from top left to right:
Jeff's Original Rub
Head Country Rub
Killer Hogs The BBQ Rub
Slap Yo Daddy AP Rub
Jeff's Original Rub with Lawry's seasoned salt
BBQ Sauce used:
Head Country Oringinal
Both Jeff's and the Killer Hogs rubs gave the best color. I think the Killer Hogs rub edged Jeff's Original out by a hair. If I added annatto to Jeff's rub, I would expect to get a nice red color like the Killer Hogs rub.
All ribs were cooked in the same manner. 3 hours naked with Cherry/Hickory smoke.
1.5 hours in foil with brown sugar, butter, and Head Country BBQ sauce mixed with water. About 5:1 water to sauce. Rested ribs in foil for 45 minutes then back to the smoker for saucing.
Blue plate: Jeff's Original
Red Plate: Head Country
Yellow plate: Killer Hogs
White Plate: Slap Yo Daddy AP
Ribs turned out great. Perfectly done with just the right amount of smoke.
I had 5 people judging the ribs and here are where things came out.
Head Country and Killer Hogs edged out the other ribs by a very slight margin.
Jeff's Original was the solid second place with every judge.
I was surprised that the Harry Soo rub came out on the bottom as with my last taste test, Harry Soo's rub came out on top.
I am sure the sauce is what made the difference. Last time I used Harry Soo's sauce. This time, I used Head Country.
This has made me rethink my approach to BBQ sauces as well. Clearly the proper pairing of rub and sauce is critical to get flavor pop you are looking for in a BBQ rib.
One of these days I will have to do a rub and sauce test to find the best combo.
All this said, this is my second taste test throw down and I have to say this. Both batches of ribs were perfectly cooked and seasoned. Every rack was delicious. I now feel that any commercially available rub will produce satisfactory results if used properly and complimented with a matched sauce.
I think that my next task will be to test different BBQ sauces on Jeff's Original Rub. I have found that Jeff's Original Rub is a top notch quality rub that can compete with the best out there. I also like being able to mix up my own rubs.
Thanks for reading.
JC in GB