Pulled pork is when the tough cuts of meat are cooked slowly at low temperatures, so it becomes tender enough to be pulled apart or broken into small pieces. The flavor of the meat can be maximized by using rubs into the meat. Rubs are very easy to make, all you need to do is to mix all the ingredients listed together. Here are some great pulled pork rubs that you can have a try.

Carolina BBQ Rub

This Caroline style rub has the perfect combination of salt, sugar and spice to make the best pork rub. It has right level of salt and heat to give you a classic smoked pulled pork. This is a pulled pork rub that you cannot miss.

Ingredients

Total Time: 5 minutes                         Yield: 1 cup

Ingredients

Amount

Salt

2 tablespoons

Sugar

2 tablespoons

Brown sugar

2 tablespoons

Cumin, ground

2 tablespoons

Chili powder

2 tablespoons

Black pepper

2 tablespoons

Garlic powder

2 tablespoons

Onions, dried & minced

2 tablespoons

Cayenne pepper

1 tablespoon

Paprika

¼ cup

Basic Pork Rub

This basic rub uses combination of black, white and red pepper to give out different types of hot which work on different parts of the tongue. By adding sugar and salt, it gives wholesome flavor and can be used by itself or as the base for other rubs.

Ingredients

Total Time: 10 minutes                       Yield: 1 cup

Ingredients

Amount

Paprika

⅓ cup

Sugar

¼ cup

Black pepper

3 tablespoons

Salt

2 tablespoons

Dry mustard

2 teaspoons

Cayenne

2 teaspoons

White pepper

1 teaspoon

Hog Rub

This is a basic pork rub which can be used on the whole hog barbeque or any cut that you choose to smoke. The rub can be spiced up using hot chili powder instead of mild one as per the recipe.

Ingredients

Total Time: 10 minutes                           Yield: 2 cups               

Ingredients

Amount

Ground black pepper

½ cup

Mild chili powder

½ cup

Sugar

½ cup

Coarse salt

¼ cup

Dry mustard

1 tablespoon

Cayenne

2 teaspoons

Rosemary Garlic Rub

This is the perfect rub for garlic lovers. Mincing the garlic finely helps to add in the flavor and it also works well as base rub. Other ingredients make this rub more flavorful.

Ingredients

Total Time: 5 minutes                         Yield: ½ cup

Ingredients

Amount

Ground black pepper

1 tablespoon

Kosher salt

1 tablespoon

Fresh rosemary, chopped

3 tablespoons

Dried rosemary

1 tablespoon

Garlic, minced

8 cloves

Olive oil

⅓ cup

Magic Dust BBQ Rub

This is a wonderful rub and very popular as well.

Ingredients

Total Time: 5 minutes                         Yield: 2 cups 

Ingredients

Amount

Paprika

½ cup

Kosher salt

¼ cup

Sugar

¼ cup

Mustard powder

2 tablespoons

Chili powder

¼ cup

Ground cumin

¼ cup

Ground black pepper

2 tablespoons

Granulated garlic

¼ cup

Cayenne pepper

2 tablespoons

Mustard Rub

Rubbing mustard on the meat helps the rub to stick better and gives a hint of mustard.

Ingredients

Total Time: 5 minutes                          Yield: 3 ½ cups

Ingredients

Amount

Dijon mustard

2 cups

Parsley, minced

1 cup

Orange or lemon peel, dried

½ cup

Rosemary leaves, crushed

½ cup

Black pepper

¼ cup

Salt

1 tablespoon

Memphis Rub

This kind of rub is very important part of the meat in Memphis. This particular rub is packed with flavors to make the most of pulled pork.

Ingredients

Total Time: 10 minutes                       Yield: ½ cup

Ingredients

Amount

Paprika

¼ cup

Dark brown sugar

1 tablespoon

White sugar

1 tablespoon

Salt

2 teaspoons

Monosodium glutamate

2 teaspoons

Celery salt

1 teaspoon

Ground black pepper

1 teaspoon

Cayenne pepper

1 teaspoon

Dry Mustard

1 teaspoon

Garlic Powder

1 teaspoon

Onion Powder

1 teaspoon

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