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Basic Barbecue Rub

Editor's note: Use this rub to make Myron Mixon's Pork Shoulder .

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 3 cups

Ingredients

1 cup (packed) light brown sugar
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons dry mustard
2 tablespoons onion powder
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper

Preparation

  1. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients thoroughly. You can store this rub in an airtight container indefinitely.

Cover of the cookbook Smokin' With Myron Mixon featuring the chef and a double rack of saucy glazed ribs.
Reprinted with permission from Smokin' with Myron Mixon by Myron Dixon with Kelly Alexander, © 2011 Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House. Buy the full book from Amazon or Bookshop.
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