Do you want to take your barbeque game to the next level? Look no further than your own kitchen. That's right, with a few simple ingredients you can create a homemade rib rub that will elevate your grilling skills and impress your taste buds.

No more store-bought rubs with questionable ingredients and lackluster flavor. Get ready to tantalize your senses and become the envy of every backyard BBQ.

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The recipe comes courtesy of my Uncle Clark and cousin Gideon who, being from Kansas, know a thing or two about barbecue. They call it a rib rub, but it is great on beef, chicken, fish or even mixed in some burgers.

Recipe suggestions using the rib rub:

• oven baked barbecue spareribs
• bacon wrapped meatloaf
• barbecue pork and beans

Homemade Rib Rub as a gift

This would make a nice gift, just pack some in a 4 ounce or half pint mason jar, or any other pretty jar you have. Tie or glue on a label and you are done.

Sweet and Spicy Barbecue Rib Rub
Rub it on ribs, chicken, steak, pork, etc. for a burst of spicy sweet barbecue flavor. Also delicious mixed in hamburgers or mix it with some tomato sauce for an amazing semi-homemade barbecue sauce.

Ingredients and Substitutions for Rib Rub

These amounts are approximate and you should feel free to vary the amounts to your tastes.

Don't like celery seed, leave it out. Don't like garlic, add a little less.

If you need to go low or no sodium, it is just as good without the salt.

• dark brown sugar (or light brown sugar)
• ground black pepper
• chili powder
• paprika
• ground cumin
• chipotle pepper
• cayenne pepper (reduce or omit for less heat)
• celery seed (not celery SALT)
• coriander seed
• bay leaves
• garlic cloves if using immediately or powdered garlic if storing
• salt (adjust to taste)

Recipe

Ingredients

• ¾ cups dark brown sugar
• ¼ cup freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ cups chili powder
• 2 tablespoons paprika
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon celery seed (not celery SALT)
• 1 teaspoon coriander seed
• 6 bay leaves
• 2-3 cloves garlic (or 1-2 teaspoons powdered garlic)
• ¼ - ½ cup kosher salt

Instructions

• Mix together first 7 ingredients: brown sugar through cayenne pepper.
• In a spice grinder or mortar and pestle crush celery seed, coriander and bay leaves. Add to brown sugar mix.
• Crush fresh garlic and mix well into rub (or finely chop for more garlic flavor) or add garlic powder. Add salt to taste.
• Rub on ribs (or other meat or fish) and grill.