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Milk Street Cookbook Club

Rodney Scott's Rib Rub

2 cups
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Reprinted with permission from Rodney Scott's World of BBQ: Every Day is a Good Day by Rodney Scott and Lolis Eric Elie Copyright © 2021 by Rodney Scott’s BBQ, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company. Photographs copyright © 2021 by Jerrelle Guy. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Ingredients

  • ½

    cup Diamond Crystal kosher salt

  • ¼

    cup Jesus’s Tears (aka MSG)

Reviews
Phillip M.
October 19, 2025
Outstanding!
As someone who has been smoking ribs for 10+ years on a BGE - and experimenting with other rubs (chef blends and various store bought), I tried this tonight and cooked the ribs indirect over smoke until just 200*. Perfect!

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