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BBQ Dry Rub

"My family has been making this dry rub for years. It is awesome on country-style ribs and pork steaks!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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BBQ Dry Rub

Why it works: Sugar and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 32% of all ingredient pairs, and 19,401 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

BBQ Dry Rub

3 1/2 cups
Prep10 min

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By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sugar + peppertop 32% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together19,401 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and pepper share little aroma chemistry, yet 19,401 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs