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Carolina Style Ribs

"Mustard based sauces are definitively South Carolina. This one will definitely satisfy your needs. This is for the big fatty ribs, not the baby backs. Do not trim the fat from the ribs. This method renders out fat and keeps ribs moist. If you do not have a smoker available, this can also be done in the oven."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Carolina Style Ribs

Why it works: Mustard and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 4,053 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Carolina Style Ribs

10 servings
Prep30 min
Cook4 hr

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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. Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Lemon + garlictop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8,893 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Lemon + mustardtop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,816 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Vinegar + garlictop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, vinegar, apple cider vinegar, sauce, molasses, mustard, garlic):

  1. Limeabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Avocadoabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Cherryabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, vinegar, apple cider vinegar, sauce, molasses, mustard, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).