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Warning about that high-sugar rub I tried on spare ribs

I used a rub with brown sugar as the top ingredient on a rack of St. Louis spare ribs last weekend and it turned into a sticky, burnt mess after 4 hours at 250. The sugar caramelized way too fast and left a bitter char on the outside while the inside wasn't even close to done. I learned to stick with rubs where sugar is listed third or lower, and never go over 225 if there's a lot of sweet stuff. Anybody else had a sugar rub ruin a cook like that?
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ryanburns
ryanburns1mo ago
Used to think more sugar meant more flavor no matter what. Seeing that blackened crust change my mind real quick lol.
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the_mia
the_mia1mo ago
Man, that changed how I look at sugar-heavy rubs completely.
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