Butt Rub® Ribs

Ribs are a tough cut of meat. A common mistake is cooking at too high a temperature, as in grilling. Slow it down and cook ribs indirectly at approximately 225°.

But first, learn to remove the membrane on the back side of the ribs. You can lift it up with a metal skewer. Get a grip and then pull it off. This is to allow seasoning to penetrate both sides of the rack and will also help the fat render off from the ribs.

We season every rib with a moderate application of Butt Rub®. Season prior to placing on the grill. Keep temperature low as mentioned and after the 1st hour mist the ribs lightly with apple or pineapple juice. Baby backs will reach ideal tenderness in approximately 4 1/2 hours and spareribs will need approximately 1 hour more. You may choose to "finish" the ribs with applying a sauce or glaze, the final 15-20 minutes of cooking, although these ribs will be delicious without a sauce.

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Butt Rub® Wings

Unbelievably simple and dynamite tasting.  This how I sample people at trade shows and other promotions.

Season chicken wings with Butt Rub® - (No oil, no marinade or any other ingredients)

Grill on a medium high grill until well browned on each side

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Butt Rub® Bird Brine

Byron uses this in competition for whole birds.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup morton's kosher salt
• ½ cup turbinado sugar
• 1/3 cup Butt Rub® seasoning
• juice from 2 lemons
• 1 gallon water

Directions:

Agitate the brine with a wire whisk until the salt and sugar dissolve. You can also heat up the brine to help this along.

Place the poultry in a large heavy zip top bag (Can be any thing from Cornish hens to turkey, whole or pieces)

Cover meat with (cool) brine and store refrigerated for 1 hour per pound of meat.

Rinse with cool water and pat dry.

Apply olive oil and a light dusting of butt rub and you are ready to cook.

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Butt Rub® Grilled Catfish with Caramelized Corn
Even if you don’t think you like catfish, you will enjoy this.

Catfish:

• Squeeze a small amount of lemon juice on the fillets and season lightly to moderate with Butt Rub®
• Lightly coat melted butter or olive oil on each catfish fillet
• Grill at a high temperature approximately 4-5 minutes per side

Caramelized Corn:

Ingredients:

Butter, as needed Corn, cut from 8 ears 1 onion, small diced 5 cloves garlic 1 roasted bell pepper, small dice

½ bunch green onions, minced Butt Rub® to taste Brown sugar, as needed Chicken stock, 1 cup Cream, ½ cup

 

 

Directions:

1. Sauté corn in butter until it begins to brown.
2. Add diced onion and continue to cook until onions begin to caramelize.
3. Add garlic, brown sugar (approximately 1 Tablespoon), Butt Rub® (approximately 1 teaspoon). Stir and sweat for about half a minute, then add chicken stock.
4. Cover and let simmer, stirring periodically for approximately 25 minutes.
5. Remove cover. Add cream. Allow to reduce at low heat until a nice creamy consistency is achieved. Finish with roasted pepper and minced green onion.

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Butt Rub® Steaks

Marinate steaks a few hours with Italian dressing

Brush steaks with melted butter and a generous amount of Butt Rub®

Char steak on a high heat grill and serve on a pre-heated plate

Add equal parts of melted butter to fresh Italian dressing (not from the marinade) for a delicious and complementary steak sauce

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Butt Rub® Spiced Pecans
(contribution of Kathy Carpenter)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups pecan halves
• 1 ½ T butter
• 1 T Butt Rub® 
• 1 T Sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°

Melt butter and toss with pecans until evenly coated

Mix sugar and Butt Rub® then season with spice mixture

Bake on sheet pan until golden (approx. 15 minutes)

Cool and serve

Reseal in airtight container

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Butt Rub® 'Texas' Toast

First make honey-butter by adding honey to soft butter (2 parts honey to one part butter)

Spread honey-butter on thick bread then season with Butt Rub®.

Toast until golden brown.  Serve with steaks.

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Butt Rub® Fried Chicken
(Contribution of Ted Whisnant)

Rub Chicken pieces with Bad Byron's Butt Rub, cover with wrap and store in refrigerator for at least 3 hours. 

Dredge chicken in sifted flour, then an egg wash.  Finally coat chicken with cracker meal. 

Fry chicken in hot oil.  Serve with dirty rice, baked beans, and cole slaw.

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Butt Rub® Potatoes (Grilled)
(Contribution of Rick Ruark)
Rick says this is a simple recipe that is awesome at his deer camp.

Take a good size baking potato (also good on sweet potatoes) and slice in about 1/2 inch wide pieces, keeping the shape of the potato.

At this point you will want to transfer the whole potato onto a piece of tin foil.

Now, take an onion and slice it into about 1/4 inch wide pieces.

Here comes the rocket science part of it.  Place the onion slices between the potato slices.

After you finally get this done, put several large pats of butter on top so when it melts it will get all into it.

Sprinkle GENEROUSLY with Butt Rub.

Wrap the potato with the tin foil and put onto a hot grill (about 375 degrees).  Cook until tender.

Now stand away from the grill and let your friends get to it.  I promise you, it is the best potatoes we have around our camp.

If you want to get fancy, cook up some bacon and slice into small pieces to put on the potato after you pull it from the fire (you knew I would add meat in here somewhere).

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Rick's Butt Rub® Pork Loin
(Contribution of Rick Ruark)

Rick says he only shares this recipe with a few quality people, so he thought it was time to share it with his good buddy Bad Byron and his friends.  He calls this the "GOOP" concoction.

You will need:

• 1 6-8 lb pork loin
• 1 cup Wesson oil
• 3/4 cup Worcestershire
• 4 tablespoons Butt Rub seasoning
• 3 tablespoons black pepper
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Use mesquite chips on the coals (IMPORTANT)

I like to butter-fly the loin to reduce cooking time.  Cook over medium grill (about 310 degrees)

Continue to baste pork while cooking over grill.  Don't let the meat dry out.  As you baste continue to sprinkle a little extra Butt Rub on the meat (just a little at a time).

Use all the "GOOP" concoction when you baste--don't leave any in the bowl. As you get to the bottom of the bowl you will notice good spices ...keep spreading this on the meat, it will form a nice spice crust.

As the meat reaches 170 degrees internal, pull from the grill and let the meat rest for a couple of minutes.

Slice into bite size pieces and share with only the closet of friends.

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Butt Rub® Bruce Burgers
(Contribution of Bruce Paladini, Santa Rosa Beach FL)

(yield 6-8 burger patties)

Ingredients:

• 2 lb ground beef chuck
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup bread crumbs
• 2 1/2 T Butt Rub
• 1 small onion - minced

Directions:

Mix together all ingredients and shape into patties.

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Butt Rub® Roasted Salmon
(Contribution John Jacob, Santa Rosa Beach FL)

Ingredients:

• Fresh Salmon fillet with skin removed
• Butt Rub® Seasoning
• Molasses
• Crushed garlic cloves
• Balsamic Vinegar

Directions:

Apply a liberal coating of Butt Rub® on both sides.  Let it sit while you prepare the glaze.

Molasses Glaze:  In a sauce pan combine molasses, a couple of cloves of crushed garlic and balsamic vinegar to taste.  Be careful not to overpower with the vinegar.  Also if you have a strong molasses, you can add a small amount of good (grade B) maple syrup. 

Let this mixture simmer for a few minutes.

In a 450-475° oven, roast the salmon fillet on a sheet pan with the molasses mixture on top for about 10-15 minutes.

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Rob's Butt Rub® Grilling Technique
(Contribution of Robert Conners, Orlando FL)

Rob says: "In response to your recipe request my recipe is simply Butt Rub seasoned grilled steak.  I really don't have a recipe as much as a technique that you may share."

To begin with, you do not have to pay for an expensive cut of beef to have a steak dinner that tastes like a million.  My favorite cut, which is very reasonable and VERY TASTY is referred to as a Chuck Eye Steak.  If you find a good cut of it, it will be hard to distinguish it from a Rib Eye in appearance or flavor.

Now for the technique.    When I am grilling pork chops or steaks my preferred method is to grill from the frozen state.  As soon as I return from shopping I season generously with Butt Rub and freeze before grilling.  The result is the steaks get to take-on the Butt Rub flavors and the grilling process produces a steak that is grilled well and very flavorful on the outside, but remains medium to medium rare or rare & juicy on the inside.

To go with, toss some fresh mushrooms, onions, peppers, etc. in a little olive oil and Butt Rub, skewer them, grill them and ENJOY!

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Butt Rub® and a Beer
(submitted by Susan Martelli - Grand Cru Wine Cellar)

(Chicken)

This is one of our favorite ways to barbeque chicken. It's simple, fast, and nearly goof proof. The meat is moist and succulent. The chicken grills from the outside and is steamed from the inside with flavors infused from the onions and herbs.

Ingredients:

Directions:

Clean the chicken inside and out. Pat dry. Coat the outside of the chicken with Bad Byron's Butt Rub®.

Stuff the cavity with the onions, garlic and herbs.

Using a can opener (the pointy kind) make about five openings in the top of the can of beer. Pour out half of the beer (If you
like beer-drink it). Add the hot sauce to the beer can.

Carefully place the chicken (this is the tricky part) open end first over the beer can so that the chicken sits upright on the can.

Place the beer can and chicken assembly on the grill and cook with the lid closed until done.

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Butt Rub® Venison
(Original Recipe submitted by Anna Waff)

• Take 1 -2 lbs Deer Meat, cut in strips

• Soak the deer meat in milk for about 30 minutes

• Place the deer meet in a plastic bag with Butt Rub® and shake to coat the deer meat

• Place the coated strips in a pre-heated, sprayed pan on the stove and fry until done

• Make the gravy:

  • Boil 2 cans of chicken broth and add 1 cup of cold water with 2 Tbsp of flour mixed in until clear, then add Kitchen Bouquet.  When it has boiled a few minutes, add some salt to your taste.  (The Butt Rub® give it all the other flavor it needs).

• Add the gravy to the deer and let simmer at least 30-45 minutes on low heat. 

• Pour the deer with gravy over rice and enjoy!  Delicious!

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Butt Rub® Steamed Shrimp

Everyone that has tried it says it's the best tasting steamed shrimp they have ever had. 

For Commercial Steamers:

Lay down a layer of thawed shrimp in steam pan, sprinkle a moderate amount of Butt Rub® on shrimp.  (Adjust the amount of Butt Rub® for your personal taste or that of your customer).  Small to medium in shell shrimp – 3 minutes.  Large in shell shrimp – 4 minutes.  You can also do individual frozen shrimp – just add 1 minute to steam time.

 They hold well in a plastic bag.  The flavor will permeate even more in the bag.  This is great for carryout orders.  Serve with butter on the side.  These shrimp can also be served cold.  You can also use the steamer to do Butt Rub® Fish Fillet (try Grouper).  Butt Rub® is also great on steamed crab legs.

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Butt Rub®Sloppy Joes
(submitted by Robert Worsley)

Ingredients:

• 2 lb hamburger meat; ½ lb ground pork
• 1 tsp Bad Byron’s Butt Rub®
• 1 medium sweet onion (diced)
• Your favorite BBQ Sauce – I like Texas Rib Rangers (mild or spicy)

Directions:

Mix beef and pork together.  In a medium hot pan, sauté onions.  Add meat mixture, brown and drain off fat.  Add Butt Rub® ( 1 tsp or to taste).  Add approximately one 16 oz bottle of your favorite BBQ Sauce.  You can add more than a bottle if you want it really sloppy!

Note:

Sloppy joes actually get better after refrigeration and reheating.

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Butt Rub® Roasted Oysters

Ingredients:

• Fresh Oysters on half shell
• Lemon Juice
• Hot Sauce
• Bad Byron’s Butt Rub ® Barbeque Seasoning
• Parmesan Cheese

Directions:

Shuck oysters on half shell.  Squeeze lemon juice on top of oyster in half shell.  Add a dash of hot sauce to taste.  Sprinkle Butt Rub®  Barbeque Seasoning on top.  Top with Parmesan Cheese.  Roast in 475 degree oven approximately 10-15 minutes until cheese is brown and liquid is almost evaporated.

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Butt Rub® Fried Dill Pickle Chips
(submitted by Mark Skjerve)

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon (more or less to taste) of Butt Rub®
• 16 oz jar of Dill Pickle chips (Hamburger pickle chips will do)

Directions:

Mix the flour and Butt Rub® and coat the pickle chips.  Fry 'em up like you would onion rings until golden brown.  Serve warm.  Great stuff!  Easy to make.

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Butt Rub® Ears of Corn
        (submitted by Jean Harris)

Directions:

Soak  4 ears of corn in cold water for 1 to 2 hours.  Pull back husk, but do not remove, and remove silks.  Rub butter or margarine onto ears.  Sprinkle with Bad Byron's Butt Rub®.  Pull husk back over ears and secure at the top with a small piece of husk.  Cook on BBQ 30-35 minutes.  Remove outer husk and enjoy.

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Butt Rub® Onion Rings
             (submitted by Alice Eubanks)

Ingredients:

• 1 or 2 large sliced onions
• Bowl 1:  1 1/2 cup of flour, 2 Tablespoons of  Bad Byron's Butt Rub® (more or less to taste)
• Bowl 2:  1 egg and 1 cup of milk

Directions:

Dip the onion rings into the egg and milk bowl.  Then dip the onion ring into the flour mixture.  Coat onion well.  Dip again into the egg and milk, then back into the flour mixture.  We call that double dip.  Fry the onions until they are a golden brown.

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Butt Rub® Pulled Pork

5-7 lb Boston Butt

Apply a generous amount of Butt Rub® and massage thoroughly into meat.  Place in plastic food bag.  Refrigerate overnight if possible.  Barbeque at 225-250˚.  Approximate cooking time: 1 ½ hours per pound.  Using your favorite wood, cook till you reach an internal temperature of 170-180˚, then wrap in heavy foil and continue to cook, taking the temperature to 190-195˚.  Open a corner of the foil and let the meat cool down.  Pull with hand or fork.  Re-season with Butt Rub® to taste and add your favorite BBQ sauce to taste.

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Butt Rub® Jalapenos
   (submitted by Richard Karstedt)

Take about 15 or 20 jalapenos cut in half lengthwise and remove the seeds.  Take small pieces of chicken, pork, beef or shrimp and season with Butt Rub®.  Take a small container of sour cream and season with Butt Rub®.  Take the sour cream and apply it to each side of the jalapenos, put the chicken, beef, pork or shrimp on one half and put them back together and wrap with bacon.  Put 5 or 6 on a skewer and barbecue for about 1 hour.

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Butt Rub® Cheddar Cheese Spread
(submitted by Ellis Snare)

• 1lb very sharp cheddar cheese (shredded)
• 1 - 4-6 oz jar of roasted red peppers or pimentos  (Chop in liquid from the jar)
• 1 Tbsp. grated onion (or to taste)
• 1/2 tsp. Bad Byron's Butt Rub® (or to taste)

Mix together and serve on your favorite snack crackers.

Delicious!!

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Black Bean and Smoked Pork Chili
(submitted by David Ross)

Ingredients:

• 3 cans black beans, drained
• 2 lbs leftover smoked pork butt (Note: it's hard to have leftovers)
• 1 onion
• 1 green pepper, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons Bad Byron's Butt Rub®
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 can (28 oz) crushed tomatoes
• 2 cups water

Directions:

Put all ingredients in crock pot and set low for 8 hours.
If using a Dutch oven, bring to boil, then lower heat to simmer for 3 hours.
Add more water if needed.
Serve over rice or spaghetti.
Garnish with the usual suspects: chopped onion, sour cream, shredded cheese, chopped avocado, etc.

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Quesadilla
(contributed by G Scott Whiting)

Ingredients:

• 1 package of Frozen Morningstar Farms Griller Crumble
• 1 package of Quesadilla shells
• 1 serving of your favorite cheese or various different cheeses (Go Wild!)
• 1 can Pan Spray
• 1 serving of Butt Rub® BBQ Seasoning
• 1 serving of Sour Cream
• 1 serving of Salsa

Directions:

Precook the Morningstar Frozen Griller Crumble with a good helping of Butt Rub®  BBQ Seasoning and olive oil.  Cook until desired texture (about 3-5 minutes).  Remove and set aside.

In a medium heated pan, spray a quesadilla shell and spray it with a pan spray and lay that side down.  Now the fun part - Add your favorite cheeses on the shell and add a good helping of the griller crumble you precooked.  Put another quesadilla shell on top and spray the top with a non-stick pan spray.  After about 2 minutes, CAREFULLY flip the entire quesadilla so that both sides are cooked golden brown.  Cut in quarters and serve with sour cream and salsa.

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Meatless Meat Balls
(contributed by G Scott Whiting)

Ingredients:

• 3 cups - Oatmeal
• 3 cups - Bread Crumbs
• 3 cups - Stove Top Stuffing
• 3 cups - Special K cereal (really!)
• 2-3 cups - Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
• 2 packages Dry Lipton Onion Soup
• 3 cups of Water
• 6 Egg Beaters (or 4 eggs)
• 3-5 Tbsp of Butt Rub® BBQ Seasoning

Directions:

Mix everything very well together and let stand covered for 20-30 minutes so everything is moistened.  If you need additional water, add another 1/2 cup and mix again.  Form into meatballs and fry in olive oil in a pan.  Put into a baking dish and add BBQ sauce.  Note:  You can also add Mushroom soup and 1/2 can of milk so the mushroom soup is more like a gravy for a Swedish Meatball Style instead of BBQ Sauce.

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Easy Low Carb - High Protein Meal
(contributed by G Scott Whiting)

• 1 can of Choplets
• 1 serving of Olive Oil
• 1 can of low carb Alfredo Sauce
• 1 cup of Sharp Shredded Cheese
• 1 jar of Butt Rub® BBQ Seasoning

Fry the choplets (sprinkling them with Butt Rub® ) in olive oil about 2 minutes on each side over a medium heat, then place them in a baking pan.  Sprinkle cheese over the choplets and pour the alfredo sauce over the entire surface of the choplets and cheese.  Bake the entire dish at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.  If you want a nice touch, sprinkle parsley or a little more cheese on the top - or get wild and use both!

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Butt Rub® Maine Beer Chicken aka Deep Fried Heaven
(contributed by Daryl Riggs)

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Grilled White Fish with Butt Rub®
(contributed by Mark Purcell)

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Butt Rub® & Geaux Jus Bloody Mary
(submitted by Billy Garrett)

 Tastes good & nutritious too!

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Multiple Award Winning Black Bean Chili
(submitted by Doug White, Aggressive Appliances, Orlando, FL)

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ½ pound ground beef
• ½ pound spicy sausage
• 3 (15 ounce) cans black beans, undrained
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 ½ tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves
• 3 tablespoons Butt Rub
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• Cayenne pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

Directions:

Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat; cook onion and garlic until onions are translucent. Add beef and sausage and cook, stirring, until meat is brown. Stir in beans, tomatoes, chili powder, oregano, basil, Butt Rub, cumin, cayenne and vinegar. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 60 minutes or more, until flavors are well blended.

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Butt Rub® White Wine Skillet Chicken
(submitted by Billy Garrett)

Easy, delicious and impressive. I use thighs and legs because I prefer the flavor of the dark meat. This also works very well with pork chops. Serves four.

• 2 Tbs. olive oil
• 6 thighs and legs or a chicken, cut into 6 pieces (3-1/2 to 4 lb.)
• Bad Byron’s Butt Rub®
• Black pepper
• 1 medium onion, finely
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1 cup homemade or low-salt canned chicken stock
• 2 Tbs. butter
• 2 sprigs thyme

Directions:

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Season the chicken liberally with Butt Rub® and black pepper and sear it in the skillet on the skin side to brown it and to render the fat from the skin, about 5 minutes. Turn the chicken over and cook on the bone side for about 5 minutes. Remove and reserve the chicken.

Pour off all but 2 Tbs. of the fat from the pan. Add the onion, sauté until the onion is well-clarified, about 5 minutes. Add the wine and chicken stock to the pan and stir to deglaze the pan. Put the chicken back into the pan along with the thyme. Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover the skillet with a lid, and simmer the chicken in the sauce until cooked through, 35 - 45 minutes.

Remove the chicken and thyme sprigs from the pan, turn the heat to high and bring the liquid to a boil. Reduce the volume of liquid by half, about 5 minutes (or 6 to 7 minutes if you want a thicker sauce). Add the butter, stir to combine, and remove the pan from the heat. Serve the chicken over egg noodles or rice; taste and season the sauce with salt and pepper if necessary and spoon it over all.

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