Traeger Grill Rub Pork Chop Experiment

We got our hands on this amazing Traeger Grill Rub from the UK BBQ Rub Club and we thought we’d use it on these thick cut Pork Chops. We’ve cooked BBQ Pork Chops all sorts of ways before and in THIS RECIPE I go into the picking and buying of the best Chops for the Grill.

There is nothing wrong with a great BBQed Pork Chop seasoned solely with salt, maybe a little garlic and lemon but sometimes you want a little something special. I’ve tried a few different rubs with BBQ Pork Chops but I’m never sure about getting the Rub to stick. I’ve tried making rubs into pastes with a little water, I’ve also tried brushing the chops with a little olive oil, both of these worked well. My favourite thing to do though is use honey or mustard to secure the rub.

 

So when trying this small amount of Traeger Grills Rub that we won, we couldn’t choose how to get the rub to stick to the thick cut Pork Chops. So we decided to do both. Two Pork Chops were going to be brushed with honey and two were going to be brushed with English mustard. We would then decide which we thought worked better.

The Traeger rub has a great garlic profile to it but there is also a bit of sweetness and heat. We could also pick out a slightly oriental flavour. We thought it might have come from five spice or ground clove. The thick cut BBQ Pork Chops were delicious regardless of what we used. I think I liked the mustard a touch better but one of our group didn’t like them. She did admit though, that she just didn’t like mustard so that’s fair enough. The honey was something else though. The sweetness worked so well with the garlic and chilli profile of the rub. Maybe I like these ones better…

Anyway, whatever you choose, a little something else (be it oil, honey or mustard) will help all that rub flavour stick and will reduce wastage. It will also add to much more depth to your BBQ Pork. Enjoy!