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- Product label: Gluten Free
DB180 Sweet Heat – Gluten-Free Sweet & Spicy Seasoning for Any Protein
DB180 Sweet Heat is the ultimate flavor rollercoaster—starting with a deep, honey-like sweetness and finishing with a satisfying, noticeable kick.
DB180 Sweet Heat is engineered for the pitmaster who wants their BBQ to have a distinct personality. It's designed to provide a "crescendo" of flavor: sweet enough to please a crowd, but with enough pepper-driven heat to keep things interesting. This rub creates a stunning mahogany bark and a complex flavor profile that stands out in any competition or backyard cookout.
🔥 The Flavor Profile
- Signature Sweetness: A rich sugar and honey-powder base that caramelizes beautifully over low-and-slow heat.
- The Delayed Kick: DB180 Sweet Heat is balanced with a calculated blend of peppers that provides a heat level that builds as you eat.
- HD Bark Builder: Specifically formulated to create a textured, colorful crust that locks in juices and provides a satisfying crunch.
✅ Clean Label Standards
- Gluten-Free: Professional performance with high-quality, clean ingredients.
- No MSG & No HFCS: Pure flavor with zero fillers or shortcuts.
🍖 Best Applications
- Sweet & Spicy Wings: The gold standard for wings. DB180 Sweet Heat sticks perfectly and creates a sweet-heat crust that doesn't even need sauce.
- Pork Ribs & Shoulders: Provides the perfect balance of sugar for caramelization and heat to cut through the richness of the pork.
- Grilled Seafood: Outstanding on salmon or shrimp, where the heat highlights the natural sweetness of the seafood.
Pitmaster Recommendation: Apply a base layer of DB180 All Purpose for savory depth, then follow with a heavy coat of DB180 Sweet Heat. The result is a layered, championship-level bite that hits every part of the palate.
Ingredients
sugar, spices including paprika, brown sugar, salt, dry molasses (cane sugar, cane molasses, cane caramel color), dehydrated onion and garlic, natural smoke flavor, citric acid, and not more than 1% tricalcium phosphate added to prevent caking. PREVENT CAKING.
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C
Love this stuff on ground beef, flank steak or steaktips!
S
I smoked these ribs with some of your Sweet Heat rub I had used this rub before on a rack of baby backs but this time I tried it on a rack of St Louis cut spare ribs
The ribs had great flavor and this rub really complimented my basting liquid (butter, Worcestershire sauce, Louisiana hot sauce,, lemon juice, and honey)
Everyone said these were some of the best ribs I have cooked Thanks for providing a great rib rub
Steve W. Midland,Texas
C
DB-180 Sweet Heat Helped us win First Place Ribs at 2025 RECC Smoke A Thon this year!!
J
DB180 sweet is my go to, just the right amount of sweetness while picking up savory notes that are just right.
J
When I feel I need a golden ticket DB180 grill all is the ticket
J
Always fast service and shipping. Give everything that award winning flavor.
S
DB180 Steak & Beef goes on every steak I cook.
D
Amazing product great on all cuts of meat. I really love it on my burgers. It is my personal go to!!
M
I use the all purpose, steak and beef, and the spicy garlic. Plus one secret ingredient. I'm the 2023 Virginia state champion. I would love to have u as a sponsor for future steak cooking competitions. Thanks for the great seasonings.
L
I use the DB 180 all purpose on everything from meat , veggies breakfast burritos with scrambled eggs.
It is definitely the most versatile all purpose seasoning out there.
E
One of the best rubs out there.... the color of the meat makes you drool but the flavor puts it over the top... I order 5lbs at a time, it's that good!
t
We let Sweet Heat sit on the pork overnight and dust some Perfect Pork on just before cooking. Great combo. At home I use it on pork chops as well with addition of AP or Spicy Garlic.
t
Savory/peppery and a touch of sweet. My favorite rub for chicken thighs by putting a heavy coat on the underside.
t
Just a tad warmer than his Perfect BBQ, which is already the most complexed/balance rub available.
S
I first heard of Dead Bird BBQ rubs while at the Hasty Bake Grill store in Tulsa. They recommended the DB 180 Sweet Heat rub for ribs. I tried it on some baby backs and I loved the sweet flavor along with the slight kick of heat it produced. I ordered some more of this rub and have used it on several cooks and everyone loves the flavor it gives the ribs. I highly recommend it and will be ordering more in the future.
Steve Whiteside
Midland,Texas
R
This is my go to seasoning for chicken in my business. The color, smell, and taste is just incredible. My customers love it and I will continue to buy these in bulk. Amazing products.
R
I regularly buy lbs and lbs of perfect pork for my BBQ business. I make my own sauces, but I can't beat the flavor, taste, and look of perfect pork. All my customers love it. Best pork seasoning on the market.
J
Love this as a top layer to competition style ribs
N
Honestly, I sweet rubs are usually not something I love so this sat in my cupboard for a while unopened. Then I tried it. Now it is one of the rubs I use the most. I love it. Not too sweet, not too hot, perfectly balanced.
N
I use this on everything. I love the taste and the color it brings.
A
Great taste, I love this product and highly recommend it for any one from backyard to competition cook a must have for your arsenal and have your neighbors at wows
Thank you! We couldn't agree more!
H
I added this brine to my regular recipe along with a few other DB180 products and it helped me take a 2nd in steak A and a 3rd in steak B resulting in the overall double grand champion with the highest taste score in steak A by quite a bit in the very next SCA double contest I cooked in.
It's wonderfully flavored and you can tell it's quality as soon as you open the bag. It's not to aggressive like other brines out there, which is a good thing in my process. It does what it needs to do to get you that perfect tenderness and rich beautiful deep penetrating flavor within the meat.
100% recommend!
J
Met these vets in Fort Worth, Texas last year during a steak cooking championship. All of the winners were using DB-180.
K
perfect flavor for beef .
