The article on amazingribs where they go into detail on how they figured out it is evaporative cooling is my favorite science article on a meat website
My standby for barbecue recipes is Amazing Ribs. Their “Memphis dust” rib rub is “make it yourself “ but better than any commercial rub I’ve found.
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Meathead is the man, he and the Serious Eats guys are my go-to's for most things. You may know of BBQBretheren. It's old school, just like an old message board but all kinds of bbq topics there.