Best BBQ Rubs: Homemade or Commercial?


 
Speaking of commercial rubs, does anyone know what happened to Williams Rib Tickler Rub? I've used it for years, but its no longer available. The Williams Food company is still around, but no one carries their Rib Tickler rub. Its a sweeter rub, works great on Pork Ribs and chicken.
Thanks
 
Bob Correll said:
For commercial rubs you cannot go wrong with Oakridge. Most, if not all, have salt down the list of ingredients.
Their Santa Maria is my favorite.
ingredients: Garlic, ground black pepper, fine flake sea salt, extra fine raw cane sugar, chiles (incl. New Mexico & chipotle), parsley, onion, and other spices.
https://www.oakridgebbq.com

For making my own, I like Harry's SYD rub, the original one:
Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp Kosher Salt
  • 2 tbsp White Granulated Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Brown Sugar
  • 2 tbsp California Mild Chili Powder
  • 2 tbsp Paprika
  • 1 tbsp Ground Cumin
  • 1 tbsp Granulated Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Black Pepper
  • ½ TSP Cayenne Pepper (use sparingly or not at all)
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Hope you stocked up before they went out of business, lot of folks scrambled to get stuff.
 
Suckle Busters has a good selection, I use a lot of the 1836 Beef rub, it is black pepper forward so if you don't like black pepper skip it. I was buying local at Rural King but their stock has been very low lately and not sure why.
 
Joan said:
We also have a "rub dump container", but we dump a lot of things in it. If a spice mix has been sitting around for too long, that goes in it. I put the bought/open date on all spice/ herb jars and if they are too old, in they go. We use our "surprise rub" mostly to coat burgers. It is always fun to have a different taste all the time. Thank goodness it is a good taste most of the time. lol I'm glad to see so many that like to make their own rubs.
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I just used our spice dump on my soft boiled eggs. Still pretty good.
 
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JeffB said:
I normally make my own rubs for BB, ribs, etc, but I've read a lot lately about using commercial rubs because there are some great ones out there to be enjoyed. What I find is that the popular rubs can be exceedingly expensive (go figure) so I do not buy them often.

Having said that, I would be interested in obtaining a list of the best commercial rubs on the market based on the experience of others on this forum. Where do you buy it and price would be great too. If you are feeling generous, I'd love to hear which rubs you use in combination for extra layers of flavor.

Thanks and SMOKE ON! :cool:
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I like Texasbbqrub.com
 
Always make my own, probably because I'm tight and don't want to pay for someone else to mix spices together. Also like to get creative and change up what goes into each rub. Got a really decent spice grinder which has been a game changer. Should keep more of a record but there we go.
 
RichardWhitmill said:
Always make my own, probably because I'm tight and don't want to pay for someone else to mix spices together. Also like to get creative and change up what goes into each rub. Got a really decent spice grinder which has been a game changer. Should keep more of a record but there we go.
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Yes you should. What if you make a mix and you really like it, but I am very glad to hear from those who like to make their own, 🥰
 
Like most here, I prefer homemade, but there’s a couple of go to’s for me, especially for a simple, weeknight cook.

I always use Pappys for my smoked wings
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Slap Ya Mama, very good on chicken or pork, as it Andy Roos


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Gotta include the legend, Malcolm, good on any pork, including ribs


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And if, which is a big if, I want to do more than S&P on steak, this one from Pepper Palace is outstanding, and on smash burgers as well

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