Looking for a good chicken pre made spice


 
and me with over 100 recipes of spice blends that can be used on chicken. What a shame. What a waste. lol
 
I may try the KOSMO'S out, I have a buddy who likes their products. I may also try that Harry Soo rub, the list of ingredients on it seems pretty fair.
Thanks for everyone for posting, I am still open to great suggestions.
Sorry Joan, I didn't mean to bring you down when I wanted to try a pre bottled spice.
 
OK Darryl, truth time.

I have always been told "do not put anything in or on your food that you can't pronounce. Well! I cannot pronounce a lot of the stuff that they put in bottled rubs. There, you have the truth........ :rolleyes: :D Sorry I bugged you.;)
 
Darryl - swazies said:
Sorry, what's the deal with Harry Soo's?
I just want to try something new but not following what some of you are kind of saying....
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Flavor profile Darryl, they have all been just salt and cayenne with nothing else coming through in the finished product.
I just didn’t find it particularly interesting. Harry is held up as a successful competitor but, the rubs I’ve gotten from him just didn’t snap my cap. I will absolutely agree with his techniques. Just did the smoke wood@“”on the bottom and the result was superior to interspersed chunks. Surprised but, pleasantly so.
Have I made that clear as mud? Sorry
 
Timothy F. Lewis said:
Flavor profile Darryl, they have all been just salt and cayenne with nothing else coming through in the finished product.
I just didn’t find it particularly interesting. Harry is held up as a successful competitor but, the rubs I’ve gotten from him just didn’t snap my cap. I will absolutely agree with his techniques. Just did the smoke wood@“”on the bottom and the result was superior to interspersed chunks. Surprised but, pleasantly so.
Have I made that clear as mud? Sorry
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I'm following you now. I really didn't understand fire and salt.
The reason why I came on asking what people liked is because I really haven't found anything I liked as far as chicken goes.
I have used a fair bit of Oakridge and I did like most of the things I tried from them so far.
I would love to make my own every time I cook, I do cook almost every day on the kettle, so after getting home from work and getting all cleaned up and cleaning the bbq and all that and getting everything out I just don't have the time to do it all the time.
Work gets in the way, and we eat a lot of chicken just looking for an easy change in taste with what comes off the grill.
 
Joan said:
OK Darryl, truth time.

I have always been told "do not put anything in or on your food that you can't pronounce. Well! I cannot pronounce a lot of the stuff that they put in bottled rubs. There, you have the truth........ :rolleyes: :D Sorry I bugged you.;)
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Not all of them are like this, Joan. There are plenty of blends out there with ingredients you can pronounce.

There are some folks who might not have the $$$ to create a blend regularly. For many, it comes down to cost. I do both: homemade and the occasional blend. But the blends I buy have no artificial anything in them. That's why their shelf life is shorter. When I make my own blends, using fresh ingredients, it's about 3-4x the cost of store-bought, pre-made mixes.

Take a look at some of the ones out there by pro BBQers and spice sites, especially Penzeys. NONE of their spice blends contain any preservatives or unpronounceable ingredients.
 
I agree with you Tim, the worst thing I find in some I use I think is ascorbic acid, which is basically vitamin C I believe.
I see lots of people using the chopped garlic in a jar for convenience obviously, I would never touch that stuff after I learned some pretty harsh details on it.
Anyways thanks to everyone for posting up some ideas. I am limited to some of these options just based on my location of course.
 
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