Grill Maestro

Creating your own rub is actually quite simple if you have a rack of spices, some brown sugar, and the desire to experiment just a little bit. Most BBQ rubs consist of brown sugar and chili powder (or paprika) with a few other spices thrown in for some added flavor and so it’s much more economical for one to make their own rub than to buy one in the store. In fact, with the advent of online recipe websites, it’s often very easy to find the ingredients to popular rubs so that you can make them at home so you’d be a fool to pay the premium when buying a rub in the store.

If you’d like a good place to start, this site lists ten very popular rub recipes that can become your source for inspiration. I personally like the sweet and hot rubs myself because I like spicy foods and a little bit of brown sugar can really pull out that flavor, also both work very well with the smokey flavor that BBQ’ing brings out in the meat.

Anyone out there have any favorite rub recipes they’d like to share?