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Review: Hog Heaven Competition & Raging Bull Rubs

In my book there are two types of BBQ. Backyard and Competition. If you’ve ever been to or judge a real, sanctioned BBQ Competition one of the first things you’ll realize is the flavor profiles can be, and often are, much different than the flavor profiles we prefer in our backyard BBQ. I am not

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Don’t Just Dust Your Pig

It all started with a simple tweet about a blog post I wrote on some ways to keep your rubs from clumping. Shortly after publishing the blog post I got a tweet from Willie’s Hog Dust informing me that if you had a good quality product you didn’t have to worry about clumping.

After a

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You could "Get Your Butt In Shape!"

Last month I had the chance to attend the “Fancy Foods Show” in San Francisco where I got to meet Gordon Bruner and the gang from Papaw Tom’s Foods. They made the trip out from Knoxville, Tennessee to display their wares.

Yesterday a package of goodies arrived from them for me to test and review.

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Product Review: Jake's Steak, Rib & Tri-Tip Rub

I recently attended the “Fancy Food Show” in San Francisco and had an opportunity of meet lots of great BBQ people. One of my favorites were the guys at Jake’s. And I came away with a sample of Jake’s Steak, Rib & Tri-Tip Rub.

Tri-Tip is one of my favorite cuts of beef to cook

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Product Review: Rubbed, Smoked & Sauced Rib Rub

It’s always a good thing to come home from work and find a package on the front porch. This time it was a package from Great Lake BBQ Supply with a bag of their new rub.

Let me get the negative out of the way first. The packaging stinks. The rub comes in a sealed

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Product Review: Santa Maria Style Rub from The Rub Co.

I love tri-tip! I grill tri-tips more than any other cut of meat. My normal method is just to season with a little salt, pepper and garlic so when I was given the chance to try the “Santa Maria Style” seasoning from “The Rub Co.” I jumped at it.

If you are not

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