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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 Continue reading … You could Get Your Butt In Shape!
Tri-Tip is one of my favorite cuts of beef to cook outdoors. There are a variety of different “tri-tip” rubs on the market today. Some good, some bad. Most of these tri-tip rubs are a Santa Maria type seasonings of some form or another. Now there’s nothing wrong with Santa Maria style seasonings but there are only so many things you can do with salt, pepper, parsley and garlic. It does get a little boring after awhile. On their website Jake’s calls their rub a “Santa Maria” style rub, but they’ve added a little twist that allows the rub to work on ribs and steak as well. My preferred method of cooking tri-tip is to sear and smoke the meat. Normally, I’ll sear the tri-tip and then move the meat to a “low & slow” method with some wood smoke. The high heat from the sear part of the process sometimes causes a bitter aftertaste. You don’t get that with Jake’s. Continue reading Product Review: Jake’s Steak, Rib & Tri-Tip Rub
Let me get the negative out of the way first. The packaging stinks. The rub comes in a sealed mylar bag. The bag is a pain to deal with when trying to rub the ribs and doesn’t fit well on a shelf with all the other rubs. They need to use good old, regular bottles. I’ve already put the remainder of mine in a leftover bottle I have.  The rub has a nice combination of sugar and paprika. That along with the garlic gives the rub a really nice aroma when the back is first opened. Continue reading Product Review: Rubbed, Smoked & Sauced Rib Rub
If you are not familiar with “Santa Maria” style tri-tips you are missing a treat. There are variety of excellent histories on the internet. One of the best can be found at: http://www.lospadrescounty.net/et/smbbq.html
My first impression upon opening the bottle for the first time was that it was loaded with garlic. Maybe too much. I love garlic, as much as the next guy, but the garlic smell was a little overpowering. I ventured forth and seasoned my tri-tip with a good dose of the seasoning. In the end my fear of to much garlic was unfounded. It was perfect
As you can see there are a variety of other seasoning in addition to the garlic, salt and pepper you would normally expect to see. Once it was on the meat and had sat there for a while it because to take on a nice little “crust” for lack of a better term. Continue reading Product Review: Santa Maria Style Rub from The Rub Co. Gave “Big Brother Smoke’s” Simply Marvelous Poultry Rub a try on some Spatchcock chicken tonight. Started with a nice sized whole chicken:
Seasoned it up with Steph’s new rub and tossed it on the WSM. The rub has some nice flavors. Not just spices, there’s some herbs in there too:
I’ve got a huge problem with Plowboy BBQ’s Yardbird Rub. It’s too good. I am a charter member of the BBQ Brethren Forum and, due to some family circumstances, I recently took a two year sabbatical from the website. During the time away I started collecting various spices and rubs to Continue reading … Product Review: Plowboy’s Yardbird Rub |
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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.
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.
