Favorite store Or internet bought rubs (not homemade)

Tier1Terrier

What are your favorite store (or Internet) bought rubs for beef, pork, chicken, and fish?  I see a lot of posts mentioning 'Dizzy Dust' and looking into it, I see there are MANY varieties. So which ones are your favorites? I don't have the time to experiment and make my own right now so any help is appreciated. 

six_egg

I like McCormick's Montreal steak Rub. For DP I like Red Eye Express, Cow Lick, Raising the Steaks. I even do a Red eye and Raising the steaks combo. 

gamason

Oakridge rubs are superb.

WeberWho

Best all around rub in my opinion 

YEMTrey

I'm enjoying Meat Church rubs right now.  Going through my Honey Hog and Honey Hog Hot rubs way too fast.  Also have their Holy Cow rub and Season All rubs as well.  When I re-order I'll add some Bacon BBQ and Deez Nuts rub as well.  I've really enjoyed them.

I absolutely love my baby back ribs with Honey Hog for the rub and Blues Hog Smokey Mtn as the sauce.  Perfect combo for me.

MeTed

All of the Meatchurch rubs are AWESOME!

SmokeyPitt

Both oak ridge and dizzy pig have samplers you can order.  

I definitely recommend the oak ridge sampler:
https://www.oakridgebbq.com/shop/ultimate-value-sample-rub-pack/

at $5 it is a no brainer (includes shipping).  I just ordered another one because I want to try some new stuff they added. 

Theophan

I've been enjoying making some rubs, lately, but for a few years I've really loved all of the Dizzy Pig products.  The ones I've used the most have been Dizzy Dust as a general rub for practically anything, Swamp Venom for practically anything, Cowlick for steaks or burgers, Raising the Steaks for some reason I mostly use on burgers.  But I've tried every one they make and they're all wonderful.

stemc33

The best rubs are the ones you get from the forums exchange. 

NCEggSmoker

Good recommendations so far.  Meat Church rubs are great and a good deal at 12 ounces each bottle.  I like that the hot uses Jalapenos instead of cayenne so there is some added flavour. OakRidge makes great rubs as well.  I use the Death Dust on just about everything to add some heat.  I'm going to do a Brisket this weekend to try their Brisket Rub.

Some other one off favorites are Smokin Guns Hot (good black and red pepper kick but not overpoweringly spicy) and Cimmaron Docs Sweet Rib Rub (nice smoky flavour).

BKD

Meat Church on my top shelf!

calracefan

Blues Hog

GATraveller

johnnyp

Dizzy pig, meat church, caribeque, pork u

Davec433

SWMBO loves McCormic BBQ which surprised me. Beginning of the month my samplers from DP and Oakridge arrived. The ones I like the most are Red Eye Express and Happy Nancy. I'll be using the Oakridge Vension and Game Rub on some Bison I have stashed in the freezer probably this weekend. I love Dillo Dust by Larue but I use it sparingly since I can't find it anywhere.

jonnymack

Definitely Oakridge. Love that stuff.

Thatgrimguy

My favorite rub is MONEY rub from big poppa smokers. That stuff is MONEY!

gerhardk

I liked dizzy pig as well but then the local store no longer sold the large bulk bags so I went to making my own.  Just buy some brown sugar, paprika, powdered garlic, cayenne pepper, salt, cracked pepper and pepper flakes.  When I started I made some to spicy and some with too little kick but all where very useable.   I like my own rub better now than any of them and the savings are huge.

Gerhard

johnl350

My go to rubs are Dizzy Pig (cow lick, shaking the tree, dizzy dust, swamp venom, raging river). My other favorite is Southern Flavor, which is made in my hometown and I grew up on it. Check them out www.southernflavor.com

chrisc133

I really like Dizzy Pig Dizzy Dust.  I've also used Bad Byrons and the Costco branded stuff...they are OK.

I just ordered the Meatchurch tailgate pack...will see how I like it compared to Dizzy Dust.

Acn

My favorite DP rubs are Tsunami Spin, Raging River, Shakin' the Tree, Red eye, and Dizzy Dust.  Favorites from Oakridge are Black Ops Brisket Rub and Secret Weapon.  Others that get lots of use are The Rub Company Santa Maria Style and Plowboys Yardbird.

Cookbook_Chip

Dizzy Pig for sure.  Red eye is my #1.  Dizzy Dust for pork butts.  Curry-ish is used all around on veggies, spatchcock chickens.  Mediterranean-ish is great on salads and pizza.

nolaegghead

The freshness of the spice is everything.  Some companies keep inventory down and freshness up, like Dizzy Pig.  I like Byron's Butt Rub on my Brisket.  My buddy is friends with Byron Chism and picked up a few in person last month, which was great because I was out of it.

johnl350

nolaegghead said:

The freshness of the spice is everything.  Some companies keep inventory down and freshness up, like Dizzy Pig.  I like Byron's Butt Rub on my Brisket.  My buddy is friends with Byron Chism and picked up a few in person last month, which was great because I was out of it.

Byron makes a great seafood rub as well called Jubilee 

Mosca

Honest to goodness sometimes I think you could just mix them all up and they'd taste the same.

That being said, I'm partial to those mixed up by Fred Bernardo at Tasty Licks, a/k/a Fred's Music and BBQ, in Shillington PA. (Fred is also a BGE dealer.)

Hotch

I have used many over the years and pretty much these two are my go to or I use them as a base and add to it. And yes this is the rub that is made by EggObsessed (Kelly) and No Joke Smoke (Bruce). It is used in their famous award wining Brisket Chili. Hell I use it in everything! It's what makes my "Not So White Salas" so good.

KiterTodd

GATraveller said:

GA!  Meant to tell you I used the rub you sent me on my brisket last weekend.  Was excellent!

THEBuckeye

Oakwood BBQ:

Competition Rib Rub

Beef and Poultry Rub

Habanero Death Dust! 

volfan1

SmokeyPitt said:

Both oak ridge and dizzy pig have samplers you can order.  

I definitely recommend the oak ridge sampler:
https://www.oakridgebbq.com/shop/ultimate-value-sample-rub-pack/

at $5 it is a no brainer (includes shipping).  I just ordered another one because I want to try some new stuff they added. 

Thanks for the recommendation. For $5, that is a no brainer. Always looking to try something new.

TCT

Big fan of Kosmos Dirty Bird for chicken. The Oakridge Santa Maria is great on beef as well.

clifkincaid

Meat church for me...just ordered another $60 worth a little bit ago!