Home made Rubs

I make a few from recipes I've gotten from this board, but I think the answer to your first question has two parts. First, most homemade concoctions are this and that using common spices available in grocery stores vs more exotic spices which must be bought in bulk. Besides the quantity then you have more cost involved and have to deal with shelf life. I make one called Witchy Red that egger Ken Stone formulated and used to make and sell that has 11 ingredients - most of which are rather unusual and not found in the grocery. The cost to assemble all 11 is over $100 and the individual quantities vary so I always have too much of a few left over - in affect increasing my cost since waste is a cost factor.

The second reason perhaps that more people don't make their own is availability of so many good ones on the market! This isn't a commercial for Nature Boy's Dizzy Pig products but he makes so many good ones for a reasonable price so why bother.

I make a lot of my own rubs and also use various Dizzy Pig products depending how I am feeling when I open the cupboard.

I find that the Hungarian Paprika adds a lot of character to the rub. I also use some ground coriander and turbinado sugar. I don't care for chili powder, so I use red pepper flakes.