Meathead's Commercial Sauce/Rub Recipes?

[Matt Bykowski]

With the commercial sauce and rub lines being discontinued, will Meathead give up the recipes? I had the Red Meat and Pork rubs, both were great. I'd love to know the variations from the originals. Just wondering/hoping...

[Spinaker]

He talks about this in here.

The rubs in the recipe section are very close to the bottled versions. He did make minor adjustments so "people would buy it". So you may have to do some tinkering to find out exactly what his blender made up for them. When the samples go back and forth, the blender does add a couple things to keep them coming back to order more blends. This is often done to keep them locked in. I am not sure Meathead will release those variations. However, the recipes for his rubs are very close to the bottled versions.

BTW, my QB in high school had your exact same name........I had to do a double take when I saw your name on the forum. Small world.

[Murdy]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe one of the differences between the recipes and the commercial sauces and rubs was the salt content, with the commercial sauces having a lot more sodium than the recipes (many of which had little or none), which would implicate not only how you made them but also how you used them.

[Matt Bykowski]

Right, I did see that, but you have to know I'm a pitmaster club member because I want precision/specifics Thanks for the response. Never played QB that is for sure. I'm doing good if toss trash into the can on my first try.

[Spinaker]

Yes, that was a big difference, but I figured that was implied since MH's rubs do not have any salt listed on the main site. There are a few other "minor" changes but not sure those really matter. Murdy

[Mosca]

The other big difference that I noticed was liquid smoke in the sauce, and smoke flavor in the rub. Those didn’t bother me personally, but the difference should be noted.

Also: I mentioned this once before, but it needs to be stressed that on the main Amazing Ribs site there are TWO DIFFERENT KC style sauces. The one that is linked in another post, called Red Kansas City Sauce, is a raspberry chipotle sauce and is nothing at all like the KC Sauce that was bottled and sold! The one that is listed as Kansas City Classic BBQ Sauce is the one that is very close to the bottled sauce. The Classic looks complicated, but it is a ridiculously easy “collect ingredients, mix and simmer” recipe. Make that one, add a little liquid smoke, and you’re pretty much there.

[Matt Bykowski]

Interesting, thanks for the notes.