Cleaned out my rub cupboard

[JoeSousa]

I was reorganizing my cupboards a bit and decided to excavate my rub cupboard and this is what I ended up with:



I didn't count but my son counted at least 71 bottles, pouches, and containers. Could be more than that.

Honestly there are only about a half dozen of these I use on a regular basis and many of them have never really been opened or only used once. The Meat Church Honey Hog and Holy Voodoo get used a lot for wings as does the Nashville Hot rub from Spiceology. And I really like the Barker BBQ Baby got Beef rub and the Money rub from Big Poppa Smokers. But other than that I usually stick with my homemade Memphis Meat Dust and Big Bad Beef Rub.

Anything I am missing out on? Anything that should be a staple of any good rub collection?

If you are more of a video learner I also posted this:

[WI Bubba]

I refuse to get all the bottles, pouches and bags out of their various hideouts. It would scare me to know just how many different one I have.

[Old Glory]

I need to clean up my collection as well. The wife has been on my case for a while.

[grantgallagher]

This was me a while back. Now i have maybe 7-10 that i keep in stock.

[au4stree]

Whether homemade or retail, a good SPG is always on hand. I prefer my own concoction, but recently I’ve been using Savage’s Buckshot rub.

I see that Saw’s bottle on the left side, that’s a Bama local rub.

[JoeSousa]

Did you send me that Saw's rub for the Secret Santa??? I am pretty sure that is where I got that one.

[au4stree]

JoeSousa come to think of it, I think you’re right. It’s good on chicken, imo.

[jfmorris]

Yikes!

Last summer I was cleaning the pantry and stopped counting at around 120 different bottles of spices or rubs. I'm on a mission to reduce spice usage, and am trying to learn to simplify, and use fewer spices, but quality ones when I do. With my favorite rub off the market in the US, I'm going to just go more basic, and keep a few zip lock bags of the basic mixes from here, like MMD, BBBR, S&G, and a couple others, and not go crazy buying every bottle of spice that every little recipe I come across calls for.

The other issue is that spices lose flavor over time, and if open, certain types start getting moisture in them and start clumping up.

[RonB]

The problem is that there are sooo many rubs available. And most here always want to try something new or different, so we easily succumb to products that sound good - either homemade or manufactured. I think it's a conspiracy.

[CaptainMike]

I've been pretty good at keeping it simple, but I did recently acquire a selection of Malcolm Reed's rubs and sauces and I think they're pretty good. Salty, but not too salty like most commercial rubs that I've tried can be, as well as little 'ol me!

[Skip]

It's an ongoing event at our house. As one Friend told us...you can always find something to clean.

[ecowper]

My wife says that I am not allowed to catch up to you!

[JoeSousa]

My wife said "so are you going to throw some of those away?" and we just laughed and laughed. She knows me too well.

[Oak Smoke]

I’m afraid to count mine. The problem with most of them is that they were gifts. Good grief every Christmas and birthday I get BBQ rubs. Honestly I use a very small group of rubs. The only commercial rub I use is a Cajun seasoning from Adams. The other 4 or 5 I make at home. How long are you obligated to keep a gifted rub? How do you answer when the inevitable "what did you think of that" comes around. In order to say I’ve tried it I will grill chicken thighs with a different rub on each one. I should mix all of them together and call it Omnirub. It would be the perfect gift.

[JoeSousa]

I hear ya. Got quite a few of these as gifts and many of those are the unopened ones.

[rickgregory]

Huh. I have two rubs. Not counting things like chili powder or Tony Cs, just actual BBQ rubs. Which is kind of amazing since the local butcher stocks every rub and sauce on earth, I think. This is one side of the rubs aisle.

[FireMan]

I started. Didn’t get very far. It took me awhile to git there while I was at it.

[Alan Brice]

Just did ours today. Bot is recyc

[STEbbq]

I have zero rubs! I make my own now to order. 🤣

[Richard Chrz]

I only have gallon bags of individual ingredients. I make all of my own as well,