Strange instructions on a store but rub.

[worktogthr]

I am not one for purchasing store bought rubs. Nothing against them but in the ten years or so that I have been cooking at home I have accumulated every spice known to man. My dad however, knowing I am constantly smoking something and making rubs bought me one on one of his many road trips....

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• worktogthr
• May 15, 2014

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• worktogthr
• May 15, 2014

I thought it was strange that it says explicitly to sprinkle the rub onto the meat and in big bold print that you should not rub it into the meat. A rub that you can't rub. Haha. Anyone know why that might be?

 

[demosthenes9]

I am not one for purchasing store bought rubs. Nothing against them but in the ten years or so that I have been cooking at home I have accumulated every spice known to man. My dad however, knowing I am constantly smoking something and making rubs bought me one on one of his many road trips....

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• worktogthr
• May 15, 2014

image.jpg

• worktogthr
• May 15, 2014

I thought it was strange that it says explicitly to sprinkle the rub onto the meat and in big bold print that you should not rub it into the meat. A rub that you can't rub. Haha. Anyone know why that might be?

I think it's more about limiting the amount of rub used.  I don't rub, I sprinkle.

 

[pc farmer]

I sprinkle too. I like to let the meat flavor shine.

 

[worktogthr]

I am in the camp that doesn't overdo the amount of rub, but I rub it in good.

 

[daveomak]

Probably one of the spices will stain the devil out of your fingers and they don't want the missus P'Oed....

 

[worktogthr]

Haha whatever the reason, I will take their advice when I smoke some baby backs this weekend.