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Smoked Bloody Mary, The Ultimate BBQ Eye-Opener

BBQ bloody Mary in glass with celery stalk

The classic Bloody Mary is taken to new smoky height thanks to a BBQ twist. Smoked ice, BBQ sauce, dry rub seasoning, and bacon are the cornerstone of this smoked Bloody Mary recipe. You’ll never see this classic Sunday brunch cocktail the same way again once you take the first sip.

Chinese Five Spice Powder Recipe

Ingredients for Chinese five spice powder in five glass bowls.

This simple to make but flavor packed recipe for five spice powder will be your go-to seasoning whenever you want to add an Asian accent to any dish. Five Spice Powder is a blend of cinnamon, cloves, fennel, star anise, and Szechwan peppercorns. Further amplify the rub by adding ginger, nutmeg, and/or licorice.

Competition Ribs Recipe and Award Winning Tricks

Competition pork rib on a white plate.

Perfect your competition ribs with these simple tips and a competition rib recipe. Trimmed ribs are seasoned with a flavorful BBQ dry rub before being smoked for several hours. Wrapping the ribs with butter and other ingredients ensure that they are moist, tender, and packed full of flavor for the competition judges.

Garam Masala Recipe: Cornerstone Rub Of India

garam masala spices on a black board, waiting to be combined

Based on the popular Indian spice blend, this Garam Masala recipe is a complex blend of flavors including sweet, pungent, spicy hot, and savory. Garam Masala is found in numerous Indian foods including chicken, marinades, and more; but it’s most often used as a final sprinkling before serving, a sort of dry sauce.

Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow Crust: The Perfect Beef Dry Rub Recipe

Cow Crust BBQ dry rub on a steak.

Before hitting the smoker or grill with a steak or other beef cut, take it over the top with this delicious wet rub seasoning paste. Packed with herbs, chiles, and other seasonings then blended with oil, this paste is sure to become your go-to for adding flavor to beef.

Dolly’s Lamb Rub Recipe

Lamb dry rub in a wooden bowl with a sprig of rosemark, garlic bulb, and peppercorns surrounding the bowl.

This flavorful spice rub is perfect for amping up the flavor of smoked and grilled lamb. Use it as a dry rub seasoning for lamb or mutton prior to cooking or add liquid to make a flavorful paste for the meat. It also works well as a dry brine, ensuring deep flavor penetration and maximum moisture.

Here’s The Best Italian Seasoning You’ve Ever Used

Field of herbs

Add a taste of Italy to virtually any dish with this tested recipe for a flavorful Italian herb and spice blend. This seasoning blend is great to keep on hand for pizzas, meatball sandwiches, red sauces, and so much more.

Memphis Dry Rub Recipe, Rendezvous-Style

A rack of pork ribs coated with Memphis dry rub and a white bowl of the dry rub.

In Memphis it is common for barbecue joints to offer their ribs “dry”, without sauce, just a liberal sprinkling of spices and herbs before and after the ribs are smoked. The most revered dry ribs are served at Charlie Vergos’ Rendezvous. This recipe is closer to their famous seasoning rub than they are handing out.

Life-Changing, Bark-Building Beef Rub Recipe

Beef dry rub recipe being sprinkled on to brisket.

This flavorful beef dry rub recipe is perfect for seasoning brisket, beef ribs, steak, and more. In Texas, many barbecue joints use plain old salt and pepper, called Dalmatian rub. But beef brisket and beef ribs can handle, and benefit from, a more potent mix of spices. You can make this beef rub in advance and store it.