searching for the best all purpose bbq rub

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Heard me out . I been using Kroger steak seasoning on EVERYTHING I grill . Since they discontinue . I been trying every top brand on the market . Church meat , suckle buster . Kosmo . ........ none that I like . What I’m looking for is seasoning rub that work on grill and bbq on all type of meat . Pork . Chicken ..
 
Make your own?

Of all the things to do in cooking, mixing some salts and spices together is the easiest thing to do and hardest to screw up.

Beef is easy: Salt, black pepper, and savories (onion and garlic powder). If you're looking to replace a store-bought "steak seasoning", this is it. 99% of steak seasonings are salt, pepper, onion, and garlic. When cooking beef you want that beefy flavor to be there, so look to enhance the beefiness, not override it. Add whatever you want, but not sugar. Beef needs sugar like a cow needs a wolf.

Pork and chicken are more broad: Yeah, you can use the same rub you use of beef, but chicken and pork have a more bland pallet to begin with so you can go crazy creating flavors instead of enhancing existing ones. Chicken and pork love sugar too, so you should really make a second rub. Salt, black pepper, sugar (brown or white), and paprika (for color). Add from there. Just like beef, savories do great here too, but so do cumin (southwest flavor), ground chilis (ancho for earthiness or chipotle for spiciness), mustard powder, or whatever else you want to try. The world is your oyster here.
 
Did Kroger repackage and rename the same blend?

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As MrHorspwer said, you should at least have 2 rubs/seasonings. Steak doesn’t need more than salt and pepper for me but for smoked pork/chicken I like something with sugar. It’s really not a chore to make your own or have 2 or more containers of seasoning.
 
Costco near me sells this Spicewalla Honey and Herb in big containers and it is fantastic on chicken and pork. I've even put it on burgers before and it was very good.
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For steak I usually use the Montreal Steak Seasoning like @#18FAN posted. Really pretty hard to beat that stuff.
 
Pappys is my go to seasoning, works on everything. ;)
Blue lid is the 50% less salt.
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As MrHorspwer said, you should at least have 2 rubs/seasonings. Steak doesn’t need more than salt and pepper for me but for smoked pork/chicken I like something with sugar. It’s really not a chore to make your own or have 2 or more containers of seasoning.
Salt and Pepper is all you need on steaks, you want to taste the meat and not the seasoning. (y)
 
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this what I try so far . Over all I like the suckle buster 1836 steak rub on everything . Those ain’t cheap . I like something that you can get locally
 
You can make your own for cheap. Salt is usually the main ingredient which is basically free so buy some salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, brown sugar, etc and mix your own. Make pounds of the stuff for next to nothing, it just takes some experimenting.
 
forgot to update : 2 seasoning came on wed. Pappy seasoning came, put on my steak, it taste great, little to salty, i properly add to too much,
and 3 beer guys rub , add to my steak too

i cut my ribs eyes in half and try both seasoning they both taste great,

my friends at work, keep raving about this 2 gringo chupacabra i can get from HEB . It look like it have monosodium glutamate MSG, Is that still bad for you ?
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