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Wasted 80 bucks on a fancy rub that ruined my whole brisket last Saturday
I bought this expensive coffee-based rub from a small shop in Austin, thought it would be special, but ended up making my brisket taste like burnt dirt after 8 hours on the smoker. The bark was bitter and the meat had this weird acrid aftertaste that nobody at my cookout could finish. Has anyone else had a rub that looked promising but just totally bombed out on a long smoke?
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troy83216d ago
Coffee rubs are tricky because they act like burnt toast crumbs after hours on heat. It's the same thing as buying fancy shampoo that makes your hair worse, sometimes simple stuff works better because it doesn't have too many wild ingredients trying to be special. Store bought salt, pepper, and garlic powder would have saved you that 80 bucks and the brisket.
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