
Smokey’s Beefalicious BBQ Rub
Elevate your BBQ beef game with the tastiest BBQ rub for beef: Smokey’s very own Beefalicious BBQ Rub. A delightful blend of spices packed with flavors that will give your beefy BBQ dish a mouthwatering punch. Discover all the ins and outs of this popular barbecue spice mix and get ready to cook up a storm!
What’s in this Beefalicious BBQ rub?
Ingrediënts:
- paprika
- chipotle
- black pepper
- chilli
- cumin
- coriander
- salt
- brown sugar
- garlic
- oregano
- thyme
- onion
- cacao
- coffee
Get Rubbing!
The Beefalicious BBQ Rub from Smokey Goodness is now also available in a convenient trial package of 30 grams. Order it here! Are you convinced and want to get a 250-gram jar right away? You can order it in our Smokey Goodness Webshop.
Brand New Products:
Our Smokey Goodness range has recently expanded with even more products, such as the new BBQ rub Tropical Thunder, Fire Spices, the the Try All 5 sample pack and Salted Caramel XXL Marshmallows. Curious about all these Smokey products? Then check out our webshop. We’ve put together various rub packages for you, like the Low & Slow Rub Package, the Hot & Fast pack, or perhaps the Mother Load pack is more your style?
Beefalicious BBQ Rub: our umami bomb with warm flavors
According to the pitmasters of Smokey Goodness, beef should burst with umami! So, not too sweet, but well-seasoned with flavors that enhance the boldness of beef. In the Beefalicious BBQ Rub, you’ll find, alongside beloved basic spices and a lower sugar level, unique flavor accents of coffee, cocoa, and Peruvian pepper varieties. These ingredients, combined with the smoke from your BBQ, deliver an unbelievably delicious result to your plate, making your BBQ skills beloved by friends and family.
What can you use Beefalicious BBQ Rub for?

We developed the rub for our own catering and use it for a wide range of BBQ dishes. Some examples where Beefalicious barbecue spices are excellent to use are low and slow BBQ classics like Brisket, Beef Ribs, Pulled Beef, and slow-smoked picanha. The spice blend can also be used to season steaks like rib-eye or côte de boeuf, but be sure to keep the grill temperature from getting too high. In addition to low and slow or grilled meat, you can also use the beefalicious spices to flavor sauces, baked beans, and stews like beef bourguignon or hare stew. During Taco Tuesday, this is your favorite when making fajitas or taco filling, where adding a few tablespoons to the ground beef or your simmering stew works wonders.
BBQ RUBS – GOOD TO KNOW:

BBQ rubs, what’s the deal?
Americans call dried spice mixes used to flavor meat rubs because you have to “rub” or massage the spices into the meat beforehand. This technique seasons and flavors the meat and seals the juices inside the cut. Adding a dry BBQ rub to your meat gives you a crispy outside and a delectable inside. Almost all BBQ rubs have a base of salt, paprika, and sugar. Salt is there to season your dish logically. Paprika helps achieve that beautiful golden brown color, and sugar helps achieve that delicious smoky crust, even during low and slow BBQ.
Low and slow or hot & fast? Mind your cooking temperature!
When seasoning meat with a BBQ rub or dry spice blend, you need to consider the presence of sugar. It can turn bitter if burnt due to prolonged exposure to high temperatures. BBQ rubs are intended for low and slow BBQ, which involves cooking larger pieces of meat or fish for an extended period at lower temperatures (between 90°C and 130°C) over wood-fired heat. Despite the lower temperatures, you still get that crispy caramelized crust thanks to the sugar. The presence of sugar makes BBQ rubs less suitable for direct grilling at high temperatures. For that, we have developed the Grill Blend, a tasty blend of herbs and spices without sugar.
The Beefalicious BBQ rub is used in recipes like:
5 tips for using BBQ rubs:
1. Use oil, sriracha, or mustard as ‘glue’
Before applying the rub, coat the meat or fish with oil, an oil-based sauce like mustard, or if you’re craving some heat, sriracha or tabasco. This has two important advantages: A. Not only do the small particles from your rub, such as sugar, salt, and paprika, stick better, but also the larger particles that give your rub and dish their characteristic flavor. Without a binding agent, they quickly fall off, and that’s a real shame. B. Dry herbs and spices release their flavors much better in a wet, oil-rich environment. In short: you extract more flavor from your BBQ rub.
2. Shake before and during use
Just like in a bag of cereal, the heavier and smaller particles of your rub quickly sink to the bottom of the jar, while the larger and lighter ones float to the top. So, shake your BBQ rub well before and during use to ensure that the meat evenly distributes all the flavor enhancers from your rub.
3. Spritzing
During your low and slow barbecue preparation, your meat-to-be lies in warm, dry smoke to cook. If you occasionally spray the meat with water, or a mixture of apple juice, apple cider vinegar, and possibly whiskey using a spray bottle, the quality of your dish will improve significantly. First and foremost, you prevent the sugars from caramelizing too quickly and your meat from darkening too soon. Additionally, the flavors of the rub dissolve better in the moisture, and the smoke molecules adhere better to your meat, enhancing that BBQ flavor even further.

4. Wrapping
Dishes like pulled beef, pulled pork, and spare ribs spend a long time in the smoke before you achieve the desired tenderness and doneness. Due to the heat and smoke, your dish becomes darker over time, and it’s possible that you’ve already achieved the perfect color before the core temperature comes close to what you want. In that case, wrap your dish in butcher paper or aluminum foil in time. This allows your barbecue dish to continue cooking without becoming too dark.
5. A little extra at the end
When preparing dishes like pulled pork and pulled beef, a lot of the meat is only seasoned on the outer edge. If you want to create a real flavor bomb, mix in some extra rub after pulling the meat. This elevates the flavor of the meat and gives it the recognition it deserves.
What’s in this Beefalicious BBQ rub?
Ingrediënts:
- paprika
- chipotle
- black pepper
- chilli
- cumin
- coriander
- salt
- brown sugar
- garlic
- oregano
- thyme
- onion
- cacao
- coffee
Get Rubbing:
The Beefalicious BBQ Rub from Smokey Goodness is now also available in a convenient trial package of 30 grams. Order it here! Are you convinced and want to get a 250-gram jar right away? You can order it in our Smokey Goodness Webshop.
Brand New Products:
Our Smokey Goodness range has recently expanded with even more products, such as the new BBQ rub Tropical Thunder, Fire Spices, the the Try All 5 sample pack and Salted Caramel XXL Marshmallows. Curious about all these Smokey products? Then check out our webshop. We’ve put together various rub packages for you, like the Low & Slow Rub Package, the Hot & Fast pack, or perhaps the Mother Load pack is more your style?