Hello, Everyone:
I just made up a batch of something called "14 Spice Rub." I'm going to try it later on some chicken quarters.
I'm adding the batch of 14 Spice Rub to my arsenal of Memphis Dust (a la Meathead Goldwyn), and Myron Mixon's rubs for fish/chicken and beef/pork. So, now I have four small tupperwear bowls with rubs occupying valuable real estate space in the pantry.
Is it possible to have too many rubs? Or too much rub? I'm still in the experimental stage, i.e., I haven't settled on any one rub. Every time I see a new recipe, I want to try it. Since we don't grill or barbecue that much, I'm worried about accumulating so much rub that at some point it loses potency or gets stale, and I have to throw it out.
My goal (and I don't know whether or not this is realistic) is to find one or two or three rubs that will be my go-to rubs for whatever I'm cooking on the grill or smoker. I thought about scaling down the different recipes, e.g. if the recipe makes two cups, to ratchet it back to maybe one cup or just a few ounces. I got really geeky once and actually calculated the fractional amounts of teaspoons, tablespoons...it did not turn out well. So, I'm thinking that maybe the way to go is simply to make what the recipe calls for, to try it a few times, and if it doesn't hit the mark, then to just dump it, period.
Maybe this is just another part of what barbecue and grilling is all about, experimenting with different recipes and techniques. I mean...that's just part of the fun.
Anyway, I'm asking my barbecue/grilling brethren and brethrenettes to weigh in with your opinions. As always, thanks for your input.