Snake River Ember — All-Purpose BBQ Rub
The Snake does all the work in this state. It runs a thousand miles, waters every farm in the valley, and on its way out it carved the deepest gorge in North America — deeper than the Grand Canyon, and it doesn’t advertise.
This is the rub that does all the work. Smoked paprika, brown sugar, garlic, onion, black pepper, mustard powder, smoked salt. Ribs, chicken, brisket, pork shoulder — it’s built for the meat, not the label.
One step matters most: the brown sugar gets dried in a low oven before it’s blended. That’s why the tin doesn’t cake in a month. Most people skip it. We don’t.
Local pickup in the Treasure Valley.
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