Cracked Black Pepper is a culinary standard for prime cuts of meat all over the world as well as throughout history. Black pepper begins to show up in recorder history about 327 B.C., read more below.

Knox's All Natural Cracked Pepper dry rub is superior for creating steak marinades with a gourmet flair. Our blend of quality black pepper adds peppery bite to fragrant oregano, garlic and other herbs and spices. Balanced flavor and aroma enhances the natural flavor of steak and other choice cuts of meat. Do you buy spice blends to season your food? Are they full of salt? Our dry rubs are NOT mostly salt and the salt we use is a gourmet flake sea salt. Only enough to reserve the succulence of your food.

Our recipe is derived from a traditional Brazilian preparation of grilling meat called Churrasco. We had the opportunity to taste home made Churrasco in Botiva, Brazil several years ago and luckily wrote down a recipe. We were told traditional Churrasco could be as simple as packing meat in salt before grilling. More adventurous barbecue chef's balance aromatic herbs and intensely flavorful spices to bring out natural flavor. Our recipe follows this line of thought, well balanced, flavorful and aromatic. A Brazilian bbq rub that is fit for steak and other choice cuts of meat. Knox's Cracked Pepper bbq rub is an excellent all around condiment that could replace your table ground pepper. We use it to make a light and slightly salad dressing that doubles as an excellent vegetable dip or even a sandwich sauce. It is great sprinkled on salad adding a bite with a little crunch or in mashed potatoes or even sausage gravy.

How to use Knox's Cracked Pepper rub

Sprinkle liberal amounts of Knox's Cracked Pepper dry rub over meat and massage. Rubbing infuses the flavors directly into the surface and helps release the flavor in the rub. For easy clean up, place meat in a zip lock bag. Sprinkle with liberal amounts of Knox's Cracked Pepper rub and rub from outside the bag. If you are going to use a meat hammer to tenderize your steak, sprinkle dry rub on prior to tenderizing. Rub by hand after you have finished.

Apply several hours before grilling and refrigerated until ready or directly before barbecuing.

Mixing Knox's Cracked Pepper rub with oil, melted butter, vinegar or citrus is an excellent way to personalize a wet rub to be used on a brisket, roast or whole poultry. Mix Knox's Cracked Pepper Dry Rub with a couple of tablespoons of melted butter, extra virgin olive oil or your favorite steak sauce to make succulent steak marinades. Also a peppery condiment for potatoes and salad.

• 1/2 stick melted butter or 1/4 cup olive oil (1/2 cup *citrus juice for chicken and pork).

* We prefer 50% orange juice - 50% lemon juice. But feel free to experiment with whatever you like. Different types of oil can also make your wet rub deliciously unique. A teaspoon of toasted sesame seed oil or chili oil can add depth to the flavor and personalize your wet rub. Mixtures of oil and citrus, such as 1/4 cup of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of chili oil and 1 tablespoon of Cracked Pepper rub also create an equally delicious marinade.

Mix together melted butter or oil and Cracked Pepper rub. Spoon over steak, chicken or pork and rub into surface or place contents in a zip lock bag and massage. If you use butter, make sure butter is melted but not hot.

Barbecue immediately or place in refrigerator until ready to cook.

Knox's Cracked Pepper rub can also be used as a sprinkle to spice up salads.

A brief history of Cracked Pepper dry rub

Salt and pepper have been used hand in hand throughout recorded history. We have known this as Brazilian Barbecue, where you take a roast, pack it with cracked pepper and salt and slowly grill it. We have known it as a standard preparation for beef steaks, quickly seared and served medium rare.

Possibly the oldest and most commonly used spice in the world. Pepper begins to surface in history around 327 B.C. from India, probably from some unscrupulous invader. Used to pay ransoms (3000 pounds of pepper for Rome) and at times worth its weight in gold (1488 A.D.). The only history we can provide for the first human to use cracked black pepper and salt as a dry rub is that they enjoyed grilling out.

Cracked Pepper

Cracked pepper has many culinary uses, from salad to steak and every possible combination in between. Black pepper is found in almost every cuisine on our planet and highly prized for the mildly spicy flavor and aroma. You will find it in dry rubs as well as pickling spices and seafood boils. Knox's Cracked Pepper dry rub uses high quality black peppercorns, herbs ,spices and gourmet mill grind sea salt. Quality salt aids in bonding with the fats in meat to retain the natural moistness. Aromatic herbs finish our Cracked Pepper dry rub as a well rounded aromatic and flavorful spice blend perfect for choice cuts of meat.

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