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Spice Beautiful — Hickory

This is the hickory-forward rub that built Arkansas Trav'ler championship rib plates in the 1980s and '90s. Jim used it to win in Ireland and Memphis. Lee and Michael learned to apply it as kids in 1989 — now it's yours.

Smoky hickory BBQ rub (3.7 oz shaker) for ribs, brisket, and pork shoulder. Called 'the stuff of legend' by fans. Built by Jim's sons, first as a steak rub.

UPC
8-60015-85662-3
Size
3.7 oz
Case pack
12 shakers
Unit price
$8.99
Case price
$107.88 (12 × $8.99)
$8.99 each
Line total $8.99

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One-time order, skips the cart → checkout. 4 boxes of 6 × 3.7 oz shakerHickory Rub, one every 3 months · $47.47/box · shipping included on every box. Welcome kit: stickers, magnets & recipe cards.

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All Sauce Beautiful and Spice Beautiful orders are final sale — no returns, no refunds. Damaged or lost-in-shipping items will be replaced.One-time prepaid order: you pay for the whole term once at checkout, and we ship one box every 3 months with shipping included on every box. No repeat charges. Final sale — no refunds on a prepaid term.

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  • Made in Arkansas by Jim Quessenberry's sons
  • Original 1980s championship recipes
  • Ships nationwide

Spice Beautiful - Hickory is our smoky, savory, deep-flavored rub. We first built it for steak, but it turned out so good on everything else, poultry especially, that we gave it a new name. Coffee, paprika, garlic, onion, and a hit of smoke flavor give it a gorgeous dark crust, so it tastes like you spent all day at the pit.

Rub it on ribeyes, brisket, pork ribs, pork shoulder, tri-tip, chicken thighs, or a whole bird. It’s just as good on a steak in a cast iron as on a packer brisket in the smoker. Sprinkle some on roasted vegetables, fries, or popcorn if you want to blow some minds.

Robert Meyer Burnett, CEO of Ludovico Technique, called our Hickory Rub “the stuff of legend,” and we’re not humble enough to leave that quote off the shaker. Dad gave us the championship roots, and Lee and I came up with this one. Every product is shipped directly by Jim’s sons.

Championship Legacy

By Lee & Michael Quessenberry — continuing the exact recipes of two-time World Champion Pitmaster Jim Quessenberry and the Arkansas Trav'ler Cooking Team. Same championship flavors. Every product is shipped directly by Jim's sons. Same "We put the Q in BBQ!" attitude.

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