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Green-brown horopito rub sprinkled onto two raw lamb backstraps on a board

featured Rub of the Week: Deep Bush Horopito Is the Wild Card Your Lamb Needed

Stef the Maori's Deep Bush Horopito rub turns up by accident and turns lamb backstrap wild. Full recipe, a Smuggler's Secret and the Rub Hub cross-links inside.

On Oct 05, 2026 by Darryl Rubb 0 comments

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Dark savoury steak rub shaken onto a raw scotch fillet, closed kettle BBQ behind

Rub of the Week: Republic's Signature Beef Just Cleared Customs

⚓ SMUGGLER'S LOG — ENTRY No. 462 Dated this 28th day of September, 2026. Today I made port at a bottle shop of all places, ducking in for supplies, and...

On Sep 28, 2026 by Darryl Rubb 0 comments

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A hand shaking red paprika lamb rub onto a tied boneless lamb shoulder, kettle BBQ behind at dusk

Rub of the Week: The Lamb Rub That Finally Gets It Right

⚓ SMUGGLER'S LOG — ENTRY No. 459 Dated this 21st day of September, 2026. Position: tied up somewhere south of the Yarra, hold full of spring lamb. Conditions: clear skies,...

On Sep 21, 2026 by Darryl Rubb 0 comments

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Butchers Axe Stampede Steak Seasoning, 180g shaker, an Australian-made sugar-free beef rub

Rub of the Week: Stampede Steak Seasoning Puts Backbone Into a Melbourne Winter Steak

Darryl puts Butchers Axe's Melbourne-made Stampede Steak Seasoning through its paces on a winter ribeye — no chilli, all beefy backbone, with a reverse-sear method and a Smuggler's Secret.

On Sep 09, 2026 by Darryl Rubb 0 comments

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BlackBear BBQ Chicken Rub 230g shaker, an Australian-made all-purpose poultry seasoning

Rub of the Week: BlackBear's Chicken Rub Is the Sunday-Roast Cheat Code

A NSW-made chook rub that turns a Sunday roast into the thing everyone fights over. This week's Log: a whole spatchcocked bird, a smuggled honey glaze, and the one place...

On Sep 06, 2026 by Darryl Rubb 0 comments

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The Rub Smuggler medallion - 136 cheeky salt sprinkle steak - Meat Church Blanco rub of the week

Meat Church Blanco: The Steak Rub for Everything

Meat Church Blanco: clean garlic-onion, buttery finish, almost no heat. How to use it on steak, chicken, veg and eggs, plus a reverse-sear recipe.

On Aug 24, 2026 by Darryl Rubb 0 comments

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