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Special Ops Beef Rub – 280gVendor: JIMMY BRISKETBeef rub from Meatstock Gippsland 2026 Grand Champions, for brisket, beef ribs, steak and lamb. Savoury and beefy, mild cracked pepper. Bark built for comps.
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Meatstock Grand Champions
Houston ribs finalists, now Las Vegas bound for the 2027 BBQ World Cup.
Houston ribs finalists, Vegas bound for the 2027 BBQ World Cup.
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The CrewFiring the offsets at a Jimmy Brisket catering gig
Meatstock Grand Champions. Built for brisket.
Jimmy Brisket is the competition BBQ team of pitmaster James "Jimmy" Cameron from Mount Evelyn in Melbourne's outer east: Meatstock Grand Champions, Houston ribs finalists, and one of Australia's teams for the first BBQ World Cup.
From the butcher's block to the comp circuit. Jimmy comes from a family of butchers and meat suppliers, so good beef was in the blood long before the smoke, and a visit to Big Boy BBQ lit the fire for American low and slow. In 2017 he got hooked watching BBQ Pitmasters, walked the grounds at Meatstock Melbourne and told his wife they'd be competing the following year. They were, and he took first place in brisket at his very first contest.
On the comp trail. Grand Champion at Meatstock Gippsland 2026, topping 23 teams by a single point. Ribs finalist at the Houston World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest, 5th in 2024 and 4th in 2025. First in brisket at the Bellarine Smokeoff and the Grampians BBQ Festival in 2026, second in chicken at Meatstock Toowoomba 2026, and first in pork ribs and pork at the Low 'n' Slow Smoke Off in Gerogery in 2024. The Gippsland win punched the team's ticket to the inaugural BBQ World Cup in Las Vegas in April 2027, and Jimmy now sits on the board of the Australian Barbecue Alliance, which runs the Aussie comp circuit.
Real smoke, at your event. Off the comp field, Jimmy Brisket is a mobile American BBQ caterer across Melbourne for weddings, corporate events and backyard parties, built around 15-hour smoked Texas-style brisket, Tex Mex wings and pulled pork off the trailer offsets. The team also sells whole smoked Angus briskets and runs comp masterclasses for new teams. In Jimmy's words: "Here we cook proper American-style BBQ and show you how to do it at home."
The rub. Special Ops Beef Rub is the blend Jimmy built in-house for brisket: salt, black pepper and savoury spice for rich colour and a competition-quality bark, and just as good on beef ribs, steak, burgers and lamb. Made in Australia, it sits at 1 on our Hub Heat scale, all savoury with no chilli burn.
Jimmy Brisket is the competition BBQ team of pitmaster James "Jimmy" Cameron from Mount Evelyn in Melbourne's outer east. Jimmy comes from a family of butchers and meat suppliers, and the team won Grand Champion at Meatstock Gippsland 2026 and made the ribs final at the Houston World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest in 2024 and 2025. That Gippsland win qualified them for the inaugural BBQ World Cup in Las Vegas in April 2027. Their rub is Special Ops Beef Rub, built in-house for brisket and made in Australia. The Rub Hub stocks it. Flat $10 shipping Australia-wide.
| Product | Style | Heat | Best on | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Ops Beef Rub | Salt, black pepper and savoury spice beef rub | Mild (1/11) | Brisket, beef ribs, steak, burgers, lamb | 280g |
Special Ops was built for brisket: rich colour, savoury punch and a proper bark. Salt and black pepper lead, with a little sugar and a deep savoury finish, so it holds up through a long smoke or a hard sear over fire. Coat a whole brisket generously and smoke low and slow until the bark is dark and set, or season beef short ribs and cook until probe tender. More in brisket rubs and Texas BBQ rubs.
Rub a thick ribeye or rump for a reverse sear, resting it 15 to 30 minutes first so the rub grabs on. Mix it through mince for burgers and meatballs instead of plain salt and pepper, or dust a lamb shoulder before it goes in. It's salt-led, so skip any extra salt and go lighter on steak. It sits at Mild on heat. Every product page shows its Hub Heat rating out of 11. The 280g shaker is $20. See more steak rubs and burger range.
Special Ops may contain traces of gluten, milk and soy, and it contains flavour enhancers 621 and 635. Check the label and the ingredient list on the product page.
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More about this shop on GoogleStill experimenting with the collection, seems to be a great collection of rubs so far, the family like them,
Taste is amazing & a great kick of heat for my wings! Will definitely buy again.
Darren suggested I layer this with the steer seasoning. Great advice, brisket was bloody delicious. Great product and great advice
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Great service and advice when seeing you at meatstock and ordering online through the website. Delivery was fast and efficient
Great base rub for beef