LILLIE'S Q: Steak Butter Seasoning – 192g

Butter and garlic, without needing to actually butter anything

Lillie's Q Steak Butter Seasoning is a savoury butter, garlic, salt and black pepper steak seasoning from Chef Charlie McKenna's Chicago barbecue brand, made for steaks, roasts and other red meat. It bottles the flavour of a butter-basted steak into a dry seasoning — no compound butter required.

The flavour

Front is salt and garlic, the middle brings natural butter richness, and it finishes with black pepper, dill seed and celery seed aromatics.

How to cook with it

• Season a ribeye or porterhouse generously 30 minutes before searing hot and direct
• Rub into a beef or lamb roast before it goes on the kettle or in the oven
• Finish grilled lamb chops with a light dusting just before serving
• Toss through roast potatoes for a butter-garlic hit
• Rogue move: mix into softened cream cheese for a quick garlic-butter dip

In the shaker

Fine-medium grind with a pale golden-tan colour and visible flecks of pepper and dill.

Ingredients & Dietary

Ingredients: Salt, garlic, spices including chili pepper, natural butter flavor (contains milk), dill seed, onion, natural flavor, extractives of dill, celery seed and not more than 2% tricalcium phosphate added to prevent caking.

Dietary: All natural per the Australian distributor; made with gluten-free ingredients but not gluten-free certified. Not vegan — contains milk. Contains celery seed. Allergens — always check the physical label.

Questions answered

Is Lillie's Q Steak Butter Seasoning spicy? No. It's a savoury butter, garlic and pepper blend with no real heat — 1 out of 11 on our Sting Gauge.

Does it contain real butter? It's flavoured with natural butter flavour and contains milk, so it isn't dairy free or vegan.

What's it best on? Steaks, roasts and other red meat are the intended use, and it's great on roast potatoes.

Is it gluten free? It's made with gluten-free ingredients, but it isn't gluten-free certified.

The Rub Smuggler's Verdict

Garlic, salt, pepper and buttery richness with a fresh lift of dill — it tastes like a steak someone's been basting for you. Season a ribeye, sear it over a handful of Western Mesquite Wood Chips for a kiss of smoke, then slice it into a roll with Drunken Sailor Onion, Cranberry and Bourbon Relish. Lunch upgraded, no apron required.