South Carolina BBQ Rub

South Carolina BBQ Rub – In the 1730’s the British colony of South Carolina recruited German immigrants who brought with them their heritage of mustards from their cuisine.  Along with North Carolina, the Spanish brought pigs to this area and pork is the meat of choice in South Carolina as well.  South Carolina style barbecue is not surprisingly regionally similar to North Carolina barbecue.  The western part of South Carolina, similar to its northern neighbor, uses a peppery tomato sauce and the eastern part uses, as you guessed it, a spicy vinegar-based barbecue sauce.  The real difference is that the central part of South Carolina uses a uniquely mustard based barbecue sauce with vinegar, brown sugar and other spices.  To capture that essence the Grate Grinds South Carolina BBQ Rub has ingredients like:  mustard seeds, two types of chiles, smoked sea salt, black pepper. So, our South Carolina BBQ Rub is more broad based to cover all the barbecue variations in the state.  Grind this