I don’t eat much meat. But sometimes, I just want a really good steak, hamburger or chicken from the grill.

We grill out year round but there is just something about warmer weather that makes the food taste even better! Being outside and enjoying the sunshine. Watching the kids play ball while Hubby grills big, juicy steaks, hamburgers, chicken, vegetables. MMM MMM! I LOVE IT!

Clay usually uses his own secret seasonings, creating the perfect flavor, but sometimes he likes to try something new. He tried out Char Crust Dry-Rub Seasonings recently on our steak and it was super good. The fragrance alone was enough to make my mouth water. And that was in-package! Once he rubbed it on the meat and began cooking, it was all I could do not to jump on the grill. hehehe

For our first steaks, he used the All American Barbecue rub and it was to die-for! It contains ingredients like wheat and brown sugar along with onion, black powder, Chipotle, garlic Worcestershire Sauce Powder and red chile powder. That is just to name a few. That isn’t all the spices. But you can just imagine how good those smell.

For review, I received (and one of you will too) 4 boxes of Char Crust containing the following flavors:

• Roasted Garlic Peppercorn features the robust flavor of roasted garlic and onions with the zing of peppercorns and a hint of Worcestershire and lavender. Its versatility has made it a best seller. It complements steaks, lamb, seafood, pork, poultry, and potatoes.

• Ginger Teriyaki is a balance of sweet teriyaki, fragrant ginger, plus a tingly touch of wasabi that lends a new dimension and creates a modern teriyaki interpretation. It complements chicken, fish, and steak.

• Amazin’ Cajun is a spicy-sweet blend of piquant cayenne pepper, onion, garlic, oregano and a mélange of other Mardi Gras flavors. It brings the sublime heat of New Orleans to catfish, chicken, shrimp, and even “dirty” rice.

• All American Barbecue takes the best flavors of American barbecue and blends them into a tangy-sweet, slightly spicy rub. It has rich molasses from Memphis, tangy tomato from Kansas City, mustard, pepper and vinegar from the Carolinas, plus a wisp of smoke from Texas.

It rained this past weekend so I didn’t get to enjoy the outdoors but you can bet my husband still got his grill on! He set that sucker under the garage door (open) and grilled away! I didn’t get photos AT ALL of our steaks because they were off the platter and on everyone’s plates before I could even grab my camera! But I can tell you that the flavor was outstanding. None of the spices, in any of the flavors, were overpowering. The meat had just the right amount of spice. It wasn’t too salty like some dry rub seasonings can be. I’ve had some that I couldn’t even eat because the sodium content was just too high and I couldn’t handle it.  I didn’t have that problem with the Char Crust Dry-Rub Seasonings. Our grilled foods were really good, tender and super tasty.

4 ounce boxes retail price of $5.49 per box. There is a store finder on the Char Crust site.

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Next, I am going to try the Amazin’ Cajun on a nice grilled chicken breast and some grilled veggies. I promise to get a photo for you!

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