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Featured Business Reviews: Arizona Rub – The Taste of Arizona in a Dry-Rub Seasoning Bottle
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Arizona Rub MogoFor Dan Krongaard, there’s nothing like giving your meat a little rubbing. More specifically, there’s nothing better than giving the ole’ Arizona Rub treatment to a rack of ribs soon to become a beautiful, juicy, falling-off-the-bone, flavorful BBQ treat that’s redolent of smoked Mesquite wood chips. That, according to Dan, is the “Taste of Arizona”. The taste of Arizona is all about true flavor. Every one of Arizona Rub‘s four creatively-named variants are made with all-natural ingredients. Whether your lips are smacking for the Original Rub, the Chipotle Rub, the Rattlesnake Rub, or the Pistol Whip Rub, you’re sure to be pleasantly assaulted by Southwestern flavors that are made with only the purest spices. Dan created Arizona Rub without a single speck of MSG, wheat gluten, silicon dioxide, or fillers of any kind—just 100% spice. As if to guarantee customers of his product’s quality, Dan Krongaard and his family are also Arizona Rub‘s biggest fans because they know how it’s made and what it literally brings to the plate. ,” Dan says. Being a creative cook with a great love for the intricacies of the BBQ, Dan has his own special preferences for using the different Arizona Rub flavors. According to Dan, Original is best for ribs while the dry heat of the Chipotle rub works well with potatoes, vegetables, chicken, shrimp, and salmon. The Rattlesnake’s bite brings a little zing to steaks and whitefish. Pistol Whip, on the other hand, packs a heat that gives his chicken wings and chili a distinctive zest.

Dan Krongaard of Arizona Rub
Dan Krongaard, the brains behind Arizona Rub, in his kitchen

To show customers what they can do with the versatile Arizona Rub, Dan’s website offers a plethora of original recipes like his favorite Baby Back Ribs My Way, the BBQ Beef Tri-tip, Arizona Beer Can Chicken, and Spanizona Rice, among many others. That’s not all. While only just a small company, Arizona Rub‘s dry rub seasoning quartet already has a following of lovers of the Southwest flavor who have found other, clever ways to use the product. For these BBQ fans, everything is fair game and delicious with Arizona Rub including popcorn, pizza, chip dips, and even beer can rims. Some of these BBQ connoisseurs have even brought Arizona Rub to as far as Europe, Africa and Japan. As a former marketing professional, Dan Krongaard recognizes the importance of having marketing materials like business cards, postcards, and rack cards that make his company look good. Helping Arizona Rub with these for the past year or so is UPrinting. According to Dan, “The quality of UPrinting’s work has been outstanding. Plus the pricing and delivery times are impossible to beat. And the few times that I have needed help, it’s been both timely and to the point. UPrinting has the whole package.”

Arizona Rub
The four variants of Arizona Rub in two sizes. A gift set with three flavors and a cd.

Arizona Rub has the whole package, too, when it comes to showcasing the “Taste of Arizona”, that is. Anyone who knows good barbecue will appreciate how Dan was able to bottle the definitive heat and flavors of the region which feature aromatic chili powders, smoke-dried jalapenos, and cumin. Arizona Rub is the dry rub for real BBQ lovers. With such strong flavors and a good amount of heat, it wouldn’t be all too surprising to think that the company’s humorous saying “real men rub their meat” is a truism.


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