While on the subject you might want to try McCormick' Grill Master Salt-Free Chicken Seasoning on chicken. Have had very good results grilling chicken and pork with it .. never tried it as a rub for smoking tho. Since I am on low salt diet I find that appealing and from the flavor you wouldn't know it.

Comes in small containers in most groceries ... not sure if its available in bigger quantities.

Really now, -- chicken is the "other" white meat -- pork rules!

I like the large bottles from Sam's too. On a large brisket or rib roast, and how much rub you like it can take upto 2 of the small 3- 4 oz. jars I like to buy granulated garlic and dried mince onion in the large bottles as well.

When those bottles are emptied they make great dredgers for mixing seasonings into sausage and jerky meat.

I smoked 2 7 # butts last thursday. I used a new McCormic grill mates "Barbeque" seasoning for the 24 hr rub w/5 oz pecan. The flavor was not as good as the cookshack Rib rub or homemade pork rubs. It was a little on the bitter side & didn't have as much flavor. I cooked in 08 @ 215 * over nite and @170* (11 hrs) I bumped up to 230*, pulled @3:00 pm (16 hrs). I normally cook butts for 12 hrs @ 225* & the're done.
Do you think the lower temp /longer method had an effect on the flavor?

RT

I'd bet it was the seasoning, something in it gave a flavor you didn't like.

Look at the ingredients and tell me what the #1 and #2 ingredients are. I'm pretty sure I know, but want to hear.

Okie,
The ingredients are brown sugar,salt spices tomato,garlic,onion,etc. I also had some left over brisket rub which had black pepper, celery salt, & chili powder which was put on 1 butt. I had forgotten when I wrote the post about the brisket rub. That might have been the problem.

RT

I used the Montreal seasoning on my super bowl brisket. The flavor was GREAT!!!

McCormick Grill Mates makes a spicy version that I use on burgers at the tailgate. I use a little gas grill, so there is no smoke, and the Spicy Montreal Steak seasoning gives them a great flavor.