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SEASONINGS Recipe of the Month

Texas Select Seasonings wins Gold and Silver in Kansas City!

Every year the National BBQ and Grilling Association
hosts the Awards of Excellence, acknowledging the
commercial side of BBQ. The annual conference was
held April 3-6 at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown
in Kansas City, MO. Categories including digital media
like photography, video and social media content, BBQ
tools, best rubs and sauces, etc. are judged by a panel
of professionals in the industry. National and interna-
tional companies showcase their products or services to
compete for the top three places to win the coveted Gold,
Silver or Bronze medallions. 3rd-6th place get honorable
mention calls and receive a certificate. Texas Select
Seasonings of Galveston County received top honors
in the Pork category winning Gold for the Juicy
Pig BBQ rub, a Silver award second place finish for
Competition Basic Beef and an honorable mention
6th place award in the spicy rub category for Rat-
tlesnake Dust. In honor of the awards owner William
“Wild Bill’ Powell smoked up a rack of Juicy Pig ribs and
a 3” beef tomahawk steak to photograph with the latest duck fat and adding an even coat of Competition Basic Beef. I
company awards. All of the award-winning rubs, salsa and glazes have many grills to choose from but for this monster I wanted to
can be purchased at www.texasselectseasonings.com or by visiting sear plus roast it to get the internal temp to med rare without over
the Wild Bill’s Retail Store located at 11001 Delany Road Suite charring the crust so I chose the Pitts and Spitts 850 Maverick
13009 in La Marque. The phone number is 409-392-8199. pellet grill. It was set on 475 and burning hickory pellets. I placed
the steak on the TOP rack and let grill for 5 minutes then flipped
Don’t look past the value beef counter!t look past the value beef counter! Today there are more for another 5 mins then left it on until internal temp reached 138.
Don’
options for beef steak than ever before ranging from value beef I like to build a rub crust on the grill then after pulling off set the
T-bones at $4.99 lb to wagyu ribeye at $59 lb. I’m always asked what hot side of the steak down on a plate with 2-3 thin pats of butter
to look for and what do I grill. I’m a wild game guy first but do love seasoned with my spicy Texas Chili Pequin rub to rest. When the
me a grilled ribeye especially a bone in cowboy cut. There are hid- steak is rested and cut those beef juices, butter and spicy rub mix
den gems in a pile of value meat as shown in this article. While out together for that WOW moment in every bite! We also offer a mild WOW moment in every bite! We also offer a mild WOW
looking for a really big ribeye to showcase my recent win in Kansas jalapeno garlic salt to season the butter with.
City for my beef rub I went to several meat markets and grocery
stores. My local HEB had “value beef” tomahawks on for $6.99 Be sure and follow Texas Select Seasonings on Facebook and
lb so I sorted through them then asked the butcher if he had any Instagram for news on our award-winning products and recipes.
more and maybe thicker. He brought out more and at the bottom Please feel free to share any of your favorite recipes using TSS
of the stack was an awesome 3” thick beauty that stood out from products with us as well. -Wild Bill and Barbara Powell
the crowd and had some excellent marble and shape, SOLD!

I went home and cleaned the bone up plus squared up the heavy fat
below the steak for even cooking. I kept it simple by spraying with

Wild Bill’s Store
11001 Delany Rd. Suite 13009 | LaMarque, Texas 77568 | (409) 392-8199 | www.texasselectseasonings.com

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