Fiorella’s Jack Stack vs. Plowboys BBQ: Where the rub meets the chicken
The grill grate is clean, the rubs are in the pantry, and a pair of chicken breasts are waiting in the cooler. Ah, the grill of anticipation.
For this battle of barbecue rubs, I fired up the Weber and decided to put Fiorella’s Jack Stack and Plowboys BBQ head-to-head. Fat City interviewed Plowboys’ Todd Johns last October after his team was named Grand Champion at last year’s American Royal.
While both have several rubs, I opted for ones that were meant to go on chicken. Jack Stack has a KC Meat & Poultry Rub, and Plowboys has its Yardbird Rub.
I added a medium coat of rub, enough to get the flavor of each, but still taste the chicken underneath. And then I sat back with a Single Wide IPA from Boulevard to wait from them to cook.
