In March of 2000, a native New Jersey barbecue addict in named Jim began formulating his own spice rubs to satisfy a raging curiosity. Throughout his college years, Jim had spent his long spring break hours driving south, stopping at every mom and pop convenience store to indulge in the local homemade beef jerkys. The flavor and spice combinations made Jim's mouth water like nothing else, and upon his return to his home town he kept the memory of those delicious spices alive in his tastebuds.

After college, Jim slowly assembled a huge assortment of grilling, smoking, dehydrating, and frying equipment, to be used entirely for his own experiments in spice-making. He even claims he had to buy a bigger house to suit his grill and his smoker! He spent the next ten years perfecting his barbecuing techniques; smoking ribs, wings, brisket, Thanksgiving turkey, etc., to the delight of his close friends and family members. "If it's made of meat, I've mastered how to cook it," he was fond of saying. Luckily for us, Jim lived up to his words... after ten years of pain-staking research, he was able to perfect several incredibly flavorful, original spice creations.

And now, we are proud to bring the result of Jim's labor of love to you with Blazing Blends©, a remarkable assortment of hand-ground blends to suit any barbecue addict's seasoned palette.