BBQ Box is a monthly barbecue subscription box brought to you by Myron Mixon, a champion barbecue cook who's starred on TLC's BBQ Pitmasters and is the mind behind Jack's Old South.
This box was sent to us at no cost for review. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes.)
About BBQ Box
The Subscription Box: BBQ Box
The Cost: $24.99 a month plus shipping (shipping to Pittsburgh is $7.55)
The Products: A sauce or marinade, a rub or spice, a snack (such as jerky), sample package of premium wood chips, and a custom recipe card.
Ships to: Worldwide. Shipping costs vary by location.
BBQ Box April 2018 Review
The card that’s included boasts a recipe from Mr. Mixon himself, offering insight on how to use all of the delicious goodies that are in the box!
Every month is a new recipe, and this month is for Korean BBQ Pork Belly Sliders! I’m a huge pork belly fan, and I’ve recently been turn on to Korean BBQ through new foods I’ve been trying. Sliders are so fun; their small size makes them so visually pleasing to serve, and also means you can have like, four, and not feel any guilt, right? I’m so excited to see what Myron has in mind to make this dish taste divine!
True Jerky, The Sinsa, Korean BBQ, 2.25 oz - Retail Value $6.99
You gotta love a box that comes with its own snacks, and this month’s was a firecracker offering! You can tell just by looking that this jerky is definitely on the spicy side - there are visible flecks of hot pepper, but there’s some sweetness as well, which balances everything out. I’m a wimp when it comes to spice, so these weren’t perfectly to my taste, but I can certainly appreciate the craft here, and the meat definitely tasted high-quality. This bag cracked me up with a surprise inside - a single-use tooth flosser!
Silicone Basting Brush - Estimated Value $9.99 (based on a similar product)
These boxes really do a good job of offering useful tools. I love silicone brushes for all kinds of applications, and of course, this one looks like it would stand up to the heat of being near the fire or the oven. This is clearly a good implement for basting meats or veggies with sauces and marinades, but I’ll let you in on a personal cooking secret of mine: when making homemade popcorn, this type of brush is the perfect tool for applying melted butter to every bite!
Chung Jung One Korean BBQ Sauce And Marinade, 14.5 oz - Estimated Value $9.99 (based on a similar product)
I recently tried a Korean BBQ food truck and fell in love with the flavors! Myron’s recipe calls for marinating the pork belly in the entire bottle, and being sure to massage it in for full flavor! This sauce is soooo good; it’s garlicky, tangy, and really rich - I think it’s the sesame oil I’m tasting that adds the extra depth. I think this would be best on strongly-flavored meats like this pork belly, or red meat like beef or even lamb.
K-POP Sauce, 9 oz - Buy a 2-pack for $19.98 (found here for $16.99)
It’s not every day you encounter a sauce that was founded on Kickstarter, but this condiment was crowdfunded for over $35,000! Made from gochujang, which is a red chili paste paired with rice gluten, and meju, or fermented soybeans, this bright red sauce will appeal to sriracha addicts wanting to try something new. I would definitely say this is a condiment to use sparingly though - even though I received the medium variety, this stuff is so, so hot!
Verdict: Another meat-tastic time was had with this month’s BBQ Box! I loved the recipe this month, including the recipe from Myron for a teriyaki slaw to put over the sliders. Pork belly is one of my favorite cuts of meat, and I loved that the theme this month was Korean BBQ, a type of food that I’m starting to explore myself. Even though the jerky and the K-Pop sauce were on the hotter side, I really enjoyed the strong theme and being exposed to new items!
To Wrap Up:
Can you still get this box if you sign up today? If you sign up today, you get the welcome box as your first. BBQ Box has so many new sign-ups per month they’ve designated a welcome box as the first box to make sure they have enough in stock for all subscribers. Then, the following month, you receive your first regular BBQ Box.
From BBQ Box:
Due to a large, unknown number of monthly sign-ups we have to have 1 box as a welcome kit (version 1.0 of each box) ready by the shipping date so we have enough in stock for all of our new customers. For that reason we order thousands of items for the three Welcome Boxes, ready to go since the shipping window (25th-30th) is so small after the cutoff time (the 24th), so we can get you your box asap.
Value Breakdown: At $32.54 ($24.99 a month + $7.55 for PGH shipping) for this box, you are paying approximately $8.13 for each of the five items.
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