Built for Smoke, Chile, and Long Marination
Spice Blends

Built for Smoke, Chile, and Long Marination

Blends from the Americas were built around smoke, chile, and long marination rather than around ground powders. These four cover jerk, adobo, and the barbecue rubs, with what belongs in each mix and where the supermarket version cuts corners.

What actually goes in the jar, in what proportion, and which commercial versions leave things out.