About BaumBQ

Born at the Grill. Built on Craft.

BaumBQ started with a simple idea: great BBQ deserves great flavor made with real ingredients.

What began as years of backyard grilling, recipe testing, and feeding family and friends grew into a small Ohio business built around bold rubs, honest ingredients, and flavors people actually remember.

We skip the shortcuts. No filler-heavy blends. No bland dust in a bottle. Just thoughtfully selected spices, homemade brown sugar in select blends, and locally roasted coffee from our friends at Ready Set! Coffee Roasters.

Every bottle is made in small batches with care, consistency, and a little attitude.

From the bold, smoky punch of Cowboy Joe to the clean Texas-inspired profile of Tuxedo Joe, every rub is built to help you make better food whether you're cooking low and slow, firing up weeknight chicken, or turning vegetables into the star of the plate.

BaumBQ was founded in Lakewood, Ohio in 2024 with one goal: create BBQ rubs worth talking about.

We’re not trying to be everything to everyone.

We’re here for people who love to cook, love to grill, and believe flavor matters.

Thanks for being here.

Now go fire something up.

Your golf game is dialed in.

Now dial in your BBQ game.

You found us on the course, which means you’re either hungry, curious, or avoiding your short game for a minute.

Welcome to BaumBQ, small-batch BBQ rubs built in Lakewood, Ohio with bold spices, homemade brown sugar, and a signature coffee kick from Ready, Set! Coffee Roasters.

No bland birdies here. Just rubs that make wings, ribs, burgers, veggies, and late-night “what if I put this on popcorn?” decisions taste better.

Shop BaumBQ Rubs

Which rub should I buy?

Cowboy Joe

The all-purpose troublemaker.

Start here if you want the classic BaumBQ experience. Cowboy Joe brings ancho chili, homemade brown sugar, coffee, and a savory backbone that works on just about everything.

Best on: wings, burgers, ribs, chicken thighs, fries, popcorn, collard greens

Buy this if: you want one bottle that can handle almost anything.

Buy Cowboy Joe

Sweet Honey Joe

Sweet, smoky, and dangerously snackable.

This one has the family-friendly sweet heat thing going on without being boring. Honey, ancho chili, coffee, and spice make it great when you want big flavor without scaring anyone off.

Best on: salmon, roasted carrots, popcorn, double-smoked ham, chicken, pork

Buy this if: you like your BBQ with a sweet side and a little swagger.

Buy Sweet Honey Joe

Smokin' Joe

Think Tajín got into coffee and made questionable choices.

Smokin' Joe is the spicier cousin. Chipotle, homemade brown sugar, and coffee give it a smoky kick that builds without turning dinner into a dare.

Best on: watermelon, pineapple, wings, spicy margarita rims, pork, chicken

Buy this if: you want smoke, spice, and something that makes people say, "Wait, what is that?"

Buy Smokin' Joe

Tuxedo Joe

The classy one. Still has an attitude.

Tuxedo Joe is BaumBQ's SPG-style rub with salt, garlic, fermented white and black peppercorns, and coffee. It's clean, savory, and ridiculously useful.

Best on: steak, grilled asparagus, mashed potatoes, smoked baked potatoes, burgers, eggs

Buy this if: you want a savory everyday rub that dresses up everything it touches.

Buy Tuxedo Joe

Not sure?

The Four Horsemen

Because choosing is hard and dinner is important. Get the BaumBQ lineup together and figure out your favorite the correct way: by putting them on everything.

Buy the Four Horsemen Combo