Rub BBQ

Righteous Urban Barbecue has arrived in Las Vegas!

And if you’re not familiar with the concept, one visit to RUB BBQ inside Rio® All-Suite Hotel & Casino will make a believer out of you.

Lines out the door were commonplace when RUB BBQ first brought its irresistible flavors to the unlikely barbecue town of New York City. And it’s having the same effect on Las Vegas, prompting the Las Vegas Weekly to champion RUB as heralding Vegas’ arrival as a great BBQ town.

But then, RUB BBQ chef Paul Kirk didn’t win 425 awards and earn the “Kansas City Baron of BBQ” moniker by coloring within the lines. That’s why the menu at RUB features not only traditional favorites like baby back and St. Louis ribs, pulled pork and chicken – but more unusual offerings including a savory smoked turkey unlike anything you’ll find at a grocery deli counter, Szechwan duck, homemade bacon and even an out-of-this-world pastrami that’ll stand toe-to-toe with any sandwich in town.

Try one, sample a few with a combo meal, or for a true carnivorous binge, order The Baron – an eye-popping platter of beef, chicken, pork, ham, pastrami, turkey, sausage and ribs, served with two large side dishes.

It sounds like a lot to digest – and it is, literally – but when you have one of the finest BBQ chefs in the world slow-cooking delicate meats over aromatic wood in high-end JR Oyler smokers (what Las Vegas Weekly called “the Cadillac of smokers,” this menu may present the hardest decision you’ll make your whole visit!