Honeyswell41, Most rubs have the same basic ingredients to start out with, which are... Paprika, Kosher Salt, garlic powder, onion powder. After that it is up to you on what type of rub you are looking for. Savory, sweet, spicy. Try this next time you plan to smoke a brisket. A few days in advance go to you local store, and get a couple of top sirloin steaks. Since this is beef, the rub will give about the same taste as a brisket. You can even add a bit of smoke to it if you like. What you do is slice the sirloins across the grain in made three pieces per loin. This should give you a good fair size piece of steak, now coat each one with a different rub. just put it on the smoker just like you would for smoking a brisket, or put it on a grill that is set for indirect cooking. I have done this many times, for the same reason that you are doing. Smoking, and BBQ is all about experimenting, and having a good time. Just sit back with a beer one day and try this. Good luck, and good times.