BBQ Box Review

Friday, December 2nd

2022 BBQ Sauce Club Reviews

BBQ Box

• 20% off first box with email signup
• 4 BBQ essentials per box
• Pay month-to-month or for 3 or 6 months

The only thing we really know about BBQ Box is that their mission is to provide BBQ essentials to help customers create unique flavors. Their BBQ boxes are sold through Cratejoy, a platform that aims to connect people with exciting gifts and subscriptions all in one place. Whether your passion relates to beauty, self-care, food and drink, entertainment, travel, spirituality, crafts, or anything in-between, Cratejoy has subscription boxes for you.

4 essentials per box

With each BBQ subscription box from BBQ Box, you'll receive one sauce or marinade, one rub or spice, one snack or bonus item, and one sample pack of wood chips to go along with your recipe. You can view a video of a BBQ Box unboxing where they show a recipe card and the size of all the featured products to give you an idea of what to expect.

Deliveries each month

You can choose to pay month-to-month for your BBQ box or prepay for the 3-, 6- or 12-month plan. Month-to-month is $30/month, 3 months is $28.66/month ($85.97 total), the 6-month plan is $28.33/month ($169.97 total) and the 12-month plan is $27.50/month ($329.97 total). Rather than selecting if you want your sauces to come each month, every other month, or every 4 months, BBQ Box sends all boxes monthly, meaning if you sign up in January, you'll get a box for January, February, and March. Subscription will continue to auto-renew until you cancel them. At the time of this review, BBQ Box was offering a code for 20% off your first order.

Orders ship the 30th of each month

Boxes ship out on the 30th of each month and should arrive no later than the 5th of the following month. In order to have your box shipped the same month you order it, you have to order by 11:59 pm EST on the 24th of the month. For example, if you order before 11:59 pm EST on March 24, your order will ship out March 30. If you order after 11:59 pm EST March 24, your order will ship April 30.

Shipping discrepancies

A big reason we aren't huge fans of Cratejoy is because once you select the subscription plan you want, you have to provide your payment details before they tell you how much you are paying for taxes and shipping. On the Q&A section of BBQ Box's Cratejoy page, someone said that BBQ Box was offering free shipping on all the boxes, but then there was a $10 shipping charge at checkout. We wish the company were more clear with their delivery pricing.

Look elsewhere

Cratejoy, the platform on which BBQ Box sells their boxes, has a failing "F" rating from the Better Business Bureau. They've received many complaints from customers about their unreliability and haven't responded to most of them. A few examples of issues people run into are paying for subscriptions that never arrive and trying to reach an unresponsive customer service team. On top of this, BBQ Box has only two reviews. One was from someone who hadn't received their order yet but was excited to, and the other was from an upset customer who said that they weren't warned before their subscription renewed. They tried to cancel 30 minutes later, but weren't able to get their money back or stop the order. Besides the fact that this subscription box comes with more than just BBQ sauce, there aren't a lot of reasons to choose this company over another BBQ sauce club.