Quick! WHAT IS YOUR FAV. Bar-b-q sauce!

[Wise Old Owl]

What is your favorite Bar-b-q Sauce for the trail?

[Tennessee Viking]

What is your favorite Bar-b-q Sauce for the trail?
Well I get my hands on mini Kraft BBQ sauce packets pretty easily.

But around East Tennessee, especially around the Hampton/Watauga Lake area. A trip up to Ridgewood BBQ in Bluff City is the best BBQ around.

[Egads]

Williamson Bros http://realpagessites.com/williamsonbros/williamson-bros-sauce.html

[Hikes in Rain]

My own homemade.

[CrumbSnatcher]

knackies co. sweetfire bbq sauce. order it online you won't regret it. www.bear-b-que.com (http://www.bear-b-que.com)

[warraghiyagey]

Why do we have to answer quick. . . .:confused:

[Wise Old Owl]

Ohh I don't know Warg, I just used up my last bottle of Texas Best Barbecue Sauce and discovered some Jack-Ass in Ohio who bought the formula changed it, moving corn syrup to the first ingredient thinking nobody would notice. Ran my favorite into the ground, Now they don't manufacture it anymore. Just got a bottle of Stubbs cus the choices at Acme sucked.

I really feel the need to get Smoking again! I need a new sauce! It's Spring and I, feel empty.....

Here is a pic of a Hickory & Apple wood smoked Turkey Breast I did last year. Imagine signature home made Wheat, Turkey & quality block Cheddar cheese sandwiches for the trail.......

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg275/MarkSwarbrick/2008_0804Image0006.jpg

[Manwich]

sweet baby ray's

[The Scribe]

sweet baby ray's

That, is a winner.

[Hikes in Rain]

Oh, man, that looks good!!

[Wise Old Owl]

http://www.sweetbabyrays.com/Story.aspx

Interesting story, I had just left Chicago in 1980, guess I missed something.

Come on folks -- need ideas for sauces!

[mindi]

A second vote for Sweet Baby Ray's. That's if I don't have my own homemade sauce, of course.

[warraghiyagey]

Ohhhhh. . . . now I ge it. . . .:p

[Gaiter]

homemade using family recipe.... eastern meets western nc bbq sauce

[hikingshoes]

carolina Sweet from sticky fingers

[jrwiesz]

I like the red colored kind.:D

[Awol1970]

Y'all try this at the house or trail next time you cook chicken or pork.

1 cup Ketchup
1/2 cup each Yellow Mustard, Brown Sugar, Worcestshire Sauce, and Vinegar (I use Apple Cider Vinegar).

Mix together cold and let sit for twenty minutes and enjoy. It sounds to simple to be good...but it is excellent.

Awol

[Maddog]

sticky fingers or sweet baby ray's...any flavor!!

[Cabin Fever]

Jack Daniel's Spicy Original YUM!

[mister krabs]

I vote for any sauce that doesn't have liquid smoke. Stubbs is OK, so is williamson bros, though it's got a little too much garlic. I'll third the vote for sweet baby rays. Depends on what it's going on. Southern ray's three pepper is good. Mostly I make my own. Start with catsup, add some sweet, some sour and some hot. For sweet, I use Jam (like apple or peach) or molasses or cane syrup or even brown sugar. Then for the sour I use vinegar, either cider or white. Hot can be dry or wet, either white black and red pepper or fresh hot peppers or some hot sauce. That opens a lot of options from cayenne to habenero or even sirache. Have fun making it and find your favorite. I fyou want to add some onion or garlic, you'll have to cook it. I once made some pickled peach BBQ sauce that would've made you wanna smack your momma.

[Dances with Mice]

Oh, real 'que! I avoided this thread because I thought you meant grilled burgers or hot dogs, what too many people call BBQ.

I brine pork & poultry in apple juice & salt (1/4 cup salt per quart juice) for 24 hours then smoke with lump charcoal in my homemade ceramic smoker (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h299/raystern/smoker/smoker-inoperation.jpg)with hickory & grapevine trimmings at 220 - 250. After 4 hours smoking I quit adding the smoking chips, cover with foil and contine cooking until tender, 190 F internal temp, for pork shoulders (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h299/raystern/smoker/lidoff.jpg)that might mean overnight.

After all that I don't want any sort of sweet tomato sauce concoction on my food. A splash of peppery vinegar sauce is all it needs.

[Egads]

Oh, real 'que! I avoided this thread because I thought you meant grilled burgers or hot dogs, what too many people call BBQ.

I brine pork & poultry in apple juice & salt (1/4 cup salt per quart juice) for 24 hours then smoke with lump charcoal in my homemade ceramic smoker (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h299/raystern/smoker/smoker-inoperation.jpg)with hickory & grapevine trimmings at 220 - 250. After 4 hours smoking I quit adding the smoking chips, cover with foil and contine cooking until tender, 190 F internal temp, for pork shoulders (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h299/raystern/smoker/lidoff.jpg)that might mean overnight.

After all that I don't want any sort of sweet tomato sauce concoction on my food. A splash of peppery vinegar sauce is all it needs.

Get ready, cuz I'm head-n-over for some Q

[traildust]

Bob Evans Wildfire sauce or Jack Daniels Barbeque

[windy city]

Uncle Dougies https://www.originaluncledougies.com/eshop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=02

[trailangelmary]

If you know anyone that works in a restaurant try to have them get you a bottle of Minor's Bourbon Barbecue Sauce. You might be able to go to a restaurant supply sotre to buy it. I use it a lot as is or I kick it up by adding garlic (preferably roasted first to bring out the sweetness), a little liquid hickory smoke, and hot sauce and a spoonful of my special blend of roasted hot peppers (at least 8 different peppers grown by a friend for me).

[vamelungeon]

If you know anyone that works in a restaurant try to have them get you a bottle of Minor's Bourbon Barbecue Sauce. You might be able to go to a restaurant supply sotre to buy it. I use it a lot as is or I kick it up by adding garlic (preferably roasted first to bring out the sweetness), a little liquid hickory smoke, and hot sauce and a spoonful of my special blend of roasted hot peppers (at least 8 different peppers grown by a friend for me).
Here you go...
http://www.soupbase.com/view.asp?cid=2367

[Kathfishes]

Jack Daniels or homemade. I also like to take some of the BBQ sauce you get from Wendy's on hikes. Try mixing it in Mac-n-chesse with tuna!

[Surplusman]

Scott's Barbecue Sauce from North Carolina

www.scottsbarbecuesauce.com (http://www.scottsbarbecuesauce.com)

[Dances with Mice]

Oh, real 'que! I avoided this thread because I thought you meant grilled burgers or hot dogs, what too many people call BBQ.

I brine pork & poultry in apple juice & salt (1/4 cup salt per quart juice) for 24 hours then smoke with lump charcoal in my homemade ceramic smoker (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h299/raystern/smoker/smoker-inoperation.jpg)with hickory & grapevine trimmings at 220 - 250. After 4 hours smoking I quit adding the smoking chips, cover with foil and contine cooking until tender, 190 F internal temp, for pork shoulders (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h299/raystern/smoker/lidoff.jpg)that might mean overnight.

After all that I don't want any sort of sweet tomato sauce concoction on my food. A splash of peppery vinegar sauce is all it needs.Oops, forgot something. An hour before the food goes into the smoker, basically while the smoker is heating, I slather the meat with honey mustard. I've done homemade but couldn't tell the difference between storebought. Mustard is a meat tenderizer and helps the smoke penetrate the meat, the honey helps form an exterior crust as it carmalizes.

Brine, slather, smoke, cover and cook slow and thorough.

Really good 'Que has all the flavor in the meat, sauce isn't needed any more than a steak knife, I'm talking Lockhart style (http://familystyles.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/smittys-bbq-is-literally-on-fire-honey-they-dont-do-forks-here/). Save the sauce for pot roast or grilled burgers.

[Dances with Mice]

So now, after knockin' BBQ sauce twice I guess it's time to answer the question. I meant to do that before. Keep forgetting.

Without any doubt the best BBQ sauce is JB the Sausage Man's Comeback Sauce (http://dawgfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/we-have-a-guest-so-hows-that-sausage/)from Athens Georgia. I spent a bit of time talking with JB once. He's a 'Que man but there was more money in late night sausage. And the target clientele wouldn't appreciate good 'Que anyway. 'Que is for dinners he caters.

His sauce is something else (http://www.athensexchange.com/articles/515)- I spent $10 for a pint and would buy it again in a heartbeat. Or heart attack beat. It's sweet and got a bit of a bite to it. JB keeps it hot on the grill in a potje (http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/ca/16/pr-Cookware-Action_Africa_Potjie_Cast_Iron_Potbelly_Pot-resized200.jpg) , an African cast iron pot that he says has been in his family for generations.

It goes great on an Italian sausage with grilled onions and peppers.

[peanuts]

dwm, is jb still there in athens????

[Dances with Mice]

dwm, is jb still there in athens????Hey, Peanuts. I heard he had to close down the trailer but is still doing catering. I think he's sponsored a couple small music festivals. He should have some good contacts in the music biz.

[peanuts]

thanks, dwm. too bad, the polish sausage was excellent!!

[Wise Old Owl]

I knew this would be a good thread, great information, the sauces sound fantastic & the smoker ideas are inspirational... Got some real enthusiasts here!

[2XL]

http://www.shortys.com/


Good stuff

[paddler]

original open pit

[JAK]

Harold's Pit Bar-B-Q
1305 Walnut St Abilene Texas

Makes his own sauce.
Does it all. Chicken. Pulled Pork. Brisket. Corn Bread.
So good I wept.

[dradius]

+1 on sweet baby rays. that stuff is wonderful.

[CrumbSnatcher]

i thought sweet babys rays was the best til i tried sweet fire.

[JAK]

It might be hard to seperate the best sauce from the best pit.

[Pootz]

sweet baby ray's

Sweet Baby Rays has my vote also.

[sheepdog]

sweet baby ray's
I love Sweet Baby Ray's
I just smoked a beef brisket yesterday. Billy Bones Beef Master rub, 13 plus hours in the smoker with hikory chips, topped off with Sweet Baby Rays.

Wasn't any left overs.

[Wise Old Owl]

It might be hard to seperate the best sauce from the best pit.

Well Yes & No... Finishing with a top rub or wide appeal BBQ premium sauce really helps....

Remember the bacon thread? If you have never had a premium really smoked butcher bacon, you would think the stuff in the case from Oscar M was pretty good, but there isn't any smoke, it's injected with sodium & a small amount of liquid smoke. I go out of my way to pick up two different bacon's. one hickory smoked and wrapped at the butcher counter (covered in fresh cracked pepper) The other is from Lancaster PA from a small amish production and it's out of this world. "John F. Martin" Now my wife says she can't tell the difference but when I bring it into the room to write this post it's pungent, and smoky.

So I think we have one winner here "sweet baby rays" I will order a bottle nobody mentioned Stubbs, and I find that ok. I picked up a bottle of that to hold me until rays arrives. I am still going to miss my favorite (Texas Best) as that was a little hotter.

Four of you mentioned make your own and I got a few recipes to try, but when I "experiment" like that, it generally sends the family running out the door.

Well I will check out the threads that the others mentioned,

Sheepdog stop teasing us with Brisket and not saving us some.....

[Nearly Normal]

Depends on what you call Que.

In this area BBQ is a slow cooked whole hog. Cooked in a contained cooker that allows you to add shovel fulls of select oak or hickory coals.
A seperate fire is maintained with the green wood usually cut and split special for the task. Coals are added as needed.
Sasafras wood makes very good Que.
The process takes from 10 to 16 hours depending on the size of the hog required relevent to the amount of guest.

Good BBQ does not require sauce and is not used during the cooking process. A vinagar/pepper sauce is usually applied during cooking to seal and season. Every cook has their own means and method.

Sauce is a side item added if desired in the buffet line. Homemade sauce is usually the preference and every cook has a guarded family recipe.
Popular side items here are collard greens, rice and hash, brunswick stew, and beans.

If you require a decent store bought sauce to cook grilled food with then try http://www.mauricesbbq.com/

Most "red" or tomato based sauce will burn if used during cooking and has to be applied just before the cooking process is "finished".
Mustard based will not.

[Engine]

My own homemade.

What he said.

[leeki pole]

A shaker of Rendevous (Memphis) dry rub is great. As far as sauce, Dreamland (Tuscaloosa, AL) is simply outstanding. Corky's (Memphis) ain't bad either.

[Morpheus]

If you get to Robbinsville,NC you gotta try Sweetwater barbecue. Awesome rubs on slow smoked pork, beef, chicken, 5 homemade sauces. I make an annual motorcycle trip there every year. Small mom & pop, local, restaurant, great food.

[big_muddy]

Captain Curt's Famous Boss Sauce (http://www.bbqchicago.com/pages/about_us.html)
Some serious southside Chicago BBQ'n

[Surplusman]

I posted something earlier naming my favorite BBQ sauce as Scott's out of North Carolina. It's a vinegar based-sauce that has a bite to it.

The other reason I like it is that it has NO ketchup, tomato sauce, or anything like that in it. Another reason is that most of the other sauces mentioned here are full of High Fructose Corn Syrup. :eek: No thank you.

[silversleep]

carolina treet and sweet baby ray's

[mkmangold]

What is your favorite Bar-b-q Sauce for the trail?

Is there anything dehydrated that tastes ok? I mean, once rehydrated.

[Wise Old Owl]

Is there anything dehydrated that tastes ok? I mean, once rehydrated.

good question. - You have me stumped as one ingredient is cider vinegar and I think that would have to be added back in with the water. The flavor would be there - it wouldn't have the bite. as luck would have it I have seen individual packets of sauce and cider vinegar

[mkmangold]

... as luck would have it I have seen individual packets of sauce and cider vinegar

Where'd you see the vinegar packs? It looks like the time to experiment is near!

[BlackUp]

:eek:
Except Maurice (http://www.mauricesbbq.com/) is a well know RACIST in SC and noone should by from him. He is affiliated with the KKK and keeps white-power literature in his restaurants. I ate there twice before I found this out, and it was pretty good, but screw him! :cool:

May I suggest: http://www.shealysbbq.com/

[BlackUp]

I have to mention something else.
I used to live in Michigan. I didnt know what real BBQ was until I moved to SC. You'll notice that there are many sweet baby ray's lovers on this thread. Also notice that they are all from the "north."

The southeast IS bbq. I never had a mustard sauce until I came down here and now I can't go back to sauces like sweet baby rays. And like a previous poster wrote, any good bbq joint doesn't put the sauce on the meat. It is a side condiment.

Vinigar based sauce is pretty good too but mustard is my fav. There is a mass marketed "gold" (ie: mustard based) bbq sauce called "cattlemens gold" that is made is Missouri. That stuff is pretty decent too. Its more spicy than the typical southeastern mustard sauce, which I like... but it is a little bit sweeter than I like.

Man, I love me some BBQ.

[Wise Old Owl]

Where'd you see the vinegar packs? It looks like the time to experiment is near!


Fast food stores that serve fish & chips.... or fish sandwiches.

I drive many miles a day and try to change it up every day with a different place, so I don't remember - I have to guess I spotted it Taco Bell. Got my eye our for that sort of thing....

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg275/MarkSwarbrick/Vinegar.jpg


Black Up Yes you are right, above the Mason Dixon this stuff is hard to come by, and I noticed the same things you did, I did mention Stubbs and nobody said anything.

Ok I broke out the BBQ sauces and the dryer roll up trays, I will have an answer in 24 hours.

[Tabasco]

Hog-a-holics wet sauce. Make it myself. Yummy.

[charlie2008]

What is your favorite Bar-b-q Sauce for the trail?
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My favorite is two cups of old coffee, two cups of sugar, two table spoons black pepper, two diced green jalopenos, one cup of apple vinegar. bring to a boil and reduce by half.
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Got a tang, but tastes great if ur purple, green, blue or red.:welcome

[rogerkennedy2]

:)Hello everyone (JB) is back bigger and better with his world famous comeback sauce. Go to www.jbcomebacksauce.com (http://www.jbcomebacksauce.com) to order the sauce and support the lengendary JB and make sure that you leave JB a nice guestbook comment on the website..
So now, after knockin' BBQ sauce twice I guess it's time to answer the question. I meant to do that before. Keep forgetting.

Without any doubt the best BBQ sauce is JB the Sausage Man's Comeback Sauce (http://dawgfood.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/we-have-a-guest-so-hows-that-sausage/)from Athens Georgia. I spent a bit of time talking with JB once. He's a 'Que man but there was more money in late night sausage. And the target clientele wouldn't appreciate good 'Que anyway. 'Que is for dinners he caters.

His sauce is something else (http://www.athensexchange.com/articles/515)- I spent $10 for a pint and would buy it again in a heartbeat. Or heart attack beat. It's sweet and got a bit of a bite to it. JB keeps it hot on the grill in a potje (http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/ca/16/pr-Cookware-Action_Africa_Potjie_Cast_Iron_Potbelly_Pot-resized200.jpg) , an African cast iron pot that he says has been in his family for generations.

It goes great on an Italian sausage with grilled onions and peppers.

[rogerkennedy2]

Don't forget about the world famous (JB)COMEBACK SAUCE. GO TO www.jbcomebacksauce.com (http://www.jbcomebacksauce.com) to order.:):welcome
Sweet Baby Rays has my vote also.

[Jeremy from FL AKA?]

Ohh I don't know Warg, I just used up my last bottle of Texas Best Barbecue Sauce and discovered some Jack-Ass in Ohio who bought the formula changed it, moving corn syrup to the first ingredient thinking nobody would notice. Ran my favorite into the ground, Now they don't manufacture it anymore. Just got a bottle of Stubbs cus the choices at Acme sucked.

I really feel the need to get Smoking again! I need a new sauce! It's Spring and I, feel empty.....

Here is a pic of a Hickory & Apple wood smoked Turkey Breast I did last year. Imagine signature home made Wheat, Turkey & quality block Cheddar cheese sandwiches for the trail.......

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg275/MarkSwarbrick/2008_0804Image0006.jpg


I am a chef so that I can pay for hiking. The best bbq sauce would definitely be homemade, and I will give you a recipe if you would like, but the best you can by in the store I think is Jack Daniels honey bbq, or kettleman's bbq. I like mixing them together because the JackDaniels has a very thick consistency.

:banana:banana:banana

[Jeremy from FL AKA?]

Sweet Baby Rays has my vote also.

I find Sweetbaby ray's to be very watery, and lacks the kick a good BBQ sauce should have.
It was bought as a substitute for the Kettlemans base I use to make my recipe. It threw off everything, and in the end it was discarded, and not served.... that's how bad it was.
I know everyone has different pallets, but is someone with me on this??? Or am I the only one who does not like sweet baby rays?

[mkmangold]

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My favorite is two cups of old coffee, two cups of sugar, two table spoons black pepper, two diced green jalopenos, one cup of apple vinegar. bring to a boil and reduce by half.

Excellent taste for such few ingredients, but way too hot for my Yankee tastebuds. Next batch I'll try for no jalapenos and 1 TB black pepper.

[Wise Old Owl]

Very unfortunate... finding any BBQ without corn syrup is very difficult. The poorest tasting BBQ sauce usually has it as a first ingredient.

Kraft - just removed it from the list perhaps temporarily.

Emrils Lagasy is out of his mind for endorsing some of this stuff.

A close second to Texas BBQ has been found...still has some corn syrup but it makes a good jerky.

http://www.7jranch.com/

[CrumbSnatcher]

knackies company out of kansas
the sauce is called sweetfire!!! BBQ is what i like to try everywhere i travel. this is the best sauce i have ever tried! we buy it by the gallon every other month at a local BBQ spot here in lincoln,NE. $24 a gallon

[CrumbSnatcher]

its thick and rich, not watery. slightly sweet barely! and a little heat to it!
i don't care for watery sauces

[CrumbSnatcher]

knackies BBQ
115 south main
Inman KS 67546

[Dogwood]

Another one for Sweet Baby Rays. Put sugar in something and it's likely to be a hit.

[GeneralLee10]

There is some real good Mustard sauce here in town. King's BBQ Sauce is the name. I don't think you can get it on line. I have had some friends try and they can not find it. It is very good with pulled pork,ribs, & chicken. Sold at Publix only as far as I know.

[berkshirebirder]

I vote for any sauce that doesn't have liquid smoke --Mr Krabs

I can't stand that fake taste of smoke, either. So many store brands include it...

[Wise Old Owl]

I can't stand that fake taste of smoke, either. So many store brands include it...

Well thats an interesting post and I won't argue with you as it is "to each his own?" Liquid smoke is real smoke that is piped from a hot fire into a condenser pipe that is full of holes and under water. So there are different brands and some are better than others. Wrights LS is the best. A key show from Ted Allen with the "Food Detectives" proved in a blind fold test that most cannot tell the difference between real smoked food and liquid smoke - it is a shortcut. Perfect for fake poor quality bacon like major name brands.

[JustaTouron]

Some food items I am picky about....others I am not. This is a not...store brand or whatever is on sale and my wife has coupon for.

[Reid]

I never cared much for Maruice's BBQ. I like the lemon juice/cayanne/brown vinegar side.

[Reid]

And despite putting them in the ground is more fun they taste better off of a grill, whole of course both ways.

[Spogatz]

I sometimes cook on a KCBS competition team. We make our own sweet sauce that kicks butt. I also make a nice mustard sauce for me but the family doesn't go for it because it's too hot.

[SurferNerd]

Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin' Sauce.

[Wise Old Owl]

Someone here at WB tried to contact me by SKYPE on this thread and it fell though. My opologies! I use SKYPE daily and your post was missed for a long time because it was buried in many drug/viagra posts that I don't need... No kidding.... I just cant block them all.

[Johnny Appleseed]

Bull's Eye

[srestrepo]

sweet baby ray's.

hands down.

[Disney]

Ohh I don't know Warg, I just used up my last bottle of Texas Best Barbecue Sauce and discovered some Jack-Ass in Ohio who bought the formula changed it, moving corn syrup to the first ingredient thinking nobody would notice. Ran my favorite into the ground, Now they don't manufacture it anymore. Just got a bottle of Stubbs cus the choices at Acme sucked.



My family (Texas Born, Texas Bred, when I die I'll be Texas Dead) used to love the Texas Best BBQ Sauce. The guy in Ohio was some Jack-ass Eye-talian who makes salad dressing. You weren't the only angry one, sales plummeted and he finally cancelled the line. But the original family has bought the recipe back, and gone back to the original slow cooked recipe.

http://texasbestbarbequesauce.com/

Order online.

[CrumbSnatcher]

sweet baby ray's.

thats what i used to think til i tried sweetfire!
i'm sending winton(mtn. crossings) a couple gallons so he can use it when he BBQ'S or grills for the hikers.

[Wise Old Owl]

Thanks Disney I did not know the page had been updated I will get 6 bottles for $30 and pay the man. Wow.

[Wise Old Owl]

thats what i used to think til i tried sweetfire!
i'm sending winton(mtn. crossings) a couple gallons so he can use it when he BBQ'S or grills for the hikers.


do you have a website for sweetfire?


FYI to all Sweet Baby Rays has a lot of Karo, but still makes acceptable Jerky. It does turn out a little more sticky because of it.

[WILLIAM HAYES]

Maurices BBQ Sauce from Maurices BBQ in columbia south carolina

[CrumbSnatcher]

do you have a website for sweetfire?


FYI to all Sweet Baby Rays has a lot of Karo, but still makes acceptable Jerky. It does turn out a little more sticky because of it.
after trying sweetfire, baby rays didn't taste good anymore
sent a halg gallon to winton at neel gap for his march 13th BBQ

[CrumbSnatcher]

do you have a website for sweetfire?


FYI to all Sweet Baby Rays has a lot of Karo, but still makes acceptable Jerky. It does turn out a little more sticky because of it.
www.bear-b-cue.com (http://www.bear-b-cue.com) i myself couldn't get it to work.

i thought somebody posted they don't like BBQ sauce with corn syrup in it and its usually the main/first ingredient. sweetfire has corn syrup though & its a thick sauce
the ingredients are:
brown sugar,tamato paste,vinegar,corn syrup,cayenne pepper,salt,seasoned salt(salt,sugar,spices including paprika and turmeric,onion,cornstarch,garlic,tricalcium phosphate(prevents caking),paprika oleoresin(for color)and natural flavor),chili powder,black pepper, liquid smoke,granulated garlic,onion powder,honey,cumin.
the bottle says all natural with no preservaties added. one of the better ones i've ever tried

[Wise Old Owl]

www.bear-b-cue.com (http://www.bear-b-cue.com) i myself couldn't get it to work.

i thought somebody posted they don't like BBQ sauce with corn syrup in it and its usually the main/first ingredient. sweetfire has corn syrup though & its a thick sauce
the ingredients are:
brown sugar,tamato paste,vinegar,corn syrup,cayenne pepper,salt,seasoned salt(salt,sugar,spices including paprika and turmeric,onion,cornstarch,garlic,tricalcium phosphate(prevents caking),paprika oleoresin(for color)and natural flavor),chili powder,black pepper, liquid smoke,granulated garlic,onion powder,honey,cumin.
the bottle says all natural with no preservaties added. one of the better ones i've ever tried

Yup that was me, Corn Syrup is unacceptable as a first ingredient, when dehydrating it turns to a sticky mess. I don't mind it if its way down the list.

[Medic!]

I'm quite surprised that nobody has mentioned Famous Dave's BBQ sauce... one of me definite favorites, and comes in good sized packets when you get a to-go order!

I have a drawer full of them, in both "Rich and Sassy" and "Devil's Spit" that go good mixed in darn near every trail food there is.
http://www.famousdaves.com/

[Wise Old Owl]

I'm quite surprised that nobody has mentioned Famous Dave's BBQ sauce... one of me definite favorites, and comes in good sized packets when you get a to-go order!

I have a drawer full of them, in both "Rich and Sassy" and "Devil's Spit" that go good mixed in darn near every trail food there is.
http://www.famousdaves.com/

Sorry Medic, its unacceptable for Jerky. its a personal thing. The worst is Emeril Lagasse as you know I have never seen him use Corn Syrup for his sauces and when you pick up a bottle with his name on it... YUCH.




RICH & SASSY BBQ SAUCE - High Fructose Corn Syrup, Tomato Paste, Water, Vinegar, Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Molasses, Salt, Honey, Soybean Oil, Barley Malt Flour, Spices, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Onion Powder, Mustard Bran, Sodium Benzoate (used to protect quality), Natural Smoke Flavor, Garlic Powder, Caramel Color, Instant Coffee, Natural and Artificial Flavor (milk), Tumeric. CONTAINS: Soy, Milk

[mykl]

The sauce my brother makes, great stuff. Tweaked to our liking. Good reviews at the BBQ competitions we started doing.
But store bought, Sweet Baby rays. There was another I tryed once made by Blue Bird or something along the line that was very good.

[Wise Old Owl]

I came back to this thread, I met a guy who is out of work and could not get a job, so he started a new business at a farmers market, allowing patrons to try different sauces on chips and then buy bottles of your choosing. Here are a few I took home....

http://www.hotsauceworld.com/papxxxwhitli.html

jardines 7j ranch - still a lot of corn syrup...

http://www.jardinefoods.com/


http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/browseProducts.php Creole Honey Mustard Sauce

[Hikingsasquatch]

Sonny's seems to have one of the better ingredient lists for an affordable price and the taste is outstanding.

[Wise Old Owl]

Sonny's seems to have one of the better ingredient lists for an affordable price and the taste is outstanding.


http://www.sonnysbbqstore.com/cgi-php/store.php?search=yes&subcat=3&catname=Bar-B-Q%20Sauce&sort_by=user10

Couldn't find an ingredient list... the Chipolte peppers sounds interesting.

[Wise Old Owl]

www.bear-b-cue.com (http://www.bear-b-cue.com) i myself couldn't get it to work.

i thought somebody posted they don't like BBQ sauce with corn syrup in it and its usually the main/first ingredient. sweetfire has corn syrup though & its a thick sauce
the ingredients are:
brown sugar,tamato paste,vinegar,corn syrup,cayenne pepper,salt,seasoned salt(salt,sugar,spices including paprika and turmeric,onion,cornstarch,garlic,tricalcium phosphate(prevents caking),paprika oleoresin(for color)and natural flavor),chili powder,black pepper, liquid smoke,granulated garlic,onion powder,honey,cumin.
the bottle says all natural with no preservaties added. one of the better ones i've ever tried


http://www.sweetfirebbq.com/index.htm

still lookin....:D

GOT IT WORKING!

http://secure.bear-b-cue.com/product_info.php?products_id=29&osCsid=e9d965fe8285c8e95b3eef3fd9fe03a4

[Disney]

[QUOTE=Wise Old Owl]

still lookin....:D

GOT IT WORKING!
/QUOTE]

I'd like to know if you ever got the Texas Best reboot. Did they really go back to the original recipe? Is it as good as it is supposed to be?

[ragincajun]

those super duper ones like someone said earlier il have to wait til north carolina tenn area to get but a really good one available nationwide now is the jack daniels brand bbq sauce its very good and avaiable at grocery:banana

[Wise Old Owl]

[QUOTE=Wise Old Owl]

still lookin....:D

GOT IT WORKING!
/QUOTE]

I'd like to know if you ever got the Texas Best reboot. Did they really go back to the original recipe? Is it as good as it is supposed to be?


Glad you asked, "I have people!" right now working on that and the hook up might take us half way into May to find out.

[Wise Old Owl]

Texas Best arrived today...

Here the Ingredients...

TOMATO SAUCE,TOMATO JUICE,TOMATO PASTE, MARGERINE, WORCHESTERSHIRE, LEMON JUICE, VINEGAR,SALT,PEPPER,BROWN SUGAR,GARLIC,ONION,SMOKE FLAVOR,SPICES.

SODIUM LOW 10 PERCENT!
SUGAR 3 PERCENT!

[JAK]

Harold's Pit Bar-B-Q.
Abilene, Texas.

[Heater]

You really cannot have one sauce. What its good on one dish will ruin another.

JMO...

[gebailey]

If you guys are ever in Montebello, VA (before Waynesboro) stop at the country store and get a jar of APPLE BUTTER BBQ SAUCE. Yes, it is amazing. Made some chicken with it as the first meal when I got back and it was incredible.

[Wise Old Owl]

Not even close to understanding where you are talking about. Gerties?

Montebello bearly has a findable post office....

Ok I am trying to look this up because some of the best BBQ sauces for Chicken, Ribs & Hams has apple jam & vinegar.

[gebailey]

All of Montebello is a country store and a post office so it's out there. But yes it is near Gerties.

[Wise Old Owl]

Cant find the store: So make it at home

Ingredients


1 cup smucker's cider apple butter (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/apple-butter-2) (or your own)
1/2 cup ketchup (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/ketchup-156) Organic if you can get it.
1 tablespoon prepared mustard (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/mustard-prepared-332)
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/worcestershire-sauce-176)
3 teaspoons liquid smoke (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/smoke-seasoning-58) (Wrights)
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/red-pepper-flakes-507)
1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/salt-359)
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/pepper-337)
1 cup finely chopped onion (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/onion-148)
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/cider-vinegar-525)
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/garlic-165)
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/brown-sugar-375)
1/2 teaspoon paprika (http://www.recipezaar.com/library/paprika-335)
Directions



Add everything together. Well, that's where their recipe ends. I think that's silly. So, let's continue.
Sauté the onion in a frying pan with a little bit of olive oil, medium heat. Cook till translucent.
Add the garlic, cook for about a minute.
Put everything into a sauce pot on medium heat, stir everything together.
Before a boil begins, drop the heat to low and simmer for 15-20 min., stirring frequently.
Take it off heat, let it cool for 30 minute (unless you're canning, of course).
Store it however you wish. It should keep in the fridge for 30 days, in a freezer for longer, or just can it.

[Edie]

Sticky Fingers Carolina Mustard.

[Wise Old Owl]

Sticky Fingers Carolina Mustard.

http://garyglen.net/reviews/sauces/stickyfingers-carolina-classic
If you travel into South Carolina, sweet mustard sauce is the primary barbecue sauce used. With family roots in South Carolina, I've tried most of them. When I'm there, you'll more often than not find me hanging out at Sticky Fingers in downtown Charleston or Mt. Pleasant.
Sticky Fingers operates several BBQ restaurants in the southeast, from Tennessee to Jacksonville, FL. Offering five different sauces, I thought it time to truly evaluate their Carolina Classic barbecue sauce and determine if it really passes the mustard.



Initial Impressions
The first thing that impressed me about the plastic bottle is the whooping 18 oz. size. Right off the bat, they're not being stingy. There's nothing fancy about the label, just the Sticky Fingers logo.
The ingredients listed are: Mustard (water, vinegar, mustard seed, salt, turmeric) High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Cider Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Spices, Sodium Benzoate (To protect freshness).
The sauce is a brownish yellow color that is typical of most of the mustard barbecue sauces I've run into. There are specks of something in the sauce which I assume to be the "spices" listed in the ingredients. The sauce is a medium to medium-thin consistency with very little aroma other than a slight hint of mustard.


Out of the Bottle Taste Test
The taste is that of mustard, there is no doubt. The sweetness is there as well, yet doesn't seem to pull away any of the mustard flavor. Oftentimes in mustard sauces, sweeteners such as honey or molasses are so overpowering that the mustard flavor is somewhat lost. That's not the case with Sticky Fingers' Carolina Classic. I think the corn syrup was a good choice for the sweetener.
The vinegar flavor may have been taken right to the edge yet, didn't go over it. There is a small heat kick to it, but nothing that a meek palate couldn't accommodate. I'd consider it slightly spicy.

[Wise Old Owl]

I tried Sticky Fingers and I liked it but for some reason I purchased Williamson Brothers BBQ Classic Carolina as it has a smoky vinigar mustard flavor. It was a side by side taste test.

Looks the same but here we go

Ketchup, HFCS, Salt, Spice, onion powder, Natural Flavoring?, Mustard, Water, Sugar, onions. S&P and Celery Salt, bay leaves & Chilli Powder... Garlic.

looking back I will retry the Sticky Fingers and see why I did this.

[Edie]

I've never tried Williamsons

[Wise Old Owl]

Thats Ok they are all good.

[chiefiepoo]

The mustard based sauces have the least amount of sugar / HFC used as sweeteners, which is important for diabetics. Most BBQ sauces are just loaded with sugar and while it cannot be called "low sugar" , mustard based is a good choice for those who want to limit sugar.

[solstice]

sweet baby ray's

Sweet baby ray's!!!

[BAG "o" TRICKS]

Hess Custom Butchering and Catering in Willow Street, PA. One of the best I've ever tasted. Hope to get some for the Billville Feed next weekend

[Megapixel]

What is your favorite Bar-b-q Sauce for the trail?

Gates BBQ SAUCE

K.C. Missouri. WOW!

[sheepdog]

Sweet baby ray's!!!
yepper ..................

[Hooch]

The best BBQ sauces don't come from a bottle or from a chain restaurant, they come out of your own kitchen.

[brotheral]

:eek: I know: Boo !! Boo !! Boo !!!!! I don't use much barbecue sauce. Once in awhile I'll mix some Kraft Original or Hickory with Italian dressing and brush it on my grilled chicken... But I really just prefer the flavor that comes from good simple seasoning and "Charcoal grilling".:welcome

[msfirehiker]

here is one for either chicken or pork havent tried with beef but on chicken is awesome, wash split chicken halves take an equal parts of salt garlic powder and fresh ground black pepper, take veggie oil and moisten top and bottom of chicken, the take mixed spices on top and bottom dont forget to be liberal with the spices, next mix your sauce 1 cup worchesticire sauce, 1 stick salted butter and 2 lemons juiced and straned simmer ingredientes for around 10 minutes, cook chicken well then during last part of grilling be liberal apply sauce watching for flare ups.
Enjoy

[TD55]

No matter what sauce you use, it comes out better when you marinate in olive oil for a few hours in the fridge before you marinate in the sauce.