Favorite Barbecue sauce?

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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited December 2010
    CCNJ wrote: »
    When ever I go to Marietta Georgia, I go to Williamson Bros BBQ. Great BBQ and sauce. You can even order it online:
    http://www.williamsonbros.com/

    I'm gonna have to vouch for that. I'm not even a big BBQ sauce fan, but I could drink that stuff straight out of the bottle. A lot of different flavors going on in the sauce - with each taste being slightly different from the previous. I guess that's what they mean by "complex". Good stuff.
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  • gelinas
    gelinas Posts: 226
    edited December 2010
    I am very loyal to sweet baby ray's.
    What can I say, the sauce is the Boss.
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,162
    edited December 2010
    Just ordered 2 jars of Old Mule-HOT. Thanks for the tip.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2010
    Sweet Baby Ray's for mass marketed BBQ sauce. Having read through the thread that sounds like its the clear winner.

    There's some local folks who make great sauce, too. :smile:
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  • Squidmon
    Squidmon Posts: 84
    edited December 2010
    Sweet Baby Rays- Honey Chipotle
    If there ain't no gold at the end of the rainbow, I'll settle for the pot.:D
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  • Zeros
    Zeros Posts: 940
    edited December 2010
    Keiko wrote: »
    Believe it or not, I read something not so long ago and Kraft BBQ sauce got a thumbs up as being one of the best tasting store bought brands.

    You are correct, it was in Consumer Reports this last year sometime.
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  • Slinger182
    Slinger182 Posts: 512
    edited December 2010
    Sweet baby rays mixed with some of tabasco's smoked chipotle for the house. I've never been to a BBQ place and not liked their sauce. Just love me some BBQ and trying different sauces. Now I'm gonna have to have a brisket sandwich for lunch. YES!
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  • kefranklin
    kefranklin Posts: 141
    edited December 2010
    Here in South Carolina we often use a mustard based sauce. It is quite a different flavor and Maurice's is one of the best.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2010
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2010
    I take any typical plain BBQ sauce (Kraft, Hienz, etc), add mustard, a tiny bit of brown sugar, 2 drops of Worchestershire, and add beer so it's thinned, but not too much.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited December 2010
    'Bone Suckin BBQ Sauce' is the best I've had, and I've tried a lot of the store bought stuff. Available at Fresh Market.
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  • mewisemagic
    mewisemagic Posts: 194
    edited December 2010
    columbus is 5 miles from my house and have never tried old mule. i'll have to go check it out.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited December 2010
    Dinosaur's BBQ sauce is good, as is Big Bad Wolf's ****. The stuff Gmiller was kind enough to give us on the way down to Troy's last year was great as well.

    Maybe I just love BBQ. Mmmmm, BBQ.......
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,215
    edited December 2010
    A while back, I ran out of the Old Mule BBQ sauce and had to resort to other means. I went to the store and bought various BBQ sauces to try out individually and I thought I'd experiment a bit. Here's what I bought and here's my immediate reaction to each sauce individually.....

    16oz. bottle of HOT Bone Suckin' Sauce [too hot/intense to enjoy the flavor of the sauce itself]
    18.5oz. bottle of Jodeco's Southern Twang [too much tomato paste and flavor...lame spices, blah]
    19oz. FunniBonz HOT BBQ Sauce [best of the four but not quite Old Mule]
    and some cheap [no name, probably generic or store brand] 16oz. bottle of Hickory smoked BBQ sauce [not good, lame]

    Now, I must admit that some of these sauces were not cheap. Some of them were upwards of 6 dollars a pop. Not really what I consider a deal but one would figure that "in theory" that if they cost that much, they must be good....yeah, right...:rolleyes:

    Anyhoo, what I did since none of them rocked my boat was combine all of them into one pan and added these ingredients listed below...


    1/2" of Apple Cider Vinegar in the bottom of a large sauce pan and continued to reduce everything on a little lower than medium heat for about 3 and 1/2 hours. Anything else I added was purely in the spice category and I'm drawing a blank there because I always tweak as I go with slow cooked meals. I can guarantee you there was a pinch or 10 of onion powder and garlic salt in the mix but anything else I may have added is a blur.

    I wouldn't worry too much about the ingredients that are a blur because most of those were purely to taste and there wasn't much of anything that isn't already mentioned. Turned out pretty good and was definitely better that any of the individual bottles but with the cost and labor associated, it definitely wasn't worth it.
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  • ratster
    ratster Posts: 324
    edited December 2010
    Had this tonight

    http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/store/product.aspx?id=3&l=Default&cat=1

    don't know where it camr from or how it got in my fridge but,it was damn good.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited December 2010
    steveducie wrote: »
    Sweet Baby Rays

    Really is there a better sauce? I don't think so and if there is I have not had it.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,215
    edited December 2010
    While I'm not the authority when it comes to BBQ sauce, mantis....do yourself a favor and order some Old Mule. I have a feeling your opinion will change. The last time I had Sweet Baby Ray's, I cooked a meal with it and threw the rest of the bottle away.

    One of the secrets they use is that they actually take the loss in profits and volume and make the time to reduce the sauce. You can taste it too.
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  • dorourke07
    dorourke07 Posts: 298
    edited December 2010
    ratster wrote: »
    Had this tonight

    http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/store/product.aspx?id=3&l=Default&cat=1

    don't know where it camr from or how it got in my fridge but,it was damn good.

    Great place. They do a great job in Rochester, NY. Not that you picture NY as a place ffor BBQ.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited December 2010
    kefranklin wrote: »
    Here in South Carolina we often use a mustard based sauce. It is quite a different flavor and Maurice's is one of the best.

    Where in SC are you from? I agree with you on this, plus to add one of my other favs Sonny's.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited December 2010
    I make my own. Does anyone else go through the bother ? Good barbeque and good music, can it get any better ? Cheers. :cool:
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2010
    I don't need no stinkin' mamby-pamby "boutique" BBQ sauce.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,215
    edited December 2010
    nap wrote: »
    I make my own. Does anyone else go through the bother ? Good barbeque and good music, can it get any better ? Cheers. :cool:
    Recipe needed or it didn't happen. :wink:
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited December 2010
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Recipe needed or it didn't happen. :wink:

    I one of those who "doesn't give the recipe out". I know, I know, say what you may. Maybe if you are lucky I'll send you some next time I make a batch. :cool:
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,215
    edited December 2010
    Now that's just wrong. Dangle the steak and then deny. I see how you are gonna be......
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  • ballen823
    ballen823 Posts: 110
    edited December 2010
    Jstas wrote: »
    I like the Stubb's ones too. They have some good rubs as well. The Chilli-Lime rub on grilled chicken is awesome!

    Stubbs beef marinade is great on tips! Gives it a nice little kick.

    For mass produced, can't really beat SBR's. I just made some pulled pork in a crock pot (didn't want to fire up the smoker in the snow!) and threw some SBR's original and some Hickory and Brown Sugar on it. Good stuff.

    I used a good one a month or two ago on ribs that had the onions in the sauce - can't remember the name of it, but the sight of them on the ribs was enough to make your mouth water. I thought it was Desert Pepper, but I can't find it on the web. Might have to check when I get home.

    Gates BBQ sauce is great too.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    edited December 2010
    nap wrote: »
    I make my own. Does anyone else go through the bother ? Good barbeque and good music, can it get any better ? Cheers. :cool:

    Sure do, I make a modified variation of a Coca-Cola BBQ sauce I found on FoodNetworks website. I made some changes to suit my own tastes, but it seems to work every time. IMO having a good dry rub is key to good BBQ too.

    I also throw on some Sweet Baby Rays whenever I make ribs, it just seems to caramelize better than the sauce I make- maybe I need more brown sugar? :wink:
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited December 2010
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Now that's just wrong. Dangle the steak and then deny. I see how you are gonna be......

    I promise I'll put you down for some, no foolin'. Cheers. :cool:
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited December 2010
    Here's a couple of good reads:

    http://www.bbqsaucereviews.com/

    Scroll down to find a BUNCH of different bottled sauce and links:

    http://davidtinney.net/barbecue-sauce-recipe.html
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  • Mazeroth
    Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
    edited December 2010
    dorourke07 wrote: »
    When you are in Cincinnati do yourself a favor and check out the Montgomery Inn. Great bbq and great sauce. Most of the grocery stores in Ohio carry it. Thick and smoky with a nice sweet follow up taste. Complex and indulgent.

    This is the sauce I use for my ribs. Almost everyone that eats my ribs say they're the best they've ever had. Sure, the cook has some skill, but the sauce does most of the work!

    EDIT: I'm going to order some of the Old Mule to see how it goes. I'm pumped!
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited December 2010
    another vote for sweet baby rays
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