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With pulled pork or any other time you need barbecue sauce...

qualitygal — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:17:36 GMT

What's your favorite sauce to use? Your recipe? or bottled? Either one. If you make your own, would you care to share? Thank you.

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KYToby — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:23:59 GMT

If I am making pulled pork in my pressure cooker (which I will be doing tonight), I usually just use Bull's Eye with hickory and brown sugar.

If I am smoking a pork butt in my smoker, I generally use a mustard-based sauce from South Carolina that I have shipped to me (Maurice's brand) or make my own (do not have a specific recipe). Sometimes, I will also do a vinegar-based sauce which is common in North Carolina.

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m0rgan — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:37:47 GMT

I use the one from Holly Clegg's cookbook.

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce

1 (12 ounce) bottle chili sauce

1/3 cup dark brown sugar

3 TBSP. cider vinegar

2 tsp. ground thyme

1 1/2 tsp. ground dry mustard

1 tsp. ground allspice

salt and pepper to taste.

Coat bottom of pan with cooking spray. Saute onions 3 - 5 minutes over med. heat. Add the rest of ingredients. Bring to boil, reduce heat, and simmer 10 to 15 minutes to thicken, uncovered. Remove from heat and serve. This makes a lot especially for two of us so I freeze in custard cups for later use.

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PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:39:25 GMT

Oh this is easy @qualitygal. Hands down my fav that I never sway from is Sweet Baby Ray's - any flavor, all flavors, including their wing sauce.

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CAMOGIRL — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:02:53 GMT

Mrs Renfros.

We order it online from their website. I believe it is made in San Antonio (?).

We found it years ago at a small vegetable stand in a small town here in Texas. Tried it. It has been my family's favorite for years, even though there are plenty of BBQ places around here that also bottle their sauces for sale .... we still always go back to Mrs Renfros.

It is not too tangy or too sweet. Excellent for meats or even a BBQ baked potatoe with all the fixins! I do believe I have made myself hungry... 😀!!!

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debic — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:33:14 GMT

We use Sweet Baby Rays as well. The only thing we use it for is slushburgers, hot wings, or ribs.

For us you can over do it. Our friends on the other hand sauce everything they BBQ. They like Masterpiece.

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ChynnaBlue — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 14:01:59 GMT

I like sauces from some of the local BBQ places in Austin. I like Stubbs sauces in Original, Sweet Heat, or Sticky Sweet.

I also like to slow cook the pork in 12-oz of root beer. After I cook and shred the pork, I dump any liquid out of the cooker and fill it with the shredded pork. I pour the BBQ sauce over the pork, stir, and let cook for another 30 minutes or so.

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wildcat fan — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 14:10:17 GMT

I prefer a sweet barbecue vs the vinegar based.

Being from Kentucky, my family usually has on hand the Maker's Mark brand Barbecue Sauce and Gourmet Sauce.

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momtochloe — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 14:18:13 GMT

I love Trader Joe's both their regular BBQ sauce and their Carolina Gold.

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Sooner — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 14:30:01 GMT

HEAD COUNTRY! This is my far and away favorite bbq sauce. Almost of all the others simply taste like sticky corn syrup to me. HEAD COUNtRY is made in Ponca City Oklahoma, and the Head Country team has won a boat-load (big boat! LOL!) full of trophies for their sauces over the years in competitions.

It is not as thick as many of today's sauces, not overly smoked, doesn't taste like brown sugar, and to me enhances the meat and isn't overwhelming while giving that spicy slightly sweet taste I associate with good sauce.

If you are having bbq, you don't want to obliterate the taste of the meat!

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momtochloe — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 16:00:23 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
HEAD COUNTRY! This is my far and away favorite bbq sauce. Almost of all the others simply taste like sticky corn syrup to me. HEAD COUNtRY is made in Ponca City Oklahoma, and the Head Country team has won a boat-load (big boat! LOL!) full of trophies for their sauces over the years in competitions.

It is not as thick as many of today's sauces, not overly smoked, doesn't taste like brown sugar, and to me enhances the meat and isn't overwhelming while giving that spicy slightly sweet taste I associate with good sauce.

If you are having bbq, you don't want to obliterate the taste of the meat!

Oh my goodness @Sooner whenever I Google a brand it is never available in my area but this is sold just a few miles from me . . . thanks for the heads up, I smell BBQ in my near future . . .

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susielong — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 18:11:39 GMT

KC Masterpiece Original, good smokey flavor.

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Nightowlz — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 18:25:34 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
HEAD COUNTRY! This is my far and away favorite bbq sauce. Almost of all the others simply taste like sticky corn syrup to me. HEAD COUNtRY is made in Ponca City Oklahoma, and the Head Country team has won a boat-load (big boat! LOL!) full of trophies for their sauces over the years in competitions.

It is not as thick as many of today's sauces, not overly smoked, doesn't taste like brown sugar, and to me enhances the meat and isn't overwhelming while giving that spicy slightly sweet taste I associate with good sauce.

If you are having bbq, you don't want to obliterate the taste of the meat!

@Sooner YUM!!! Head Country. We have been using it for years. A guy DH works with used to make some that taste just like it. It makes a huge batch so we have never made it. If we ever move we will have to use the recipe since I know they don't sell this where we may move. Shipping might not be as bad now since they started putting it in the plastic bottles vs the glass.

Every time I go to Fl. I have to take about 10 large bottles & a couple of small bottles of Head Country for my dad, brothers & sisters.

We also use Sweet Baby Ray's. It's the only other BBQ sauce we will use. Sometimes we need that thicker sauce.

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Sooner — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 19:26:34 GMT

@momtochloe wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
HEAD COUNTRY! This is my far and away favorite bbq sauce. Almost of all the others simply taste like sticky corn syrup to me. HEAD COUNtRY is made in Ponca City Oklahoma, and the Head Country team has won a boat-load (big boat! LOL!) full of trophies for their sauces over the years in competitions.

It is not as thick as many of today's sauces, not overly smoked, doesn't taste like brown sugar, and to me enhances the meat and isn't overwhelming while giving that spicy slightly sweet taste I associate with good sauce.

If you are having bbq, you don't want to obliterate the taste of the meat!
Oh my goodness @Sooner whenever I Google a brand it is never available in my area but this is sold just a few miles from me . . . thanks for the heads up, I smell BBQ in my near future . . .

I hope you like it! I am not as fond of the Hickory one, but it is good for certain things. THe originl is my favorite! Let us know what you think.

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dex — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:40:54 GMT

@Sooner My son lives in ok and that is his sauce of choice too.He is a great cook and all of his friends say he mastered smoked ribs,brisket and pulled pork.He sent us a bottle of the sauce once and I have to agree that while thin it is very good.

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Sooner — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 23:48:29 GMT

@dex wrote:
@Sooner My son lives in ok and that is his sauce of choice too.He is a great cook and all of his friends say he mastered smoked ribs,brisket and pulled pork.He sent us a bottle of the sauce once and I have to agree that while thin it is very good.

@dex

You have a very talented son! GOOD for him! I'll bet he is REALLY popular!

BBQ sauces were traditionally pretty thin out here in Texas and Oklahoma. The sweet sticky stuff seemed to come along some time in maybe the late 1970's or 1980's? I reember when Cattleman's sauce came out.

Get him Paul Kirk's book on championship sauces and rubs. It is EXCELLENT and will give him something to play around with to make that great bbq his own! There is a aimple recipe in there for homemade catsup and you think, how good could that be? Well, it is wonderful and fresh tasting and the basis for many homemade sauces. It really shows you how to make a great rub to your taste too!

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dex — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 00:52:25 GMT

@Sooner@Thanks that book is a great Christmas gift idea.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:46:32 GMT

The recipe I have for Barbecued Beef includes ingredients that make sauce while it's cooking. For pulled pork, our preferred bottled sauces are Sweet Baby Rays, KC Masterpiece, or Bullseye (originals).

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jaxs mom — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 18:30:47 GMT

I make vinegar sauce, I love the one that came in an old Southern Living magazine.

2 cups apple cider vinegar
½ cup white vinegar
½ cup apple juice
¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon kosher salt
½ tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
½ teaspoon ground red pepper
½ teaspoon paprika

Place all ingredients in a saucepan, and bring to a boil; reduce heat,and simmer 15 minutes. Chill until ready to use. Reheat, if desired.