[Food] Crowdsourced bbq sauce

What should you find in the ingredients of a good bbq sauce?

  • ketchup

    Votes: 7 50.0%

  • brown sugar

    Votes: 10 71.4%

  • Worcestershire sauce

    Votes: 6 42.9%

  • black pepper

    Votes: 9 64.3%

  • mustard

    Votes: 5 35.7%

  • salt

    Votes: 8 57.1%

  • apple cider vinegar

    Votes: 7 50.0%

  • cayenne pepper

    Votes: 6 42.9%

  • honey

    Votes: 7 50.0%

  • paprika

    Votes: 7 50.0%
  • Total voters
    14
strawman

strawman

Ok, what should a good bbq sauce have in it? I left off water, and if there are critical ingredients not listed post them.

If you have a favorite recipe, please post it! Make sure to note if it's a marinade and/or rub and/or condiment.

I pulled the 9 first recipes from a good search, and found how many of them included each ingredient to create the list for the poll:

ketchup: 9
brown sugar: 8
Worcestershire sauce: 7
black pepper: 5
mustard: 5
salt: 5
apple cider vinegar: 4
water: 4
cayenne pepper: 3
honey: 3
paprika: 3
cider vinegar: 2
garlic: 2
lemon juice: 2
onion: 2
sugar: 2
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I'm honestly of the opinion that the best BBQ "sauce" is what you get when your cut of meat starts to render and mixes with all of your dry rub. That's right, a really fine BBQ makes its own gravy.
But if you're talking about BBQ sauce as a condiment, then yes, it will be heavy on the nightshades (tomato base, cayenne for heat, ancho for sweet) have a bit of a vinegar/salt bite, and it will be sweet (through some mix of brown sugar, cooked apple butter, honey, molasses, etc). Oh, and it'll have that smoky flavor (from the nightshades, from the sugar, from a little brown bottle, whatever).

--Patrick
 
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Dei

Dei

The BBQ place by me, which is fucking amazing, is made with rubs and smokers, with about 6 different sauces in squeeze bottles on the side if you want to use them. I'm pretty sure not a one has ketchup, because that is a god damned travesty.
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Butter, onion, garlic, ketchup, apple cider vinegar, molasses, honey, dijon mustard, chili powder, black pepper, bourbon

That's what goes into my BBQ sauce.
 
Eriol

Eriol

Onion Powder (or chopped onions that you sautee as part of the cook) and garlic powder (same as before) are also super-common IMO.

And I swear this isn't terrible, and ends up amazing: cranberry jelly. Recipe is at home, but it works amazingly as your sweet and sour components.
 
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