When I refer to barbecue, you imagine a sauce that is...

Barbecue sauce is...


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When you refer to BBQ I imagine pulled pork with a vinegar dressing served with coleslaw and hushpuppies.
 
when i think of BBQ it is Brisket smoked over night, German Sausage, Pinto Beans (my best dish - they are really orgasmic) and Potato Salad. With a side of Shiner Bock.
 

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Mustard based. It's the only kind that exists. That other stuff is flavored ketchup.

High five, General Specific?
 
So when I make barbecue sauce the 3 main ingredients are tomato sauce/paste/ketchup, vinegar, and molasses. Where do I vote?
 
I thought all BBQ sauces were tomato based? Pretty much what Covar has listed up there. I like my sauce smokey, but not too smokey(the meat should be smokey enough); hint of sweetness (molasses or honey - preferably molasses); and tangy from vinegar (apple cider); and spicy/hot, but not mouth-numbing.
 
I thought all BBQ sauces were tomato based? Pretty much what Covar has listed up there. I like my sauce smokey, but not too smokey(the meat should be smokey enough); hint of sweetness (molasses or honey - preferably molasses); and tangy from vinegar (apple cider); and spicy/hot, but not mouth-numbing.
Sounds about right to me.
 
I was watching something on the Food Network and they started talking about a region where barbecue was always mustard based. I'd never heard of such a thing, but it looked damned good. After a bit of Googling, I came across vinegar based recipes with no tomato or mustard at all. Thought I'd see just how common this is amongst our crowd here.

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http://www.stubbsbbq.com/

best damn sauce to be put in a bottle.
I've been dipping in the hot and spicy Stubb's lately, and it is damned good. Never had it before this.
 

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Actually, SC has the mustard-based sauce on shredded pork. It's good, but NOT barbecue.
Why not? I never knew any other definition of the word growing up. In SC, no one calls it "pulled pork". I never heard that term until I heard someone from out of state say it.

It's meat smoked over an open fire. That's pretty much the dictionary definition, silly Texan.
 
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wait, you mean you use BBQ sauce for cooking? Wow, I always wondered why it was right there in the store shelves, without any kind of black packaging.
 
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