Looks good. Needs a bit more heat, IMHO.
Wouldn't feed that crap to my dog.
“Sweet Baby Ray’s” (original)
and
“Stubb’s” (original)
Mix them half and half.
No crushed cumin seed and celery seed.....fail.
Read later.
Stubbs Spicy is my go to for everything but foul, for which I use Stubbs Mesquite.
I continue to try new BBQ sauces occasionally and nothing ever surpasses Stubbs. I do not have maintream taste. I have a week pallet so I like strong sauces. I want to be overpower. I don’t like sweet BBQ sauces. They must be spicy.
I have found a small handful of alternatives to Stubbs that I buy every rare once in a while as a change up, but I ALWAYS come back to Stubbs.
When someone pulls out a bottle of KC Masterpiece, I want to puke. Nothing more dull than KC Masterpiece.
The best BBQ sauce I ever had was at a restaurant. I asked if he made his own, and he said he used Sweet Baby Rays for a base but added his own special ingredients. The only thing I have ever tasted that beat Stubbs hands down. Then he went bankrupt and I could no longer buy it from him.
Everyone has different taste in BBQ sauce, even differing ideas as to what can be called BBQ sauce. Picking a best one seems somewhat masturbatory to me.
bfl
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2 cups ketchup, such as Simply Heinz...
Must be a Ninth Circus judge. They make a lot of stupid rulings.
But these cook offs are a scam. Good cooks but the game is get as many local winners as possible by inventing more and more categories.
You get to go to the regionals.. maybe state.. maybe the national. Big money for the organizers, the cooks are pawns.
Reminds me of the ‘70s and restaurants with Boston Phoenix best of... awards on their walls. The Boston Phoenix must have been very glad for the free advertising.
Nothing can compete with Open Pit Barbecue Sauce.
Been trying diligently to reproducer this recipe. No can do.
A while back I tried Franklin Texas BBQ Sauce and really liked it. There are two other versions (Espresso and Pork) that I’ve yet to try, but they look interesting.
I think I’ll try it this weekend. I’ve got some ribs in the freezer.
Well made Q doesn’t need sause.
Amazing that a recipe having only a bunch of everyday ordinary ingredients prepared in such a simple manner could win such an award. I would’ve thought you’d need to toss in at least a few exotic, secret things cooked in surprising ways to show, nevermind win. I mean, haven’t all the ordinary things and all of the ordinary ways to cook them been tried already by yesterday’s winning chefs?
I like a dry rub. The local firehouse has a fantastic secret recipe - folks line up for blocks when they have their fundraisers.
I just finished a jar of Bentley’s that I picked up the last time I was in Texas. Excellent sauce.
later
Head Country hot and spicy when I dont have time to make my own.