Chaplain Bill, I totally agree with you. Before I started my smoking adventures, I would put a lot of sauce on my food. I realize now that what I thought was good barbecue was actually pretty average or poor, thus the need to slather on the sauce.
Now that I have learned how to make some pretty decent barbecue with my Cookshack, sauce has become a complement to the meat, rather than the "main course." I use it sparingly.