I know a lot of you guys make your own sauce but.....
If you had to use a retail brand what would it be and what would you add to it to bring it up to your standards?
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Vinegar sauce- George's famous in the hot variety- nothing added....I like their sauce pretty good.
Tomato base- Since he has it in stores now I'll say Sa-Mokin sauce. The only thing I tend to do with this stuff is add some heat from time to time.
Tomato base- Since he has it in stores now I'll say Sa-Mokin sauce. The only thing I tend to do with this stuff is add some heat from time to time.
A few I like:
Cookshack Spicy
Stubbs
Blues Hog is a good pretty sweet sauce
Big Bob Gibson's Mustard
Cookshack Spicy
Stubbs
Blues Hog is a good pretty sweet sauce
Big Bob Gibson's Mustard
I use Cookshack Mild for my vending and my table sauce along with Big Bob Gibson's Habanero as my hot sauce. The Habanero sauce is not real hot but gives a nice flavor with just a touch of heat.
In a pinch I'll use KC Masterpiece, but there's no comparison to the home-made stuff! I will not allow Kraft "BBQ sauce" (?) in the house!
SwampSauce is EXCELLENT. John Boy and Billy's Regular and Spicy are both good.
Zeb
Zeb
I am a real wimp when it comes to spicy food. I'm just one of those people who's stomach can't handle most of the sauces out there. But, Sonny's Sweet Bar-B-Q Sauce is awesome in my book! Around here, we get it at Sam's or at any Sonny's Restaurant.
Often,you can buy an acceptable base sauce for less than you can make it.
The public usually thinks that your" secret sauce" recipe is what makes your bbq.
Many folks start out spending days,to express their creativity,making sauces and it can be enjoyable.
After awhile ,they often figure out that others have done this and bottled it for sale.
Experienced cooks will usually stress spending your time learning to cook the product and the sauce is merely incidental.
Take a look at several local grocery store products that sell well in your area-not because they are $0.69/bottle.
If one is close to your liking,tweak it to suit you.
Apple juice to thin.
Honey to sweeten.
Vinegar to balance out too sweet.
Cayenne to add a little back heat.
This is what comp cook teams,caterers,vendors typically do.
Actually, very few experienced cooks spend their time to make their own sauce from scratch.
Just a couple of thoughts.
The public usually thinks that your" secret sauce" recipe is what makes your bbq.
Many folks start out spending days,to express their creativity,making sauces and it can be enjoyable.
After awhile ,they often figure out that others have done this and bottled it for sale.
Experienced cooks will usually stress spending your time learning to cook the product and the sauce is merely incidental.
Take a look at several local grocery store products that sell well in your area-not because they are $0.69/bottle.
If one is close to your liking,tweak it to suit you.
Apple juice to thin.
Honey to sweeten.
Vinegar to balance out too sweet.
Cayenne to add a little back heat.
This is what comp cook teams,caterers,vendors typically do.
Actually, very few experienced cooks spend their time to make their own sauce from scratch.
Just a couple of thoughts.
Thank Tom YOU ARE TRULY experience!!!!cool
Been there ,done that.
The journey is fun,but usually comes back to concentrate on what is important,or always find it is beyond our grasp.
The journey is fun,but usually comes back to concentrate on what is important,or always find it is beyond our grasp.