BBQ Sauce Reviews

Out of Afrika Safari Select BBQ Sauce and Dip (1/5)

It’s funny when a company wins an award and then slaps a proud emblem “Multi Award Winner” on all of their brands. The only award this particular one should win is “Most Grotesque BBQ Sauce Ever.”

Negative One - The Smell
Smells like someone puked up sweet-and-sour-sauce.

Negative Two - The Taste
Just odd and unnatural. My daughter could make better sauce, and she’s 1.

Negative Three - The Price
It costs $5 to pick up a bottle. The company should pay people to eat this stuff…

Ingredients: Water, sugar, apricots, tomato puree, white vinegar, sesame oil, dehydrated garlic, modified food starch, ginger, chili sauce (contains preservatives and sulfites) salt, herbs and spices, sesame seeds, xanthan gum, ginger powder, citric acid, potassium sorbate, onion powder, natural flavor, polysorbate 80.

Nutrition Info: 45 calories per 32g serving, 1g fat, 9g carbs, 120mg sodium

Link to Website? No, I wouldn’t do that to you.

BBQ Sauce Reviews Recommendation: this stuff should stay in Afrika.

July 25th, 2007 Posted by brian | All Reviews, 1 Star Reviews, Unique BBQ Sauces, Sweet BBQ Sauce | one comment

New Orleans Smoky Blues BBQ Sauce (Bar-B-Bar) (1/5)

The same company that conceived and delivered the magnificent Carribean Calypso failed to excite my tastebuds with a somewhat toxic smelling/tasting mixture of Water, Sugar, Soy Sauce, and Molasses.

Luckily - I did not puke.

Also - here’s an interesting example of where a hard slanted marketing direction takes a beating. When you think of New Orleans nowadays, what do you think about? How’s about a monster of a storm called Katrina. I don’t think about eating BBQ when I think of unfortunate people devastated by natural disaster.

Cool label, but random/poor marketing on the bottle: Paying the Blues it’s Dues… 3 cents from every bottle goes to supporting the blues… in Memphis TN. I thought I was supporting New Orleans.

This stuff just tasted like plastic and ruined my dinner.

July 8th, 2007 Posted by brian | General | no comments