Head’s Red BBQ Sauce (5/5)
Holy moly - it almost took four months to review this product! Bill, and many others waiting for their sauces to be reviewed, my apologies! I will spare the long explanation, but I can guarantee you I’ve been busy (kids, work, computer issues, weddings, etc) but I’ve remained BBQ’ing the whole time. I’ve had various varieties come in from all over the world country, and I gotta say this sauce stacks way up there. With it’s deep red hue and a deep complex flavor to match, this sauce has been my favorite around the house for the past few weeks. In fact, it’s the only sauce my wife has been referring to by name. The other ones she just kinda points at - this one? Or how bout this one? :) For that and for the reasons listed herein, it gets my highest rating of 5 stars.
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August 13th, 2008
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Psalm 34:8 says “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” The words “Psalm 34:8″ also sit on the side of this BBQ sauce. I wonder how long it took these guys to comb through the psalms to find a fitting reference for their BBQ sauce?
I liked the sauce and my only really complaint was the pineapple surprise flavor. It has the makings for a 4 with some simple marketing touch-ups. Their hotter version I really loved, and that review will be coming soon.
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June 16th, 2008
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When it comes to your BBQ, we’re not Fool’n around - so says the slogan underneath the roasted jester. And I’d agree, they aren’t foolin around with this standard KC style BBQ sauce, but I have to say there’s not a lot different or outrageuously flavorful going on here.
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June 10th, 2008
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This is very good BBQ from South Dakota… it has got to be close to one of the sweetest sauces I think I’ve ever had. Brown Sugar is ingredient numero uno. But hey, people might be looking for that, so I didn’t mark any points against them for that. What I really liked about the sauce was it’s chunkiness. Dip your finger in and your finger will be speckled with a gooey BBQ sauce filled with chunks of pepper and garlic - nice!
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June 5th, 2008
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Not too long ago, my sister Julie and her husband Kevin brought me back a great sauce from a recent trip to Austin. They lived there for awhile and told me some of the cool things to do and have always had a sense of the local scene where ever they happened to live - whether it’s Austin, Boston, or Philly. Anyway, this sauce has turned out to be one of my … no actually my all-time favorite mustard based BBQ sauce I’ve ever had.
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May 12th, 2008
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Holy Honey Bees Batman! This stuff is different. It’s got some majorly positive qualities going for it - awesome packaging, consistency and high-quality, natural ingredients (avoidance of corn syrups and refined sugar), but the side-effect is a unexpectedly strong honey taste. Once again, natural vs flavor beat each other up in this BBQ Death Match.
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May 1st, 2008
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After a new baby daughter and a hard drive crash, I’m back up and saucing. So first off, thanks to the friendly woman who sent me the free samples of Borderline Gourmet’s Chipotle and Habanero. And aahh… well… you just might not want to read the rest…
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April 14th, 2008
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Awesome stuff. If you love the sweet/bold/smokiness of Bullseye BBQ sauce, with some additional onion and spice flavors added, you’ll love TJ’s Bold and Smoky KC Style BBQ Sauce.
And if you don’t have a Trader Joe’s near you, well… you should move. 
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March 6th, 2008
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5 Stars. I loved this sauce. Loved the packaging, the name, the taste, the brick house displayed on the bottle - just a really nice concept based on a great fairytale. The original fairytale is a little more gruesome than you might think, involving the death of the first two pigs, and the death of the wolf in the end…
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February 17th, 2008
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I’ll save some of my typical upfront meandering, simply because I already did that in my last Big Bob Gibson post. Well, I do have one tangential thought to bring up… being a web-based reviewer of products.
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January 26th, 2008
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BBQ Sauce vendors - it seems like this is a huge opportunity for you to serve a market that is confused by too many choices and not enough nutritional information on each label. If I were in the business, I’d quickly introduce a line of the Gluten-free type… stick it in Whole Foods or someplace like that…
Seriously- if anyone is still reading this blog - there is a steady stream of people searching for Gluten-Free ingredients, recipes, and foods. And it’s increasing. The question for a manufacturer is to determine if the gluten-free thing is a long-term trend (good) or a short-term fad (bad). Diet soda = trend. Jolt / OK Soda = Fad.
There are several good blogs out there for people wanting more info such as this one, I am Gluten Free, from a woman in Massachusetts who suffers from Coeliac Disease.
I want to start listing some commercial gluten-free varieties and link to some recipes here.
Gluten-Free BBQ Sauce Commercial Varieties
Bone Suckin Sauce (5/5 from BBQSauceReviews.com)
Daddy Sams (not reviewed yet)
Mr Spice Honey BBQ Sauce (not reviewed yet)
Gluten-Free BBQ Sauce Recipes
About.com Carolina Red
Chow.com Gluten-Free BBQ Sauce
January 24th, 2008
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These are all ready to go in my pantry. I will do the review with the most votes.
Bone Suckin Mustard- Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q Habanero Red Sauce
Stubbs Smokey Mesquite Bar-B-Q SauceEmeril’s Sweet Original BAM! B-Q Barbecue Sauce
Edited Jan 12th: It has been decided. Last time I reviewed Big Bob Gibson’s sauce, I slammed em. I grilled tonight… and I should have a review up by end of the week… stay tuned!
January 1st, 2008
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Why the Hell Would You Do This to Yourself?
Who knows why you’d want to make this, you sick bastard, but join the club. Back in the day, much like my addiction to white trash standards Miracle Whip, Bullseye BBQ sauce, and Spaghetti-O’s, I also loved to dip a McNugget or six into those little McDonalds BBQ Sauce buckets. And back then, as if pondering something important like the Grand Canyon, or StoneHenge, or even MeatHenge… I remember thinking, “How do they make this stuff?”
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December 16th, 2007
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This should be quick. There was only one positive aspect of this particular sauce… and if you are smart, you can probably figure it out by the time I tell you.
Give up?
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December 11th, 2007
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Wait. I thought BBQ Sauce Reviews did the reviews. What’s going on here??
Looks like the tides have turned and BBQ Sauce Reviews has gotten a review from a VERY honest and respectable BBQ site - White Trash BBQ. The complete review is here. The dude looks at the site from a few angles and praises most of our unique approach… Needless to say, we’re pretty excited about being noticed by a BBQ guru!
Here’s a few excerpts:
“It’s been awhile since I recommend another website, but I have a good one for you today. It’s called BBQ Sauce Reviews. The site’s been up about 6 months now and I’ve enjoyed reading their reviews. I don’t always agree with them, but it’s always a good read.”
“I was surprised when I first started to read the reviews that the authors took into consideration the taste of the sauce after it had been cooked on the meat. That’s something I’ve always thought was the absolute ONLY way to review a barbecue sauce. Unfortunately, that’s not how it’s done at the competitions. Usually, barbecue sauce is reviewed only straight out of the jar. And that’s a pity. The magic of the heat and the smoke can transform a sauce. Sometimes they shine after the fire, other times they fall apart. I really applaud the reviewers for taking this into account.”
“I do love that the guys over there come up with all sorts of boutique sauces and they still review the mass market sauces. When you get a chance, stop by BBQ Sauce Reviews. You’ll be glad you did.”
Thanks White Trash BBQ, and thanks to anyone else enjoying our reviews and telling others about the site.
December 10th, 2007
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This is a hideous sauce.
There’s so much wrong with this sauce, it’s hard to begin. A noxious taste is still in my mouth, like a mud pie - but worse. I’d rather eat dirt than this stinky, synthetic blend of cheap ingredients. I’d rather drink oil (not car oil, more like olive oil which isn’t so bad…)
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November 29th, 2007
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Discovering hidden gems like this are one of the main reasons I started doing this website and blog.
Russ and Frank shipped me out three jars of sauce - their complete portfolio of Mild, Sassy, and Fiery.
And I went straight to Sassy, perhaps because I knew what to expect from the others. And if you think Sassy sounds funny… well… screw you, buddy, cause this is a classic “two buddies drinking beer” story with a happy ending.
Russ and Frank were chronic “searchers” looking for a better BBQ sauce every time they left town. One night, they were grilling and hanging out on a deck, having a few beers, when their conversation again drifts into their mutual dissatisfaction for BBQ sauces. So that night they finally promised to do something about it, and over the course of the next year, tested between 50 and 75 batches of barbecue sauce. Since then they’ve packaged the product, put it in stores, won various awards, and last year sold about 1500 gallons of sauce. Nice.
OK, enough history - on to the Review!
Well, I gotta say my analytic personality was challenged to find anything wrong with the Sassy sauce. It hit all the highs and I really couldn’t find any lows except for their weak distribution strategy (guys you gotta get this into the Northeast).
Let’s get into it, one by one.
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November 16th, 2007
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The best part of running this website is the fact that people are sending me free sauces. The other part is meeting people from different places… People have come from a variety of backgrounds - large multi-national brands, US only brands, successful regional brands that are trying to expose their sauces to larger audiences, and sometimes people send me sauces in their early “infancy stage.”
I gotta admit, I am a little skeptical of just opening up anything in a bottle mailed to me, however after a brief dialog with Chuck himself, I was put at ease, and eager to have a taste. Along with two glass bottles of his Drunken Pepper Spicy Barbeque Sauce, he sent some of his STB spices, as well as a paper survey for reviewers to complete - an excellent way to get feedback indeed. Currently this is not something you can buy, but hopefully with some of the comments from other reviewers and yours truly, this will change in time…
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November 10th, 2007
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Phil Ford, a real estate appraiser and father of four in Raleigh, North Carolina, developed his sauce around 1987 while trying to copy his mother’s recipe for a western North Carolina-style barbecue sauce.
The resulting all natural, fat-free, fragrant blend of ingredients include: tomato paste, apple cider vinegar, honey, molasses, mustard, horseradish, lemon juice, onions, garlic, peppers, natural hickory smoke, natural spices and salt.
This one gets BBQSR props for a magical combination of quality ingredients, simple packaging, clever name, and well balanced flavor. The only thing I found slightly lacking (a stretch) was that the consistency was a bit on the thin side.
The smell is wonderful - a sweet yet complex aroma with hints of apple, mustard, lemon, onions, and the “smokiness” that all barbecue sauces attempt. I could see putting this on almost anything - I think I want to try this on swordfish next, then a Bone Suckin Burger after that.
The first time I tried this stuff was a long time ago, during my college days, before I knew much about BBQ and grilling… and I had slathered the stuff on before the meat was ready for a barbecue bath. The result was a less-than-tasty, blackened mess. Bad experience for a bad griller - I blame it on the beer I was drinking at the time.
But my most recent, and sober, experience was a meal of half rack of ribs and a few chicken wings all done the right way, when the meat is at about the 75th percentile of BBQ cookage. This way, the sweets didn’t completely die and I was able to take in one of the best natural- ingredient sauces on the market…
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October 26th, 2007
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I cannot locate these near me. If anyone can provide me a tip or better yet, send me a sample, I would greatly appreciate it.
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October 7th, 2007
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