BBQ Sauce Reviews

Blenders has a great story and a great, all-natural ingredients list as I’ve described on my review for their original blend. The chipotle flavor is a nice addition to the deep rich tomato/vinegar and spice blend of the original. This super thick sauce flows like lava from the bottle to your basting bowl and onto the meat, with no problem staying put once it’s there. Like the original, the strong, sour notes of vinegar were still a bit much for these tastebuds.

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Country Bob is a great guy and a marketing machine – maybe it’s because Christ is his C.E.O. (it says that on the website and all of the marketing materials feature heavy usage of bible passages).  However, if one looks past the biblical references, there’s a lot this company is doing right – distribution at [...]

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In 2007, Jeff Greenberg from Grumpy’s food set out to make a spicy sauce with a real smoky cumin taste. The result was Black Label. Excellent ingredients, label, taste, smell, consistency.  A great balance of sweet, spice, and tang that won’t burn your mouth off.  The addition of natural hot sauce, habanero powder, cayenne peppers, [...]

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A great tasting BBQ sauce from a great BBQ joint in Massachusetts (yes that’s where I’m writing from).  This hits the mark with a combination of great taste, smell, and packaging.  I love the tallboy-style glass bottle for BBQ sauces. I was a little surprised at how thin it was (not the best for backyard [...]

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Best way to describe this is a nice gooey teriyaki/soy sauce with a little bit of heat.  This asian-style sauce is far from the traditional KC-style BBQ sauce we’re all so used to seeing and trying – no tomatoes, no vinegar.  This Yaki sauce has served me well in kicking up several of my favorites [...]

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Emeril is a huge brand that pulls in over $150 million a year in revenue across it’s media, restaurants, and products.  This is a minor speck in the portfolio and (maybe because of that) it’s average at best.  Another victim of the “large brand on auto-pilot” phenomena.  The good qualities of the sauce include a [...]

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