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Mar
4
2010

Big Billy BBQ Sauce (4/5)

Guest review by Paul Zonfrillo from Team ZBQ

The best way I can describe this sauce is KC BBQ meets Carolina Vinegar sauce.  It is on the thin side for consistency, has a noticeable deal of acidity, but it is balanced out by a good dose of sweet.  The result is a full bodied [...]

Feb
25
2010

Gayle’s Sweet N Sassy Apple Cider Smoke (4/5)

When I received my first plastic pouch filled with BBQ sauce, I wasn’t sure what to think.  Quickly I learned this new sauce from Gayle’s has great ingredients, excellent/unique packaging, a bold apple/smoke flavor and it’s somewhat famous.  It’s not too thick and not too thin, which makes it versatile for most types of cooking [...]

Dec
5
2009

Backyard Grill BBQ Sauce Review (4/5)

Before looking at the ingredients, its a full-flavored KC-style sauce with a solid onion-garlic infusion that I would recommend to anyone looking for a flavorful KC style sauce with a little extra spice.  Nothing too fancy or different, but tasty.
After looking at the ingredients, the perspective changes and you get a different picture altogether…

Sep
22
2009

McCane’s Original Pit Sauce (4/5)

Sep
19
2009

Nebby’s Best Barbecue Sauce (4/5)

It’s all about the fire and what happens in it.  And although it took me awhile to realize it for this particular sauce, Nebby had this figured out from the start and remained confident that his sauce would stand up to my criticism.  This is a story of a sauce that at first glance appeared [...]

Aug
31
2009

Captain Curts Famous Boss Sauce - Hot (4/5)

A great tasting sauce. Not too much variation from the mild sauce in terms of flavor, but I noticed something slightly unusual here - usually on a label for spicy BBQ sauces, you can quickly determine what ingredient is making the sauce hot.  Usually it’s some kind of pepper, either in spice, extract, or [...]

Aug
10
2009

Blue Ribbon Carolina BBQ Sauce (4/5)

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 grillers) [...]

Jun
12
2009

Millers Secret Sauce Original BBQ Sauce (4/5)

Paul Miller has been making this sauce for about a year and a half.   Not long ago, he produced his first official batch and shipped me out a few samples.   I suggest you try it out!
From Paul
“Well I started making my own sauce a few years ago and after many, many hours over the [...]

Jun
1
2009

Luna Mercato Strawberry BBQ Sauce (4/5)

A fruit BBQ sauce that doesn’t make you gag?   Excellent.  Four stars.

May
6
2009

Big Bob Gibson Backyard Mustard Sauce (4/5)

Big Bob Gibson Backyard Mustard Sauce gets a 4 from me for a great smooth flavor and what I’d recommend for people looking for a widely available mustard-based BBQ sauce to try out.  If you are a mustard BBQ sauce virgin, this could also be a nice starting point. It pours a bit thin compared [...]

May
5
2009

Mad Dog Ultra Hot BBQ Sauce (4/5)

Mad Dog hits it right on virtually all notes especially with their mega Award-winning Original Sauce.   But super intense heat to the point of not being able to enjoy the meal is not my idea of a good cookout or BBQ meal.  That said, just because I don’t like the heat doesn’t mean others won’t [...]

May
1
2009

Sweet Baby Rays Barbecue Sauce (4/5)

Apr
24
2009

The Crazy Rednecks’ BBQ Original BBQ Sauce (4/5)

Apr
20
2009

Willingham’s Cajun Hot Barbecue Sauce (4/5)

Apr
15
2009

Captain Curt’s Famous Boss Sauce (4/5)

Nov
1
2008

Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue KC Original Sauce (4/5)

I was in Kansas City recently and I got to experience the “full” Jack Stack treatment.  Many times, the sauces I try are merely a snippet in the life of a larger BBQ empire.  This one, a KC classic, came highly recommended by my friend Paul who lives in the area.  From the menu, I [...]

Jun
5
2008

Ol West BBQ & Dippin Sauce (4/5)

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 [...]

May
1
2008

Fork ‘N Halo Original Sin BBQ Sauce (4/5)

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.  [...]

Sep
28
2007

Bullseye Original Barbecue Sauce (4/5)

I’d like to advocate for only the little guys in the BBQ sauce world, as if all the big companies couldn’t make a good BBQ sauce product. But I’d be wrong, and quite a hypocrite, if I didn’t give Bullseye props and a solid 4/5. It just tastes great.
Way back in my [...]

Jun
3
2007

Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey Chipotle Barbecue Sauce (4/5)

Positives: Awesome flavor, recommended replacement for the good ole big cookout standby that you use today.
Negatives: Mass market ingredients, might be considered too sweet, squeeze bottle.

Sometimes the stories behind the sauces are as tasty as their sauces. Here’s the Sweet Baby Ray’s story (from SBR website):
“It all began back in 1985 when a local Chicago [...]

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