NC | BBQ Sauce Reviews

4 Star, All, Mild, NC, Sweet By brian | No comments yet

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 [...]

2 Star, All, Mild, NC By brian | 1 comment

Tarheel Premium BBQ Sauce (2/5)

4 Star, All, NC, Spicy By brian | No comments yet

McCane’s Original Pit Sauce (4/5)

4 Star, All, Mild, NC By brian | 2 comments

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) [...]

3 Star, All, Mild, NC, Sweet By brian | 4 comments

Mama Hairston’s Sweet and Tangy BBQ Sauce (3/5)

5 Star, All, NC, Sweet By brian | 15 comments

Bone Suckin Sauce (5 of 5)

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, [...]

3 Star, All, General, NC By brian | 1 comment

Lip Lickin’ Sauce - Bold & Spicy BBQ (3/5)

Plus side: Great cooked flavor, use of simple healthy ingredients, and no weird preservatives and thickening agents. Anchovies.
Downside: Thin, no heat when expected, a little boring. Anchovies.
Western North Carolina style BBQ sauce is thin by design, but sometimes a little too thin for my tastes. Lip Lickin’ Sauces market Western North Carolina style sauce (thin) [...]