KC Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce – Original (3/5)
Did you ever hear a song so beautiful it made you cry? Did you ever see a picture that caused you to stare in awe, then do a double-take, then stare again for another 5 minutes? Did you ever see a video clip or scene from a movie so powerful, that it gave you goosebumps?
Well, this sauce is nothing like that. Please check my 5 star sauces page for some of the best ones ever – finding and tasting these ones truly made me happy.
With that said, KC Masterpiece isn’t horrible… it does have a few good things going for it:
- It’s cheap.
- Everyone knows the name (and probably like thinking their sauce is a “masterpiece”)
- It tastes OK
- They haven’t mucked with the recipe over the years (unlike Kraft or New Coke).
Besides that, it’s mediocre and has poor/cheap ingredients. It lacks the super-sweetness of Sweet Baby Ray’s or the boldness of Trader Joe’s BBQ Sauce. It’s just a plain Jane, mass-produced sauce that will make BBQ lovers happy … but it won’t Wow anyone. It has a thick yet unnaturally smooth consistency – like it was blended for years in an industrial-sized BBQ Sauce blending plant as opposed to being crafted in batches. Clings to meat very well and would make a fine grilling sauce for BBQ burgers and BBQ chicken.
Negatives: Artificial flavors, colors, modified food starch, sweeteners.
A quick story of KC Masterpiece (from the website above)
The KC Masterpiece® story started in Kansas City 30 years ago, when Dr. Rich Davis – a local physician and barbecue aficionado – decided to make his own sauce. The result was a perfectly tangy, perfectly sweet, perfect-for-any-meat flavor. It won Dr. Davis the first-ever “Best Sauce” award at the American Royal Barbecue Competition 30 years ago, allowing him to quit his job and focus on his true passion: barbecue. Since then, the rich taste of KC Masterpiece® Barbecue Sauce has grown in popularity to become one of America’s favorite barbecue sauces. In fact, it’s still the number one sauce in Kansas City, barbecue’s hometown.
