Pat’s Ho-Made BBQ Sauce (3/5)
Not many sauces come in that cause me to snicker at their potentially unintended double-meaning – is this sauce a candidate for Engrish.com? Instead of being home-made sauce or homemade sauce or maybe even “homade” (if we want to start inventing words)…. the makers of this sauce chose “ho-made.” I’ve seen a few BBQ sauce forums posting a pic of this one and wondering the same – is it intentional or is it a mistake? Here’s a Flickr pic. Here’s a post on Foundshit.com.
The sauce itself is a semi-unremarkable sauce which tastes a bit like slightly modified ketchup. Notable usage of nutmeg and clove, but not enough to make the taste stand-out in the crowd. The ambiguous usage of the word “ho” might be all the free marketing this sauce is going to get. Medium thickness, medium taste, and peppery – but a bit on the bland side.
Aroma
Average BBQ sauce smell – vinegar and tomato with a hint of perhaps tamarind to round it off.
Taste
Expected a bit more based on the ingredients list. Tasted vinegar, tomato, pepper, garlic. Was hoping for more nutmeg or allspice or clove flavor to come out.
Consistency
Medium thickness. Right in the middle, but almost leaning on the watery side.
Ingredients
Water, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Tomato Paste, Vinegar, Salt, Corn Syrup, Garlic, Turmeric, Tamarind, Smoke Flavoring, Modified Corn Starch, Xanthan Gum, Nutmeg, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Allspice, Clove, Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate).
Sauce Score: 3
Website
www.palmettocanning.com (their contract packer)
I disagree with your review. No where near tasting like ketchup, first of all. I hate ketchup and to me Pat’s doesn’t taste like ketchup at all. Pat’s has a spicy taste to it. The Cayenne Pepper, listed in one of the ingredients, you can easily taste not over powering though. Surprised your taste buds couldn’t pick up on that. You haven’t reviewed it yet but it’s similar to Corky’s BBQ sauce except Corky’s is sweeter, maybe a tad thicker, and Pat’s is spicier. Pat’s is good for any kind of meat. Good to grill with. I want to know more about the person(s) doing these reviews if at all possible.
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I agree it’s damn tasty. I spice it up a bit with more pepper. But hey, for $1.95 you’ll be hard pressed to find a tastier sauce with no high fructose corn syrup. Most are 2/3 times as much and are NO better.
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It’s OK to disagree. I have no reason to rate one sauce over another as I don’t sell any of them. I thought it tasted like ketchup, and that’s my opinion. People are free to disagree with my opinion and my tastebuds!!
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Tastes nothing like ketchup. Go put some actual ketchup on your chicken and let us know if it tastes like Pat’s BBQ sauce.
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