BBQ Sauce Recipes

BBQ sauce recipes have two schools of thought. Those that swear BBQ sauce ruin the BBQ (Mostly Texans) and those that are sure the sauce makes the BBQ. If you're from Texas you're excused now!

For the rest of us that believe barbecue sauce is an enhancement for barbecue let's take a look at some sauce recipes.

Within our sauce lover's circle there are still further divisions. The fact is that there are probably more recipes for BBQ sauce than there are for barbecue itself.

All sauce recipes have a base ingredient. The base is the main ingredient in the recipe. Depending on what region you are from that base could be vinegar, catsup, tomato sauce or even mayonnaise.

There may be other bases but those are the primary ones.

Vinegar based sauces are most popular in the Carolinas where they most probably originated. As you move further west the base changes to tomato products.

Even within those divisions there are other divisions. Whew! Barbecue sauce is complicated ain't it?

Onion and garlic are extremely popular as enhancements to the base ingredient. So are sweeteners and chile powders for heat. After those most anything but the kitchen sink is fair game for sauce ingredients.

Here at pork recipes online we have lots of barbecue sauce recipes. Give some of ours a try and then venture out and develop some of your own secret BBQ Sauce Recipes.

Apple BBQ Sauce Recipe

This apple BBQ sauce recipe uses applesauce. You can substitute apple butter for apple butter BBQ sauce. Both give a nice thick texture to the sauce and coat the meat for a sweet and spicy flavor.

Best BBQ Sauce Recipes

Add this recipe to your list of best bbq sauce recipes. It's hot and sweet and is delicious on just about anything. The base ingredient is tomato and the surprise ingredient is coke-a-cola.

Bourbon BBQ Sauce

This bourbon BBQ sauce recipe is better if you allow it to sit in the fridge for a day or two for the flavors to blend. The bourbon quality seems to make no difference. Use the cheapest.

Gourmet BBQ Sauce

To qualify as a gourmet BBQ sauce the sauce has to be really good. This BBQ sauce recipe qualifies. It's wonderfully balanced and easy to prepare. It's really amazing with any pork recipe.

Homemade BBQ Sauce

Homemade BBQ sauce is always much better then bottled bbq sauces from the grocery. This BBQ sauce recipe is very reliable, just slightly sweet with a kick from hot pepper sauce.

Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce

Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce was probably created by the Jack Daniels Company in order to sell more whiskey. However it really is surprising how much flavor the bourbon adds to the sauce.

Mustard Barbecue Sauce

This mustard barbecue sauce packs a spicy wallop. Louisiana hot sauce and habanero pepper adds the kick. It is a mustard based barbecue sauce but surprise ingredients are beer and coffee.

North Carolina BBQ Sauce

There are actually two popular North Carolina BBQ sauce recipes. Both are vinegar-based recipes but in Western North Carolina they like to add tomato ketchup to their BBQ sauce.

Vinegar Based BBQ Sauce

Vinegar based BBQ sauce is extremely popular in the southeastern US and most particularly North Carolina. Vinegar based sauce is primarily for pulled pork but is a good basting BBQ sauce as well.

White BBQ Sauce

Alabama White BBQ Sauce was made famous by Big Bob Gibson's BBQ in Decatur, Alabama. It's so popular that Bob Gibson's now bottles it and it's available in groceries across the south.