Spicy barbecue sauces are great to use on burgers or for dipping potato wedges or sweet potato fries. That unique burn comes from hot chile powders, serrano chile peppers, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and even Sriracha. My favorite spicy barbecue sauces bring on a heat that gently creeps up on you, without being too forward. Spice brings the heat, baby, and also adds an element of surprise to your barbecue dishes. I love this sauce for its rich sweetness and texture, especially when it’s cooked down with whiskey, bourbon, or beer, which is great on salmon or chicken.įor me, the spicy sauces top the charts. Stubb’s Sticky Sweet Bar-B-Q Sauce: A gluten-free and sweet tasting option.Kraft Sweet Honey Barbecue Sauce: It’s exactly what you’d expect from the name, and it makes a great base for a homemade jerk sauce.That onion flavor can be enhanced by folding in caramelized onions or onion jam. Sweet Baby Ray’s Sweet Vidalia Onion Barbecue Sauce: This flavored barbecue sauce has a pungent raw onion flavor, reminiscent of vacuum-packed onion hot dog topping, and tends to go well with chicken or ribs.A sweet choice is great for lending a sugary punch to a savory bun or a heavily salted piece of meat, or to offset a spicy or heavily seasoned dish like jerk wings or blackened salmon. Sauces labeled “sweet” also tend to contain less spice nuance than originals. Popular barbecue sauces with names like “sweet brown sugar” or “sweet honey” often have all the ingredients of an original but with a generous amount of sugar. The molasses thickness makes it perfect for pairing with acidic toppings like pickles or jalapenos. Trader Joe’s Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce: Once missing from the Trader Joe’s collection, this one is a combo of sweet and tangy, which tastes great on a grilled pork chop or slathered on a smash burger.It’s a good base to jazz up with frozen cherries or blueberries for a fruity spin. Kraft Original Barbecue Sauce: This version leads with heavy tomato and brown sugar but also features an interesting spice blend with notes of paprika and garlic.
This version has a great balance of sweetness and acidity, giving it a measured punch of tang. Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce: One of the most common original sauces is from Sweet Baby Ray’s.An original is a great blank canvas, neutral enough for most barbecue dishes without bringing too much attention to the party. Depending on the brand, some tend to lean sweet while others rely more on spices like chile and paprika powders. While no barbecue sauce is 100 percent like another, most barbecue sauces with labels that declare them the “original” use the same basic building blocks: tomato, vinegar, molasses or sugar, some form of apple or pineapple juice, garlic, mustard powder, and spices. But as my dad knew, and Ina Garten says, “store-bought is fine.” To help you decide which store-bought sauce is your ideal, I bought every kind of sauce I could find on grocery shelves and divided them into five flavor categories. You could always make your own barbecue sauce - the Alabama white sauce with mayo, salt, coarse pepper, a pinch of sugar, and freshly squeezed lemon juice or apple cider vinegar is my number one easy go-to. And choosing the right barbecue sauce to complement your personal barbecue beliefs is an art in itself, one that requires a bit of self-reflection. He would often jazz them up with some adobo seasoning and a can or two of dark soda and would always keep an old painter’s brush on hand for basting. My dad preferred classic, “original” barbecue sauces. The remaining 10 percent, which could not be compromised, was the second finishing sauce. By the time the meat hit the fire, 90 percent of the flavor work had been done. Pepper or Coca-Cola, maybe a beer, and store-bought barbecue sauce. My dad and his brother would marinate chicken and slabs of pork and beef ribs in big buckets with Dr. We lived in an apartment building in New York City, so our best options were to roast indoors or grill at my uncle Ronnie’s house. My dad was a southern boy from Alabama who knew a thing or two about barbecue and sauce. In my family, barbecue was part of a larger tradition of bonding with family and enjoying the summer outdoors. From original classics to sa cha and teriyaki, there are as many sauces as there are opinions on barbecue, and if you’ve ever stood in the middle of a grocery aisle wondering which sauce to choose, you are probably my people. It’s Pride and barbecue season, sweeties, which means it’s time for a rainbow spread of grilled veggies and a rack of baby backs.
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