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Taste Test: Barbecue Sauce

Have you ever been full from barbecue sauce, not actual barbecue? Yeah, we hadn't either—until this tasting. It was a strange feeling, and not one we recommend, but necessary in order to find our favorite brand of barbecue sauce. We tried 16 nationally available brands, in search for one that had the right amount of tang, smokiness, and lingering heat, without being pancake syrup sweet.

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51 Comments | Posted by Erin Zimmer, May 13, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Tagged: barbecue, barbecue sauce, grilling, taste tests

Serious Heat: What's Your Secret Ingredient for Barbecue Sauce?

Memorial Day officially ushers in barbecue sauce season. I need a slow burn to my sauce—just enough for a building heat but not too much to overwhelm the barbecue flavor. When time is on my side, I absolutely adore making beloved pitmaster's Mike Mills' Apple City Barbecue Sauce. Mills, of Memphis in May fame, has a secret ingredient: bacon ground in a spice grinder that adds a delicious, porky dimension to the sauce.

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37 Comments | Posted by Andrea Lynn, May 26, 2010 at 8:00 AM
Tagged: barbecue, barbecue sauce, Mike Mills, sauces

Are Sloppy Joes a Poor Man's Barbecue?

Recently, someone pointed out to me that sloppy joes are nothing more than poor man's barbecue—a quick version of ground beef mixed with tomato sauce opposed to cuts of meat smoked slow and steady before being coated with barbecue sauce. I am not sure I agree with this idea, but thinking of them in this way did inspire a new thought to sloppy joe tinkering.

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19 Comments | Posted by Andrea Lynn, April 21, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: barbecue sauce, beef, Serious Heat, Sloppy Joes

South Carolina: Where All Barbecue Sauces Meet

Thanks to the blog, Strange Maps, for sharing this map of the four regions of South Carolina barbecue sauce (and to reader, jmunchie, for sending us the link!). The two dominant North Carolina styles, eastern-style vinegar and pepper and western-style tomato drift southward, and Georgia's ketchup creeps in from the west. South Carolina's own mustard-style, a reflection of the state's German heritage, holds back the outsiders from within. Related Reading: "A Very Brief History of the Four Types of Barbeque Found In the USA" by Lake E. High, Jr., President, South Carolina Barbeque Association...

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2 Comments | Posted by Alaina Browne, February 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Tagged: barbecue, barbecue sauce, South Carolina