DIY BBQ Sauce

If you've ever been bitten by the BBQ bug, you've probably tried to make your own BBQ sauce or rub.  I know I have.  But what I've found over time is that I never create anything quite as good as I can buy, and the ingredients tend to get pretty expensive.  So I've pretty much resigned myself to enjoying the sauces and rubs that I can buy.

However my brother recently shared his BBQ sauce recipe with me and while it starts with a bottle of commercially available sauce, he adds his own style to it with the following recipe.

• Start off with your favorite BBQ sauce. I like the  Sweet Baby Ray's sweet BBQ in the  40 oz bottle
• 12 oz can of Coke
• 2 tblspn of chili powder
• 2 tblspn of Lawry's seasoning
• salt and pepper to taste
• Mix together
• You can acquire a 40oz. squeeze bottle at your local discount store.

I gotta admit, this was pretty tasty and I'll be using it on pulled pork in the next week or so.  Give it a shot and I think you'll find you can personalize a sauce to your own taste.

Cheers,
Braddog

Comments

[DobroD]

I was smoking ribs this afternoon and realized halfway through that we were out of BBQ sauce. Since the boys like theirs smothered in sauce I improvised and made some impromptu sauce from a ketchup base. Simmered together on stove before basting, pretty tasty...

1cup ketchup
3tbs brown sugar
3tbs leftover dry rub
1tbs garlic powder
1+tbs brown mustard
1tbs molasses
1tbs apple cider vinegar
3tbs Coca-Cola
1+tbs Captain Morgan Private Reserve Rum
1tbs olive oil
8 dashes of Tabasco Jalapeno flavored hot sauce
red pepper flakes
black pepper
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