BBQ sauce is a staple in my house. Gotta have it when the brisket or the pork comes off the grill. For these times I have a good homemade recipe that works well for me and my family. However, I need BBQ sauce all the time! Meatloaf, hamburgers, leftover steak whatever, I need good BBQ sauce for these purposes. Over the past two years I've been using Trader Joes sweet and spicy. It's a good sauce but I'm getting jaded. Maybe there's something better.

There must be 25 or more sauces in the stores that I frequent. I don't want to buy them all, just to test. I'm relying on YOU! What is your favorite STORE BOUGHT BBQ sauce? A reason for your liking will be helpful too as I know taste preferences vary from region to region.

Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Chipotle. Followed by their Hickory and Brown Sugar, and their Sweet N' Spicey.

I used to really like Head Country BBQ Sauce, & I still do, I just wish it was a little thicker. I've been using Sweet Baby Ray's Sweet & Spicy lately, & that works well for me.

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Stubbs Spicy, I don't do sweet BBQ sauces generally.

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Sweet Baby Ray's for me as well....original...can't go wrong.

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Yup, forgot to mention them, as the SBR's always seems to be on sale. I like Stubb's Original. BTW, Stubb's has some good marinades too.

If you like a sweet sauce, you can't go wrong with Sweet Baby Ray's Original.
But I'm from the south. We sweeten honey with sugar down here.

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"Famous Dave's" BBQ Sauce "Devil's Spit" a little spicy but very good. They also make a sweet version


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Famous Daves "Devils Spit" is really good. I like a local brand "McKennas" a little sweet, a little tangy. The wife will eat it without complaints. Gotta keep the wife happy.

Trader Joes Carolina Gold. It has a very complex flavor but is somewhat sweet. It is not as vinegar-y as a typical mustard based sauce. It is like a Kansas style and true Carolina style had a child and that child was adorable.

Speaking of sauce- Trader Joe sells the best bottled Margarita mix on the planet, Janet.
And I have pretty much tried it all!

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I cook with Open Pit Original and sometimes use Cattlemans to season something already cooked.

I'm still lookin' for a favorite.

In the fridge right now, there's Sweet Baby Ray's, Devil's Spit, Hunt's Bold, and an Archer Farms sauce.

I've dabbled in making my own, and made a pretty good batch one time, when I used balsamic vinegar instead of cider vinegar.

I've tried 'em all. I used to make homemade barbecue sauce until I tried this stuff....Bone Suckin' Sauce. Now, that's about all I use.

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Peter Luger's sauce works for me.......

I went to a BBQ joint up north a few years ago. They bragged about their special BBQ sauce so I tried a little. The meat was cooked OK but the sauce sucked. It was like vinegar and catsup. I went out to the truck and got a bottle of SBR's and enjoyed the rest of my lunch. I like my BBQ sweet with a little Louisiana hot sauce and fresh Vidalia onions to liven it up.

This is the correct answer

Probably he means North Carolina...

Sweet Baby Ray's Original mixed 50/50 with Franks Original Hot Sauce.

First off, I'm not big on any meat or poultry that I BBQ being "wet" with a taste altering sauce applied during and after cooking said meats. That said, I have used Cattlemen's Carolina Tangy Gold sauce strictly for marinating my meats. It's mustard based with cayenne peppers and apple cider vinegar. I usually pour a half cup of the Cattlemen's, add a quarter cup of fresh lemon/lime juice, and a tbsp. of wasabi paste, blend well, and pour over the meat, and let it marinate for atleast 24 hours.

I love TLP,Three Little Pigs.May not be a national brand though.

Sweet Baby Ray's vote here as well, Valida Onion. Any of Sweet Baby Ray's brand is excellent.

Sweet Baby Ray's honey barbeque sauce

Mine is the plain ole Original Kraft's Hickory flavored BBQ sauce.
My wife likes Sweet Baby Ray's it's ok by me but I prefer the above.
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SBR Original. For a change try Cattleman's Gold on a smoked Boston Butt. Ain't half bad.

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Stubb's is what I used on my sandwich yesterday. I'm not into sweet sauces either. Cattleman's is a decent sauce and can be bought in big jugs at Sam's Club if you need a lot.

I don't see it in stores and haven't for years, but Woody's Cook-In Sauce is hands down the best I ever tried on beef, pork, lamb, poultry or fish. It's a savory sauce with very little sweetness. It can be ordered online, and I just may have to do that when I replace the grill that was stolen.

I also like to take Kroger's very inexpensive house-brand Thick & Spicy and doctor it with dry red wine, Worcestershire sauce (ONLY Lea & Perrins), a little dark soy sauce, garlic and onion powders, home-grown thyme and oregano, and additional heat.

Not as good as Woody's, but tasty as a last-minute baste of grilled meats. I also use it for stove-top "barbecue". I rub a Boston butt roast with a mix of smoked paprika, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne and ancho powder, triple-seal it in heavy foil, and put it in the oven at 225º F, for five hours. The fat and connective tissue melt into the meat and leave it succulent and very tender. Then any that I don't just eat as is I break down and simmer in the sauce.

Obviously it ain't real 'cue, but it's not half bad.

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I like Sweet Baby Ray's on chicken and pork and Stubbs on beef. I don't care for the sweet stuff on brisket.

We have a local meat market named Kinder's Meats. They have a great BBq sauce.
Kinder's Meats & BBQ

After that, Sweet Baby Ray's.

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Another vote for Famous Dave's Devil's Spit. Good tomatoe base with nice spices and a pronounced but not unpleasant bite. I'm not much on the molasses-like Kansas City style, or the mustard-vinegar based sauces. Course it may help that the original Famous Dave's joint is just a couple miles away....

I like Sweet Baby Ray's but if I can get some Bone Suckin' Sauce then woooooooweeeeee mmmmmhmmmm

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My favorite by a long shot is Chris' & Pitt's original.

I like Stubb's a lot. Also like Moonlite, from the restaurant in Owensboro Ky if you can find it. Sold regionally I believe. For those who don't know in that part of Kentucky the signature meat for bbq is mutton. It's dang good. It's more on the sweeter/thicker side, but still not too sweet.

I know it's a bit commercial but for a dry rub I like the rub from Rendezvous in Memphis.

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The store in my area are not very imaginative when it comes to carrying more thana few brands but-of those we do have--I like Stubbs as well as Jack Daniels (which makes only 2-3 kinds--or that im aware of?) as well as Lowrys. Lowrys makes a great Chicken Teriyaki Marinade.

Western Kentucky style pit-barbecued mutton is a wondrous thing, but they also do great beef, pork and chicken in that part of the state. It's never sauced while on the pit--sauce is served on the side, but is purely optional in my opinion.

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I like bull's eye

Famous Dave's Sweet & Sassy over a dry rub of cracked black pepper, garlic granules and a heavy dusting of powdered chipotle.

For store bought, Sweet baby Rays (any version) is pretty hard to beat.

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I keep going back to it.

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I agree. Bull's Eye Carolina a mustard based sauce.

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I like all the WKy bbq including the mutton but like the pork best, and serve mine the same way, sauce on the side. I don't get to that part of the state much, but my father in law does and brings us bbq from time to time. Also country ham sausage,mmmmm......

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Country Side BBQ sauce made in Algona Iowa. An amazing restaurant called Vinnies in Dakota City Iowa has it sitting out on the tables... its fantastic.

Its lighter and a little sweet... in my opinion it goes well on just about anything that was breathing before being chopped up and put on my plate.

Thank you ALL for you input on this VERY IMPOTANT question. I will compile your advice and post a new thread in a day or tow with the results. However I can tell you now that Sweet Baby Rays is the hands down winner. But I can't wait to try "Bone Suckin'". How could you go wrong with a name like that.

Man, that's one thing they have across the river: SELECTION. Down here, we have two types of B.B.Q. Sauce. KRAFT Original.

The two choices are not-expired-yet, and past-expiration-but-still-on-the-shelf.

At least the weather's nice.

Walden Farms spicy when on a cut. Sweet Baby Ray's any other time.

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On sale at Kroger 'ten for ten'. Gonna stock up (again).

There are many good ones, it's hard to recommend one.
I think it is important to look at the ingredients, and find sauces made with real sweeteners like molasses or brown sugar rather than the cheaper corn syrups. If they are willing to use better ingredients they will likely have a better chance of making a better tasting sauce.

For my money you can't beat Charley Biggs all natural sweet bourbon or Maine apple. But if the store is out of these than its Sweet Baby Rays hickory and brown sugar.