Doing a pork butt Labor Day weekend and looking for a good BBQ sauce. Looking for something without a ton of sugar and with someone me sweet notes but also with a spicy/ tangy kick to it.
Best BBQ Sauce for Pulled Pork
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Apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, chili flakes, salt, pepper.
Google ... Tennessee Red Sauce (made by Blues Hog)
Vinegar
Ketchup
Mustard...just a little
Brown sugar
Hot sauce
Worcestershire
Black and red pepper.
This is my base sauce...adjust amounts to taste. I add other things sometimes...just play with the ketchup to vinegar ratio and adjust sugar for sweetness
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I always make my own, but blues Hog original is a killer sauce, they have a ton of sauces, but have only tried original
https://blueshog.com/collections/sauce/products/original-bbq-sauce-16-oz
https://blueshog.com/collections/sauce/products/original-bbq-sauce-16-oz
Betty Talmadge is a variant of Studawg
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6129-betty-talmadges-country-barbecue-sauce
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6129-betty-talmadges-country-barbecue-sauce
Vandy's Original (Statesboro, not Nashville)
Sticky Finger's Memphis Original is my go-to. I like their Carolina Classic as well. You can order 'em online if you can't find 'em in your local grocery.
I also make a very simple finishing sauce for pulled pork...just vinegar, black pepper and red pepper flakes...
I'm lazy. I buy Williamson Bros.
I went keto awhile ago and use G.Hughes Smokehouse. its not bad, the meat should do most of the work anyway
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/neelys-bbq-sauce-recipe-1937392
The Neelys used to have a BBQ show on the food network. I haves used this recipe for years and everybody loves it. You can save part of the batch out and add some hot sauce and extra cayenne pepper for those that like it a little hotter.
The Neelys used to have a BBQ show on the food network. I haves used this recipe for years and everybody loves it. You can save part of the batch out and add some hot sauce and extra cayenne pepper for those that like it a little hotter.
Pulled pork requires vinegar based all the way. Just use your favorite vinegar based sauce.
Fox Bros rub and sauce for me. I used to make my own of each but they basically make exactly what I want mine to be, so I just save the time and effort
I’m a dry rub guy but If you can find Bone Sucking Sauce, it’s one of my favorites.
Probably goes without saying, but sauce on the side. I want to taste the smoked pork and then decide how much sauce or at all.
Agree 100% ... hence the Tennessee Red Sauce, it’s a perfect marriage with pulled pork
Johnny Harris original from Savannah is my favorite. Vinegar, mustard and ketchup...perfect amount of tang to it
Not sure about that, but I make a pretty damn nice Habanero and Mango Salsa which is good for marinating pork loins with, jus' sayin'. Batch #2 coming soon when the peppers ripen! 
Can't believe they closed. Loved the Starlight Room.
This is my favorite, a finishing sauce from smokingmeatforums. No other sauce needed!:
1 Cup Cider Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
1 Teaspoon Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning
1 Teaspoon Course Black Pepper
1 Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
1 Cup Cider Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
1 Teaspoon Tony Chachere's Cajun Seasoning
1 Teaspoon Course Black Pepper
1 Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
Like it! Sounds like my old standby. Don’t need much sugar though. Ketchup has more sugar than ice cream.
Growing up in Savannah my daddy had a charge account there. Good times
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Man, I just don’t get into sauce enough to be very passionate about it. Stubbs Spicy is probably my favorite you can get at a big box grocery store. If you can find a grill or specialty store Lane’s, Four 41 South, Socks Love and Wicked Que are Georgia guys making good stuff. I also agree with the Blues Hog suggestions. The red sauce is really good. Super Sauce is another one I like; it reminds me of an old school Georgia bbq joint. Having said all that, I make a vinegar sauce for pork that’s pretty hardcore and don’t regularly use sauce for much else. I honestly just hope @LawDawg86 doesn't get type 2 diabetes from his sauce preferences. He seems to be a pretty good dude.
Memphians; used to have three locations in the Bluff City. At the height of their popularity they were the Memphis gold standard.
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Always was a vinegar based guy. Nowadays, my cardiologist says BBQ is verboten!
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