All-American Barbecue Sauce – Food Wishes
Buying barbecue sauce at the store is convenient, but making your own classic, Kansas City-style sauce at home is surprisingly fast, and easy. Above and beyond avoiding all kinds of artificial ingredients, you can customize the flavors to your tastes, and in just minutes, produce a sauce just as good, if not better than that stuff from the grocery store.
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Just made a batch of this to stir through some pulled chicken thighs, it's absolutely incredible. Had leftover sauce that definitely won't last a couple of days, it's real good!
The best recipe AND EASY i don’t know why, I feel, like I just whipped up magic YUMMMMMMMM I USED AGAVE BC I didn’t have molasses Still amazing
Wow chef John, always check your sight for recipes….but its been awhile!
Well deserved 4+m subs!!!! Always cheeky and to the matter at hand….no recipe here has ever failed, blessings Sir🤗
I love mace !!! and more complicated bbq sauce 😂
You never give ingredient measurements.
I'm canning beef and needed a nice sauce, wow! This is perfect! Thank you!
I had leftover S&P ribs, so threw on some of this sauce. Wrapped in the foil I cooked them in. About 30 minutes in the oven. Indescribably good.
Could a person substitute honey for the molasses?
way too sweet…
Add some Habanero powder. It has some heat
How long does it keep
Thank you so much for this recipe. Indeed I won't buy any BBQ sauce from the shop anymore. Your brilliant recipe saved me from spending money on those unhealthy store bought bbq sauces.
What no cayenne!!!
I love how you mention your viewers are not average! 😂. I am here because I do not want corn syrup in my sauce!
Chef John, I have made this barbecue sauce a handful of time just in the last month, yep we love your recipe and bbq anything 😊. Each time I have made it I add garlic powder and onion powder. Tonight I'm going to make it again and I'm going to follow your recipe without the garlic and onion powder and see how it tastes on the slow cooked ribs:)
is sugar solved?🧐
guess it might be easier to make a batch that fits in the ketchup bottle, & change the label keep it in there for the BBQ season. I have some Nate's honey I'd love to try & add to this recipe.
Hope you don't mind…. jarred & relabeled "Judy's BBQ Sause"…. 🙃
No the best way to test bbq sauce is sliced charred pork tenderloin
just made this sauce for my bbq, i added 50% less vinegar and it was delicious. So balanced and delicious and just the right amount of spice added. I smoked the sauce with the pork to give it some extra flavour.
I need a sauce so we’ll made I’ll eat it with a spoon
Best bbq sauce ever. Perfect balance 👍
Love this recipe! One question, how long is this good for in the fridge? Thanks!
When going with others bbq recipes half all those spice inputs. Add more after it’s done to make it perfect.
Thanks! I made it a little different but still taste great
Anybody trying to make BBQ sauce out of Ketchup doesn't know WTF they are doing and is doing it halfast and wrong! You of all people should know better!
"Above and beyond avoiding all kinds of artificial ingredients." First ingredient one Gallon of Ketchup! Expected more from a Chef!
I made this! I think I'll reduce the sweetness next time, but it's pretty dang easy.
Chef, you are the best, can always get my interest, and can easily manifest- an immediate BBQ sauce interest! (Love this recipe, btw)
Looks like a good recipe, but there's no measurements.
I make a similar one only I cook it for 8 hours on a gentle flame
You mixing that amount of sauce in that small of a bowl gave me anxiety
I must say, having made this 2 hours ago, is very close to excellent. I then added a dollop of Dijon and a squirt of honey. I have both in different containers and will make final judgement tomorrow when I make your ribs ! HNY!
I loved it! Thanks
And as always enjoy…yum yum yum. Merci merci merci
It tastes ok but still has a ketchup taste
Thank you! Wanted to make meatloaf tonight but have no sauce…I have the ingredients you used to make my own though…excluding the molasses…just plain syrup…I'm still going to try it though 🙂
Not sure why people like this. This bbq sauce is terrible. I followed to a T and tried manipulating it a bit after and it's just sooooo ketchup flavor hevy. Not well balanced at all. If anything, I would start with 1 cup of ketchup and not 2 cups
Bowl used could have been bigger 🙂 Simmering this and then cooling would be better I think. Will have to try it.
“And then we have Allspices, which taste like ALL SPICES “😂😂😂😂😂
I make mine just like this, except I use cooked tomatoes instead of ketchup and I cult the sugar by half, oh, and I also add rendered onions and put it all in the blender. All the rest is the same.
short material list..?…. im not going to buy all these condiments to put in, just go buy a bottle of BBQ sauce.
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Great Sauce BUT either an overnight rest OR a brief simmering on the stove is needed to round out and meld the flavors. Better than anything store bought.
What he should have used is a mixing bowl. He must know well what they are yet I've never seen him use one. Maybe we should take up a collectioon.
Kansas City here I come.
Great recipe! I like to add a little bourbon 🙂
Ketchup? No thanks!
I'm surprised there's no garlic.