Best Barbecue Sauces Recipe Including 10 Variations on the Classic
The past year or two, I have been experimenting with making my barbecue sauces instead of buying the bottled stuff from the grocery store. Being out in the country, our grocery store doesn’t stock more of the unique barbecue flavors I like to purchase. I can also make more sauce at a cheaper cost.
With my experimenting, I realized all my crazy delicious and unique flavors I was playing around with had the basic hand full of ingredients in common; ketchup, white granulated sugar, Worcheshire sauce, garlic, and onion powder.
Below is my most favorite classic barbecue sauce that goes with about anything after the recipe is a variety of unique barbecue sauce based on the classic.
How to read this list and recipe.
The classic recipe is straight forward in a printable recipe card. Below are several variations on the classic. Some recipes omit from the classic, and some add to the recipe list. Please read carefully before making one recipe. Each recipe needs to be heated and simmered in the same way as the classic recipe. Also, all recipes can be cut in half or doubled, depending on your preference.
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Classic Barbecue Sauce
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- 2-1/2 cup ketchup
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 5 tsp. ground mustard
- 4 tsp. paprika
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne powder
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in medium sauce pot and heat on medium heat.
- Bring to a low boil and simmer for about 30 minutes and stir often.
- Remove from heat and let cool. Store in refrigerator.
Soda Pop BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce and replace 1 cup with of water with 1 cup of favorite soda (Root Beer
, Cheerwine, Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, etc.)
, Pineapple BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce and replace 1 cup water with 12 oz. of pineapple juice
- 1/4 cup crushed pineapple
Orange Cranberry BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce and replace 1 cup water with 12 oz. orange juice
- 1/2 cup cranberry sauce
Fall Harvest Apple Butter BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce
- 2 cups apple butter
- 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp cayenne powder
Chipotle BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce
- 2 chipotle peppers, chopped
Jam BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce and omit all brown sugar
- 1 cup jam (blueberry, blackberry, cherry, strawberry, etc.)
- 1/8 cup apple cider vinegar
Tony Roma’s Carolina Honey BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce and reduce brown sugar to 1/2 cup
- 2 cups white vinegar
- 1 cup honey
- 2 tsp liquid smoke
Caramel Cream BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce and omit all brown sugar
- 15 caramel cream candies
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Maple Bourbon BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce and replace water with 1 cup Bourbon and reduce brown sugar to 1 cup
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp. soy sauce
Coffee Cream Soda BBQ Sauce
- Classic BBQ sauce
- 4 tsp coffee extract after BBQ sauce has cooled
- 1 cup cream soda
Honey Lavender BBQ Sauce
- 1/4 cup dried lavender blossoms simmered in water for 10 minutes.
- Sift blossoms out and add classic BBQ sauce with brown sugar reduced to 1/2 cup.
- 1/2 cup honey