Best 'in a pinch' BBQ sauce

[BadgerinATX]

I know you should make your own sauce, but in a pinch what do you buy at the store?

My favorite back in WI was Sweet Baby Rays. I kind of like Stubbs too. I've become familiar w/ the Salt Lick stuff and while I like it, I get sick of it if I have it too often. I'm not into the hot stuff. So, is there any good local stuff I should try to find?

 

[LosIllini]

I think you hit the usual suspects. Usually Stubbs for me or Ruby's, and you can get Head Country at Wally World now which isn't bad.

Central Market has a house brand organic, mustard-based sauce that is really close to Salt Lick- and is much cheaper.

It seems like Maul's was pretty popular in the midwest too- though it's a pretty basic sauce. See KC Masterpiece up there quite a bit too.

 

[scottsins]

stubbs bold and spicy + cider vinegar + brisket drippings.

 

[Luke Duke]

Stubbs

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

Stubbs, + some added honey & brisket drippings.

 

[Ag with kids]

1/2 Kraft honey mustard + 1/4 Kraft Hickory Smoke + 1/4 some spicy BBQ sauce I find at Walmart, but I don't know the name...

It gives you a range of flavors in each bite...

 

[Sooner-Tuf]

Cattlemen's is the only store bought sauce I really like. The classic one is good. The Southern Gold is the only other one I have tried. It is good for out of a bottle but not as good as you will find in any decent BBQ joint in the Carolinas.

Cattlemen's

 

[AuburnTexas]

Rudy's or Stubb's.

 

[Holden]

Depends on what I'm cooking - Sweet Baby Ray's or Rudys.

 

[Beef]

Cattlemen's or Head Country.

 

[3_yard-out]

I'm with the Sooner on Cattleman's. I think it's easier to work with by adding vinegar, honey, drippings, whatever. Stubb's is just off for my taste.

 

[GakFoo]

ruby's (not rudy's)

 

[SouthernSooner]

Another vote for Head Country. Stubbs would be my second choice.

Hell...if you're really in a pinch add two parts ketchup and one part cider vinegar with salt, black pepper and cayenne with brisket drippings to flavor. It's not my preferred home-made sauce but it's easy to remember.

 

[kbrown]

i just take regular Kraft BBQ sauce and add a little vinegar and melt some butter into it.

 

[pulque]

Meyers spicy Elgin...

 

[bozo_casanova]

Stubbs

 

[Tailgate]

Kraft Original. STFU.

 

[netslave]

Stubbs has nothing on Salt Lick

 

[FriarTuck]

Head Country. No question.

 

[Pepper Brooks]

Salt Lick regular or Habenero

 

[GM Platter]

Cattlemens - original.

 

[TheTresLeches]

Stubb's Smoky Mesquite