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This Homemade Barbecue Sauce……it’s just like Sweet Baby Ray’s and it totally has me wishful thinking…Come on. We were almost there, we even had some nice warm sunny days. I could feel spring!
Not!
But then, yeah you guessed it. It totally snowed last night.
I am not going back to my winter ways. I am rebelling against this weather!
It is April gosh darn it!
Technically I know April is a little early to be breaking out the grill, but let’s just say I am getting you guys ready for that hot spring day when you decide it is time to break out the grill.
Before you know April will be over, mid May will hit and with it will come (hopefully) warm temps! Or maybe you are lucky enough to be in one of those spots where the warm weather has already arrived…lucky you.
Really is there a better way to prepare for outdoor cooking than homemade BBQ sauce!
It’s pretty much any griller’s favorite sauce.
Heck whether you are griller, broiler, Gorge Foreman lover or baker, it is still probably your favorite sauce.
Over here we grill all year round. The boys CANNOT live without their grilled chicken or steak and my dad only likes his fish grilled. Not seared, not baked and not fried. Grilled.
So our grill gets a whole lot of use.
Therefore, we also go through a whole lot of BBQ sauce. Obviously.
Hands down, around here the family favorite is Sweet Baby Ray’s.
The problem? It is filled to the brim with high fructose corn syrup! Barf.
So I made my own. And oh fudge it is good! And like ridiculously easy. It takes me ten minutes to throw together! Yes, just 10 minutes! You definitely can’t get to the store and back in 10 minutes! Plus, my guess is you have every single ingredient in your kitchen right now. Honestly, it could not be simpler and it could not taste better. Even the texture is stop on. Sweet Baby Ray himself would not be able to tell the difference.
Yeah, I am serious. It is that good.
Homemade Barbecue Sauce....Just Like Sweet Baby Ray
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups ketchup, preferably organic
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup pineapple juice, or you can sub apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon worchestire sauce
- 2 1/2 teaspoons ground mustard
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, use less if you don't like the heat
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients size sauce pot. Bring to a boil and reduce and simmer for five minutes or until all the sugar has dissolved. Serve immediately or cover and store in fridge.
Notes
Nutrition
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Did you make this recipe? Please rate & comment below.
Bone suckin’, lick the spoon (jar, bowl, table, whatever), good!
I entered this BBQ sauce (with a slight change) in a KCBS BBQ competition. Came in 1st out of 21 teams
Awesome!
I’m so excited to find this recipe! Thanks for working it out and posting it. I will be making it this weekend for some meaty pork ribs for the last barbecue of summer.
Everyone says Sweet Baby Ray’s is the best, but like most people, I can do without the HFC!
Hope you love this! Thanks!
i have successfully canned this sauce and trust me, its delicious when i cook with it. I love the fact that I can go and grab a jar of this when I go to my pantry.
Ya! I am so happy to hear! Thanks Crysta!
This BBQ sauce is the best I’ve ever had! We love Sweet Baby Rays but won’t buy it anymore because we have given up HFCS. I couldn’t believe how easy it was to make it from scratch. Thanks for sharing this recipe, we will be using it for a long long time 🙂
So happy you love it, thanks!
Is it compulsory to spill it all over the place ?
And it’s Worcestershire sauce but the shire part of the word is never pronounced.
Could this be canned and stored? Has anyone tried to can it? Thanks
Hi Lynda,
I have never tried canning this, but I do not see why not. Please let me know how it goes. Thanks!
This bbq sauce sounds amazing!
Just made this and it’s delicious! I’ll be using this for years to come Thank you
So happy you love this. Thanks!!
1/8 cold water? 1/8 what? Thanks.
Water.
Sorry about that! Hope you love this! Thanks!
I think the question is how much water?
Just made this today! It tastes so good! I used regular paprika and next time I’ll only use 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper! Didn’t need the cornstarch.
So happy you loved this!! Thanks Teresa!!
I was wondering if you know if this recipe can be canned?
I do not see why it could not, but I have never tried it. Let me know how it goes! 🙂
Great BBQ sauce was looking for sauce to complete my side rib meal and this made them the hit of the night. This recipe is a real treasure. Thanks for sharing.
So happy you liked this!! Thanks!
This sauce recipe is a ringer match for SBR. I used vinegar instead of pineapple juice and also Frank’s Red Hot instead of cayenne powder. I was so interested in this recipe that I doubled it. Something I do that is not covered in any BBQ sauce recipe guide is the use of my slow cooker. Steady heat all round and no scorching. I cook on simmer(180 degrees) for 1 Hour and 15 minutes. It thickens beautifully. The secret to this recipe is the smoked paprika instead of liquid smoke. After experimenting with countless recipes, I know that I’m done looking for the best homemade sauce. You can put this stuff on a doughnut!
Awesome!! So happy you love it!
Thanks!
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