I have a BBQ sauce question....

[marcyinPA]

Admittedly, being from up north, I know nothing about southern bbq. I made pulled pork for dinner tonight, and followed a recipe for Cider Vinegar BBQ sauce by Tyler Florence. It called for more mustard than ketchup, and is very tangy. Is this right? It's light in color and somewhat sweet, but very vinegar-y. It's unlike any commercial sauce I've ever had. (I usually buy Sweet Baby Ray's). It tastes ok to me, but I'm not exactly sure if it tastes like it is supposed to taste....

 

[2disneyboys]

it is prob right... most (not all but most) southern style BBQ tends to be more vingerish and clearer... we sort of take a middle ground... Sweet BabyRays' with some southern vinger style bbq sauce mixed... yummy.. I'm gonna have to make this sometime this week.. just thinking about it I'm getting hungry!

 

[lovemygoofy]

There is so many types of sauce. Sounds like you made the vinegar/mustard version correctly. I don't the vinegar or mustard version much.

If you like mayonaisse at all you should try the Alabama mayo bbq white sauce.

Im a plain ole Memphis BBQ girl personally.

 

[marcyinPA]

Thanks! I increased the brown sugar a bit because it didn't seem sweet enough to me. I will separate my pork, and let the family decide what kind of sauce they want. The shoulder I cooked was HUGE...I have an enormous bowl of pulled pork to work with tonight!

 

[marcyinPA]

There is so many types of sauce. Sounds like you made the vinegar/mustard version correctly. I don't the vinegar or mustard version much.

If you like mayonaisse at all you should try the Alabama mayo bbq white sauce.

Im a plain ole Memphis BBQ girl personally.

What is Memphis BBQ like? A dark red sauce, thick and sweet?

 

[shortbun]

Thanks! I increased the brown sugar a bit because it didn't seem sweet enough to me. I will separate my pork, and let the family decide what kind of sauce they want. The shoulder I cooked was HUGE...I have an enormous bowl of pulled pork to work with tonight!

I can be there in 3 hours!

 

[tlbwriter]

For some good Memphis style BBQ recipes, try looking up the Neelys on Food Network. I prefer Memphis style. And is it my imagination, or is Texas style and/or Kansas City style even sweeter? If so, those are my true faves.

 

[okeydokey]

What you are describing seems like NC sauce to me. I have a co-worker who swears this is WAY better than any tomato based sauce, but I disagree.

 

[dawson5]

What is Memphis BBQ like? A dark red sauce, thick and sweet?

Not from what I remember. Memphis BBQ (to me at least) was smoked meat (pork) with a tangy, not so sweet sauce, I remember it being thin. There was some sweetness, but not like these bottled ones (Sweet Baby Ray's, Bullseye, etc.)

My mom grew up in Memphis, we used to visit every summer and my great grandmother would ship BBQ back home to us (Leonard's). This is best I can remember, GGM has been gone for 25+ years now.

 

[NotUrsula]

Admittedly, being from up north, I know nothing about southern bbq. I made pulled pork for dinner tonight, and followed a recipe for Cider Vinegar BBQ sauce by Tyler Florence. It called for more mustard than ketchup, and is very tangy. Is this right? It's light in color and somewhat sweet, but very vinegar-y. It's unlike any commercial sauce I've ever had. (I usually buy Sweet Baby Ray's). It tastes ok to me, but I'm not exactly sure if it tastes like it is supposed to taste....

That's right -- for a Carolinas-style sauce. (Tyler Florence is from Greenville, SC, so that's what I would expect from him.)

SBR sauce comes out of Chicago, but it's in the Memphis style.

 

[Fortuosity]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ubTQfr_tyY

 

[Agri]

There are basically three different types of BBQ sauce - tomato/ketchup based, mustard based, and vinegar based. Sweet Baby Ray's is tomato based.

 

[Straitlover]

That's right -- for a Carolinas-style sauce. (Tyler Florence is from Greenville, SC, so that's what I would expect from him.)

SBR sauce comes out of Chicago, but it's in the Memphis style.

South Carolina sauce has mustard in it. North Carolina does not. Eastern NC sause is vinegar based; western NC sauce is tomato based.