Phubar’s Sweet & Hot Pear Sauce

One advantage of being a member of a close knit BBQ community on the internet is I get to meet people from all over the world. I recently found an international package on my door step from a good BBQ friend in Utrecht,The Netherlands. “Phubar,” his BBQ Brethren screen name had sent me a bottle of his very own homemade Sweet & Hot Pear Sauce. Made from his stash of homegrown pears it was one of those special treats I get once in awhile. I have to admit, that as excited as I was I still had some trepidation because I don’t like pears.

Since I had a whole chicken brining in the refrigerator I figured a little Sweet & Hot Pear Spatchcock chicken would be in order.

The chicken was brined in a normal salt water brine with a cup of Texas Pete Hot Sauce tossed in.

The backbone was removed from the chicken. After laying the chicken out flat the process of cleaning up the little bits of skin and fat begins.

Once the "inside" is cleaned up the chicken is turned over and the trimming of the "outside" is done.

The chicken was then placed on the Traeger with apple wood and a good healthy dose of Plowboy Yardbird Rub.

Once the chicken was about 30 minutes from being done I glazed it with a nice dose of Phubar's Sweet & Hot Pear Sauce. Not only did it smell really good, but it gave the skin of the chicken a very nice shine.

After the first glaze set I put another much thicker coating on the chicken and let it cook the final 20 minutes.

The combination of the brine and the pear sauce made for a very tasty and juicy chicken.

Add some fried potatoes and fresh broccoli and you've got yourself a great meal.

This was a great sauce. The pear flavor came through but with all the other spices it was a pleasing pear flavor. It’s homemade and you can’t buy it anywhere and that makes it that much more special. My heart felt thanks for my international friend PHUBAR!