BBQ experts agree sauce just one important part of a perfect sandwich

Photo by Kyle Kurlick, Memphis Commercial Appeal

Grail Note:  Since I’m visiting Memphis for the World Barbecue Championships I found this article by Jennifer Biggs of the Commercial Appeal, to be not only timely but very much an eye opener.  The thoughts expressed by these well known experts are quite revealing.

In barbecue as

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Mustard-based barbecue sauces offer something different

Can across a couple simple, easy to make BBQ sauce recipes originally published by Andrea Yeager in Bradenton Herald.  The mustard sauce looks especially appetizing. — The BBQ Grail

Plain old yellow mustard becomes the star ingredient of Georgia-Carolinas barbecue sauce.

The same mustard smeared on hot dogs for decades pairs up with cider vinegar

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Review: Dimples BBQ Sauce

If you’ve read The BBQ Grail for very long you know by now that I love BBQ sauce but only in a way that compliments the meat.  I know from experience that when people say I love the flavor of BBQ they usually mean they love the BBQ sauce that was served.  When I

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Guest Blog Post: 9 Easy Peasy Steps to Remove BBQ Sauce Stains

My friends over at Easy Peasy Foods recently published a great blog post on how to remove BBQ sauce stains from your clothes.  Over the last four years I’ve published enough “how-to” posts that may have contributed to getting your clothes dirty I figured it was time to publish something on how to help clean

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A Very Unforgettable BBQ Sauce

un·for·get·ta·ble: [uhn-fer-get-uh-buhl] .  impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory.

Unforgettable is a very bold claim when it comes to a BBQ sauce.  I’m always skeptical of products that boast of being “world-famous” or “world’s best” so David’s Unforgettable Balsamic Barbecue Sauce was a product I just had to try it.  And I was

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A BBQ Sauce Expert? Last Night I Was!

I had the chance, last night, to take part in a roundtable discussion on the Hot Sauce Weekly Podcast about BBQ Sauces.  I believe I held my own against three of the biggest names in BBQ Sauce reviewing.   Joining me on the podcast was Cyndi Allison, Brian Henderson, Big Wayne Brown.

If you’d like to

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Powdered BBQ Sauce? You Bet!

Skeptical.  That’s the word I’d use to describe my entire thought process about reviewing Shirley J’s BBQ Sauce Mix.  I mean really, powdered BBQ sauce that you just add water to.  How good could that possibly be?  And did I want to really invest some meat in testing this stuff.   I’ve sat on this stuff

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