The Only Barbecue Sauce You Need For Pork, Beef, and Anything Else You Pull off the Grill
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Editor's note:Use this sauce to make Myron Mixon'sSmoked Whiskey Wings.
I have heard people eating barbecue at festivals say that "the sauce makes the barbecue." It's not true. The smoke makes the barbecue. The sauce is a finisher. It's what you put on your meat after it cooks to enhance its appeal. It can add a great punch, but I've had plenty of delicious barbecued meat with no sauce at all. I've been around barbecue sauces of different stripes all of my life. My family's sauce recipe, which my parents were just beginning to market when my father suddenly passed away, is what got me into cooking competitive barbecue in the first place. We have always preferred a hickory-style sauce, meant to closely evoke and complement the flavor of hickory-smoked meats. It's world famous and a secret recipe, so the only way you'll taste the original is to order it from me, but if you insist on not giving me your business, here's a reasonable approximation that is still damn delicious.
Ingredients
Makes about 3 cups
Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and pulse a couple of times to thoroughly combine. Pour the mixture into a medium saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir continuously until the sauce is heated through, but do not allow it to come to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat. Use the sauce immediately as you like, or, if reserving for a later use, allow the mixture to cool, then pour it into a large bottle or container and store, tightly covered and refrigerated, for up to 1 year.
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Back to TopMade this to a tee. One tweek but Myron Mixon has to pay me to know it. This is not a dipping sauce nor backyard BBQ. Beyond fantastic. From Pipe Creek Texas we BBQ always.
Melee5968
Pipe Creek, Texas
10/10/2018
Like previous review I was thinking bourbon would be great to add in but all I have is brandy. I don't think that will do? After reading other reviews I added big squirt of ketchup, and a couple spashes water. It's getting better. I didn't put in any salt not good for our hypertension. Waiting for the BBQ sauce to warm up. It's warm still pretty thick.
CZimons
I am up from Indiana down to Tennessee.
5/29/2018
Wrong! Terribble! There is no way this is considered a sauce. Someone messed up with the recipe. Its a paste. Not enough moisture! Flavor is there but horid consistency. Find another recipe to make!
Acmanjeff
Florida
4/15/2018
Disgusting. Not the correct consistency. Way too much salt. Go 1/2 tsp salt. NO TOMATO PASTE! Replace with ketchup. Add 1 tbsp of molasses. Go 3/4 tsp onion and 3/4 tsp garlic powder. 1 tsp Worcestershire. 1 cup cider vinegar. That will make this recipe salvageable.
Jbair9
Pittsburgh
2/3/2018
I had put a pound of lean pork loin and 1 and 1/2 cups of water and a chopped onion in a slow cooker and after about 3 hours made this barbeque sauce, with only 1 teaspoon of salt. I just dumped all the ingredients in the slow cooker with the pork, stirred it a bit, and let it all cook for about 4 hours more. Wonderful, wonderful!
pat ricia
Appalchia (SW Va)
10/24/2017
I am sorry to say but this recipe was not very good at all and in fact I couldn't use it, so a total waste of ingredients and time to make it. I just wanted a recipe without ketchup, because i didn't have any in the house. Oh well......
Anonymous
canada
2/7/2017
This is the worst recipe ever! I would have rated it 0 if that was a choice. Something MUST be missing. This becomes seasoned tomato paste not bbq sauce. It took a lot of work to make this salvageable. I added things like: water (a lot), much more sugar (and I don't even like sweet bbq), mustard, whiskey, and hot sauce. Don't even attempt to make this sauce. Just find another recipe!
Katherine_kephart
Florida
12/17/2016
We've tried many BBQ sauces and always been disappointed. We made this one and it had a nice mix of sweet, sour, and spicy. We did add some stock to it, a bit less than a cup. As written, it is too pasty. But the stock made it the right consistency for us.
histoire963
Texas
10/2/2016
My wife laughed at me for making this recipe! When she heard it had tablespoons of salt, it was declared unhealthy and went down the sink.
obiwantedj
Carlsbad, NMMNM
10/2/2016
This has got to be one of the worst recipes I have ever come across. Besides the ketchup being omitted, the brown sugar needs to be increased to 1 to 1- 1/2 cups and pepper decreased to 1 teaspoon or less.
franziles13
9/4/2016
Too much salt! Cut to 2 TEAspoons. Then add to taste.
kentk
Lexington, KY
8/16/2015
我认为有一个错误在这道菜on the link Alval posted. However, I was using it as part of the 'Smoked Whiskey Wings' recipe, which adds more liquid, so it turned out ok. If you were just making this as a general BBQ sauce to keep on hand, I'd sub the 2 tins tomato paste, for the 2 cups of ketchup. I used Smoked Hot Spanish Paprika. This sauce has a nice balance of sweet, hot, acid and salt. I'll definitely keep this recipe saved!
czf2007
Ontario, Canada
7/25/2015
I'm no bbq sauce expert, but I too thought something seemed a little funny when it turned out to be more of a paste than a sauce. So I googled Myron Mixon sauce and found this: //m.fonts4kids.com/archive/blogs/editor/2011/06/myron-mixons-one-and-only-barbecue-sauce.html This version of the recipe is missing two cups of ketchup!
AlVal
Minneapolis, MN
5/1/2015
The recipe for the Only BBQ Sauce show 2 cups ketchup, this one does not list that ingredient. The ketchup will make the sauce thinner!!!
hener
6/15/2014
I'm thinking a liquid ingredient is missing.... Or, this sauce is for mopping or basting onto the meat while barbecuing it. It's thickness would certainly make it cling well and cook in.
WhipQueen
1/30/2014
