Pete Posted August 16, 2010 Posted August 16, 2010 I am a big fan of Cooks Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen. Well this weekend they tested barbeque sauces. They stated they always make their own at home, and they did a blind taste test of store bought sauces on the show. And year after year Bull's Eye barbeque sauce wins overwhelmingly. The audience tests it too, and they near unanimously selected Bulls Eye. And on the show they made a BBQ sauce using Bull's Eye as a starter. The other brands did not fair well in testing. Comments were along the lines of "I taste corn syrup" "too sweet". The tasters loved the smokiness of Bulls Eye
Just Jack Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 I am a big fan of Cooks Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen. Well this weekend they tested barbeque sauces. They stated they always make their own at home, and they did a blind taste test of store bought sauces on the show. And year after year Bull's Eye barbeque sauce wins overwhelmingly. The audience tests it too, and they near unanimously selected Bulls Eye. And on the show they made a BBQ sauce using Bull's Eye as a starter. The other brands did not fair well in testing. Comments were along the lines of "I taste corn syrup" "too sweet". The tasters loved the smokiness of Bulls Eye And everyone laughed when I said "Aisle 5 in the grocery store"
Pete Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 And everyone laughed when I said "Aisle 5 in the grocery store" I still do. Liquid smoke works very nice in a home made barbeque sauce. And my home made barbeque sauce blows away Bulls Eye. There is no comparison
The Poojer Posted August 17, 2010 Posted August 17, 2010 i usually do the same, but i try to incorporate raspberry preserves and chipotles whenever possible I always make my own bbq sauce. In a pinch I use simmered ketchup as a base- and use whatever else I feel like- molasses, cayenne, onions, garlic, mustard, smoke, chilis, oranges, cumin, thyme, savory, brown sugar, paprika, bourbon, epazote, agave nectar, cider vinegar, tomatos, lemons, sriracha, curry paste, etc -you get the idea. Fresh BBQ sauce is infinitely better then any crap you buy in the supermarket
Billadelphia Posted August 19, 2010 Posted August 19, 2010 mmmmmmmm Chiavetta's Chiavettas + tomato paste + Worcestershire + brown sugar This is a great base for a bbq sauce and then add dried ingredients how you like it and cook it down.
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