Reviewed: Jun. 16, 2009

Instead of adding water I used 1/4 cup maple syrup. I also used a few shakes of garlic powder and some liquid smoke. When I used this it had the whole family saying "oh ma'am!" without the additions it was a little lacking in flavor but it was a great base

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tomopaste

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Portland, Oregon, USA

Living In: Milwaukie, Oregon, USA

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Reviewed: May 17, 2009

SUPER EASY! I had all the ingredients on hand and it worked great to pour over my ribs about an hour before they were served!

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EDever

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Reviewed: Apr. 5, 2009

Excellent recipe! Like most everyone else, I added my own modifications. I made a double batch of this and followed the modifications MALOONIEP made with a few exceptions. I only used 1/2 cup of water instead of 3/4 cup to achieve a thicker sauce. I used garlic and onion powder rather than sauteed onion and garlic clove. Finally, I omitted the Lawry's seasoning and added 1/2-3/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. This is a very nice sauce with a good kick that will go great on ribs!

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BROWN06

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Moselle, Mississippi, USA

Living In: Mint Hill, North Carolina, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 25, 2009

I used this sauce because it was quick and I didn't have enough store bought for ribs in my slow cooker. Smelled great as it cooked,No flavor. I even tweeked it a bit with brown sugar instead of white. Would not recommend.

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Misty

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Reviewed: Mar. 24, 2009

Super quick and easy. I liked that it called for white sugar, as I had no brown sugar around. I also added some garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper.

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anniebb25

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Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2008

Not only a good BBQ sauce it also makes a very good mop sauce for grilling ribs THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECIPE

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LOVE TO GRILL

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Reviewed: Jul. 4, 2008

I made this in a hurry because in the middle of cooking i realized i did not have enough bbq sauce for my chicken! It was a bit thin so i mixed it with the little amount of store bought bbq sauce i did have, the vinegar give it a bit of a zang, i added some onioon and extra sugar! all in all i think this will be a good one to use in the future!

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Tamara Revis

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Reviewed: May 29, 2008

OMIT THE WATER, whisk in a dash of worcestershire, 1/4 tsp cayenne and you'll be eatin' it off the spoon! Like other reviewers said, just add in what you want to make it "your own"... but I'll say it again, OMIT the water until you think you need to thin it out. Happy ribs everyone!

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Micki B

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Living In: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: May 27, 2008

Absolutely too watery.

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Matthew D

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: San Diego, California, USA

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Reviewed: May 21, 2008

tasted really good but was really way too thin for my liking. But good for an emergency.

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pam

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Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Living In: Westerville, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2008

Good starter recipe. Simple and basic and had everything on hand. I jazzed it up a bit to make it recipe specific, but having this recipe as a starter probably saved me an hour of work! Thanks for sharing.

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Danny

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Home Town: Hollywood, California, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2008

This is the first BBQ Sauce recipe I have saved in my keepers file of sauces and dressings. I love this one. Fantastic base recipe. I typed in “BBQ Sauce” in the site search and that’s exactly what I got, plain and simple. Really easy and I always have the common ingredients. Base sauce is pretty ketchupy so you may want to flavor it up a little. But this is just about the perfect recipe to start with and toy around with. I like that it’s not like most other BBQ Sauce recipes that are somebody’s secret formula and throw in everything but the kitchen sink. Those are just too complicated and I’m not that much of a BBQ Sauce connoisseur. I just want some sauce for some meat for Pete’s sake! I don’t want to cook it and simmer it and muck around all day on the sauce! It was never so simple to impress your friends and family that you made your own “secret” BBQ Sauce! I like my sauce on the sweet side so I used brown sugar and about ½ of the white sugar and some honey too. It’s still pretty tangy but with all that sugary stuff I think I’ll get the sticky factor I wanted. I reserved adding the water to see how thick it would be at the end. I ended leaving it thickish (it’s not that thick after adding the vinegar) and NOT adding any water but that does add to the tang since the vinegar doesn’t get diluted. I added a little onion powder too since I often seem to reach for the bottled sauces that have onion. I did make a double batch. Base recipe doesn't make tons. Thanks, LAFLINT, I’l

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JUSTCYN

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Living In: Bay Minette, Alabama, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2008

Another sauce to add to my collection of BBQ Sauce Recipes. It's a good base recipe. You can go anywhere with this recipe. Tweek here and there. I made double batch. Added some onion flakes and a little bit of minced garlic, a little worsteshire. I also simmered it a little while to thicken up just a bit. Yum!

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Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2008

The perfect thing about this recipe, is that you can add (or not) anything to suit your taste, and it will still taste great. We've added dozens of different spices on different occasions, and we haven't been disappointed yet. I do double the recipe tho, as we like a lot of sauce.

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TERRIS911

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Living In: Troy, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2008

This is a GREAT base recipe if you've run out of BBQ sauce. You can modify, tweak, whatever. But it is absolutely wonderful as a great everyday starter (if u want) BBQ sauce. For those who gave crappy reviews-get yer noses outta the air and take a laxative.

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Reviewed: Oct. 21, 2007

I have made this sauce about 10 times and it is one of the best and simple to make...I have made better sauce then this....but how much better isnt worth all the work.

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SOHOL

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Home Town: Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA

Living In: Sarasota, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2006

Loved it! I was looking for something with the ingredients I had, and this was it! I doubled the recipe as follows: 1/2 c. apple cider vinegar, 1 cup ketchup, 3/4 c. water, 1/2 c. brown sugar, sprinkle of Lawry's seasoning, a couple dashes of worcestersire sauce, and... I sauteed a 1/4 of a small onion (chopped fine)and 1 chopped garlic clove and tossed it all in the bowl at the same time. I did make a couple of squirts of ketchup to make a thicker consistency. After all that....I had some boneless pork ribs, tossed them in the crockpot and put the BBQ mixture over the top. Stirred together and cooked about 4 hrs. on high, then turned to low until we were ready for dinner. When we were ready to eat, I took a large slotted spoon and separated the pork. I then ladled it onto good hamburger buns and even the kids ate all their dinner! I think next time I will use the Hawaiian buns. Overall, YUMMY!! (even hubby said so and he doesn't say things too often!)

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MALOONIEP

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Philomath, Oregon, USA

Living In: Jackson, Wyoming, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2005

easy to make but no flavor.

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ANGCRIS

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Reviewed: May 5, 2005

This was good but I used less vinegar.I also used brown sugar.I add a little Worcestersire sauce.I add a little garlic salt,chopped onion.

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Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2005

It was good i just added some brown sugar!

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Home Town: Norman, Oklahoma, USA

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