Made this again with the ribs and this time we felt they were a little too sweet. After reading the reviews about how sweat it was I cut back the brown sugar to 1 1/2 cups. Mixed everything together in bowl. Cut up ribs into two's, boiled baby back ribs (3 racks) for about 30 mins. Tossed sauce with the ribs in a roasting pan. Cooked for 1 hour with the lid on at 350 degrees. Took lid off and cooked for another 45 mins. at 325 degrees until carmelized. These were the best ribs I think I have ever had. We all can't wait to have them again. I only use pork baby back ribs because they are leaner. Can't wait to try the sauce on chicken also!! Thanks Wendy for a great sauce!! Update Sept.20/08-Made this again, haven't for a long time and now we find it way too sweet. I have been using Presidents Choice Smokin Stampede Chipotole for the last year and it's the best. I even cut the brown sugar in half again, sooo sweet, sorry not for us. Michele, Cambridge, Ontario Thanks Wendy

A 3 1/2 star recipe as is. This recipe does NOT state what type of applesauce to use. Do NOT use sweetened! After reading reviews, I used *unsweetened* applesauce, cut back on the sugar by 1 cup and it was *still too sweet* (and I like sweet)! I added an additional 1/4 cup of ketchup and a few dashes of crushed red pepper flakes to tone the sweet down. I used this on ribs wrapped in foil and basted the last 1 hour every 15 minutes. Be careful because the sugar burns easily and it was hard to remove from the foil.

this BBQ sauce was great and pretty simple to make.

It was too sweet for my family and I reduced the sugar to 1 cup of brown sugar. I'm not used to sweet bbq sauces. This isn't a keeper for me, but thanks for posting the recipe. I'll keep searching.

This was wonderful! My family loved this sauce, & my child wanted more. Will keep making this for sure! I let the pork steaks marinade for 45 min instead of 30, the apple sauce was the main taste that we had. Just yummmmmmmy! Thanx for this recipe

YUM! I made this sauce and tossed some chicken in it and had it on a salad and it was divine! I did cut back on the sugar per other reviews and think it would've been too sweet otherwise. This is definitely something I'd like to make again.

This is a great recipe, I have been using it for years now. I make no modifications as my family has a bit of a sweet tooth and you MUST make sure the cinnamon and lemon juice are in it. I don't know how many people I have given the recipe to and they omitted those two things because they thought it was weird and in the end it was no good. I am excited to try this on chicken now!

If you like a sweet bbq sauce, then this one's for you!

I make this sauce all the time. I have only made one modification to the recipe, I added 1/2 tsp of crushed red peppers. My family and friends love it, and say it only taste right when i make it for them. This sauce is perfect, i oughtta bottle it so I just have it around instead of having to make it all the time. I have used this on chicken mostly and ribs once, and I never have any sauce or chicken left over. I brush on throughout the cooking process so that the sauce caramelizes. If you do it that way you will never get a complaint about this sauce again.

After reading reviews of this sauce being too sweet I reduced the brown sugar to 3/4 cup and it was still WAY too sweet. The taste was a bit off too, so I added a couple of tbsps of worchestshire sauce and a little extra ketchup (would have used some tomatoes/tomato paste if I had some on hand). This made it tasty enough to serve but honestly the end result was still too sweet. My kid loved it though, being a kid and loving the sweet stuff! :)

This is the best BBQ sauce I've ever had. I'm usually a fan of Sweet Baby Rays but will only use that in a pinch from now on!

My hubby loves this sauce on ribs. He requests it anytime we bbq.

I loved this sauce! It was a little too sweet for my husband's tastes, but he still enjoyed the ribs.

A bit on the sweet side. I used a pre-made Rib sauce instead of Ketchup as it contained most of the spices and sugar. So I only added half the amount of sugar later. Still a nice sauce.

Not good. Followed recipe but reduced sugar a little. Still found it too sweet and flat/uninteresting. I felt the apple sauce was bad for the recipe. I was surprised as most other recipes with such a good rating (4.5 stars) really are amazing.

YUM! If you like a sweet vs a more tangy BBQ sauce, this it the one! I needed something super easy with a homemade twist, so I threw 5 chicken breasts in the crock pot, covered with this sauce and cooked for 4 hrs on high and it came out perfect! My picky 3 yr old and hubby LOVED it! No left overs between the three of us. I'm going to mix a huge batch of this up and seal it in mason jars for use with other crockpot/grill recipes. My family will not eat bottled sauce again!