Delicious! I was skeptical of the cinnamon and cloves, but they really made the sauce tasty. Not too ketchupy at all. My husband (a huge little smokie fan) loved it!

this is a good basic recipe very similar to the one that i used to make. over the yrs. i made a few adj. i wanted something less tomato flavor. i eyeball the following and sample as i go. i normally start with a base of tomato sauce. i buy the restaurant sz. can and use for so many recipes then i add dry mustard and cayenne sometimes i even make homemade mustard with dry mustard. this produces a very hot mustard the longer that this mixture of water and dry mustard sits on the counter the hotter it gets. love it!! i add other ing. to the mix for my homemade mustard. it is wonderful. i also add Worcestershire sauce, chopped onion and green pepper to the mix. i love making bbq as well as other sauces. they allow you to experiment.

I exchanged 5 oz of the ketchup for bbq sauce and added 5 drops of tabasco sauce. I had read that someone thought it was to ketchupy and what I did corrected that. They went fast!

It was okay. Better after many hours of soaking in the sauce. It still carried that ketchup taste. Not sure what I'd do differently. Great in a pinch since most of the ingredients are in your kitchen.

This sauce is so good! I love the cinnamon and clove addition. Adds just the right amount of spice.