The Secret’s in the Sauce: 5 BBQ Recipes to Elevate Your Grill Game

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Think BBQ is all about the meat? It’s time to think again! This time, we’re focusing on the unsung hero of your backyard cookout – the BBQ sauce. With our top five lip-smacking, finger-licking BBQ sauce recipes, your grilling game is about to reach epic new heights. So, get ready to stir up some saucy magic!

Alabama White Sauce

This Alabama white sauce recipe may be the most versatile of the traditional barbecue sauce recipes. It’s a mayonnaise-based bbq staple with many more uses than slathering over smoked meats. It’s a tangy sauce that’s smooth and incredibly dippable for just about anything savory! And it may also be the easiest. With no cooking, this is about as straightforward as it gets.
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Carolina Gold Mustard-Based BBQ Sauce

When it comes to amazing bbq sauces, the smooth piquant flavor of mustard-based bbq sauce, also dubbed Carolina Gold, may be my favorite. There’s something about how it coats smoked pulled pork piled high on a sandwich that balances everything out perfectly, making every bite finger-licking good.
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Vinegar-based BBQ Sauce

Overheat shot of pulled pork with jar of vinegar sauce.
vinegar-based bbq sauce. Photo credit: GirlCarnivore.com.

This simple sauce is a staple for great barbecue. With roots in North Carolina, it’s a thin vinegar-based bbq sauce that packs a lot of heat, is easy to make, and is perfect to use as a mop while smoking and to add moisture and flavor to pulled pork, brisket, and chicken.
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Carolina Vinegar Mop Sauce

Jar of mop sauce with brush.
Mpp Sauce. Photo credit: Girls Can Grill.

Punch up the flavor of your barbecue by basting your pork, ribs and chicken with a Carolina Vinegar Mop Sauce as it cooks.
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Homemade Keto BBQ Sauce

Talk about rich, tangy flavor, this homemade keto bbq sauce recipe is where it’s at! Perfect for smoked barbecue, grilled chicken, hearty beef, and pretty much all the meats, this ridiculously delicious recipe is low-carb, sugar-free, and has quickly become a go-to condiment in our kitchen, getting rave reviews from friends on incredibly strict diets!
Get the Recipe: Homemade Keto BBQ Sauce