Winner: Sweet Baby Ray's Original Award Winning Barbecue Sauce ($7.00 for 18-ounce bottle) Pros: The majority of the judges awarded this sauce four forks. 7 Recipe, Organicville Original, Gringo Jack's Mild Vermont Maple, Trader Joe's All Natural, Bull's Original, Lip Licking Sweet & Smoky, Bone Suckin' Sauce, Open Pit Original, Chef Hymie Grande Glaze, Annie's Natural Original BBQ Sauce. We didn't include mustard-based sauces in this taste test—although I personally love them, especially on pulled pork. When Sweet Sauce by itself is not enough… You gotta love a little heat with your meat. Open Pit Original Barbecue Sauce was slimy and looked more like hot sauce than BBQ sauce. Another compared it to what he admitted to be his favorite sauce of all: "The taste is similar to the McDonald's version, but this thickness and tomato purée–like consistency is what their sauce should aspire to be.". I think it’s personal preference. Will have to check and see if they still have it. I still have two jars left, and haven't tried a commercial sauce in awhile. Barbecue season approaches, and with so many barbecue sauces on the market, it can feel impossible to choose. Sweet Baby Ray's is too sweet for me, and it's been a long time since I have had Bull's Eye (but do recall I wasn't that happy with it). Even when people do talk about condiments, they usually just scratch the surface with ketchup and mustard. We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. I don't like my sauce too sweet. It's got everything you want in a barbecue sauce: perfectly balanced flavor, nice texture, and a smokiness that won't overpower your food. They should go hand in hand like a hot dog and bun. The most common animal ingredient to check for is honey. If you're looking for a change of pace from the usual tomato-based sauce, give it a try. Made with quality, gluten free ingredients, Stubb's features the best barbecue sauces, marinades and rubs that carry that authentic, legendary Texas flavor. It's got everything you want in a barbecue sauce: perfectly balanced flavor, nice … Can’t go wrong here. Turns out barbecue sauces are a lot like snowflakes, no barbecue sauce is alike. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. But Bull's Eye is plenty sweet for me, so if SBR's is sweeter than that, I doubt I'll like it. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Made with raisin paste, brown sugar, and molasses, it's definitely on the sweeter side, but it's not cloyingly sweet. They included the following, listed from highest to lowest score achieved in our taste test: Sweet Baby Ray's Original, KC Masterpiece Original, Kraft Original, Cattlemen's Kansas City Classic, D.L. Sweet Baby Ray's Original Barbecue SaucePineapple juice concentrate and tamarind make Sweet Baby Ray's sauce fruity, a little bit tropical, and, well...sweet. That's quite a title to live up to, but we were fans of this rich, heavily spiced sauce. This super complex sauce got a thumbs up from most tasters, though some thought it was too vinegary. This sauce has nice balance, with a strong pineapple flavor. stated one judge. Yo, this barbecue sauce has BACON IN IT! Login with username, password and session length. GREAT, although SBR IS really sweet. So I mixed some of that with some of NePas Grappette Sauce I made up and put that on my pulled pork. Armed with a stack of fluffy white bread slices, associate editor Hannah Hayes and I sampled six different brands of barbecue sauces commonly found in grocery stores throughout the South.