Kinders' BBQ Sauces?

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I usually make my own sauces, but have been looking for some good store bought options for when I dont have the time or ingredients. Being in Northern California, I've seen a lot of ads for Kinders, who seem to have a range of sauces available. Has anyone tried these? Are they good? I'm not a fan of overly sweet sauces, so that would definitely be a factor. Thanks in advance.
 
I'm not a fan of most sauces, but I can tell you that Kinders is hands down the best bbq in the bay area IMHO. I'd try anything that they make as it is all good.
 
tortaboy said:
I'm not a fan of most sauces, but I can tell you that Kinders is hands down the best bbq in the bay area IMHO. I'd try anything that they make as it is all good.
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Are you talking about the restaurant food? I know they've also started foodtrucks recently, but I've never had food from either.
 
Chezmatt said:
Are you talking about the restaurant food? I know they've also started foodtrucks recently, but I've never had food from either.
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Yep. My son graduated from Chico. They have a brick and mortar restaurant there. Awesome stuff. And I tend to be on the critical side when judging food (I know, some will not believe that). :cool:
 
I was very surprised with the flavor for a store bought sauce. In a pinch, Kinders works just fine.
 
And here I go, disagreeing with Tortaboy.

First off, I find the sauces to be on the sweet side, some have a little bit. If you look at the label, you can see that in 2 tablespoons of sauce, there are 13 G of sugar. That's a fair amount. That being said, I give them credit in that they changed the formula about a year ago, from one that was heavily HFCS to one that is no MSG and no HFCS. That is a plus. Still, give it a try, everyone's palate is different. Despite literally about 90% of my friends raving about it, I tend to pass on both Kinders and Everett & Jones.

Now, to the restaurants, I grew up with Kinders and can remember when they were a meat market only, that started to sell sandwiches on the side. They mostly sell ball tip beef sandwiches, and I find them to be over-cooked. However, again, 90% of my friends love Kinders. So there is that.

I do like Kinders more than Everett & Jones, which I feel they use way to much liquid smoke. My go to, locally produced sauce is Bart's Blazin' Q sauce. A very unique flavor, and the hot is really nice.
 
landarc said:
And here I go, disagreeing with Tortaboy.

First off, I find the sauces to be on the sweet side, some have a little bit. If you look at the label, you can see that in 2 tablespoons of sauce, there are 13 G of sugar. That's a fair amount. That being said, I give them credit in that they changed the formula about a year ago, from one that was heavily HFCS to one that is no MSG and no HFCS. That is a plus. Still, give it a try, everyone's palate is different. Despite literally about 90% of my friends raving about it, I tend to pass on both Kinders and Everett & Jones.

Now, to the restaurants, I grew up with Kinders and can remember when they were a meat market only, that started to sell sandwiches on the side. They mostly sell ball tip beef sandwiches, and I find them to be over-cooked. However, again, 90% of my friends love Kinders. So there is that.


I do like Kinders more than Everett & Jones, which I feel they use way to much liquid smoke. My go to, locally produced sauce is Bart's Blazin' Q sauce. A very unique flavor, and the hot is really nice.
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But 90% of your friends and me couldn't be wrong. :becky:
 
True. And you were the leading proponent of Cooking a tri-tip like a brisket, which is now all the rage.

BTW, back on topic, Burnt Sacrifice sauces and rubs are quite good. And they are made in San Franciso LINK I really like their products and enjoy the fact that they are from The City.
 
Well, look at that, I not only got feedback on the Kinders sauce, I also started an argument between landarc and tortaboy AND got some additional local recommendations. Win/win!

Thanks, everyone, for the input. It looks like I have a lot of sauces to sample in my future.
 
landarc said:
True. And you were the inventor of Cooking a tri-tip like a brisket, which is now all the rage.

BTW, back on topic, Burnt Sacrifice sauces and rubs are quite good. And they are made in San Franciso LINK I really like their products and enjoy the fact that they are from The City.
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Let me fix that for you.
 
Kinder's is pretty good jar sauce, though I never use it on their tri-tip when I eat there.
The wife makes a very nice pulled pork in the crockpot with their marinade.
 
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So, what's good at the restaurant? And what's ball tip?
 
Ball Tip is the upper part of the Bottom Sirloin sub-primal. The opposite end of the same cut is the tri-tip. They are separated by a membrane, which is what defines ball tip and tri-tip. The Ball Tip is larger and occurs higher up on the animal, I find it is less tender and had more connective tissue. However, many people feel it is a great grilling cut, and sliced across the grain, it is a whole lot like tri-tip. It is cheaper and as such, often looked down upon.

Most folks go to Kinders for the Ball-tip BBQ sandwich, there is also the Prime Rib sandwich, which I cannot comment on, and the Hot Link sandwich, which I used to get when I worked nearby.
 
landarc said:
Ball Tip is the upper part of the Bottom Sirloin sub-primal. The opposite end of the same cut is the tri-tip. They are separated by a membrane, which is what defines ball tip and tri-tip. The Ball Tip is larger and occurs higher up on the animal, I find it is less tender and had more connective tissue. However, many people feel it is a great grilling cut, and sliced across the grain, it is a whole lot like tri-tip. It is cheaper and as such, often looked down upon.

Most folks go to Kinders for the Ball-tip BBQ sandwich, there is also the Prime Rib sandwich, which I cannot comment on, and the Hot Link sandwich, which I used to get when I worked nearby.
You learn something new everyday. I'll have to give them a try.
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I'm a fan of Kinder's BBQ sauces, though they are a bit on the sweet side. They've also got an excellent Jamaican Jerk marinade, as well as a good garlic marinade which I use on chicken thighs all the time.

In the restaurants I enjoy their chicken sandwiches and the ball-tip, good for lunch in a pinch when I'm wanting something more then a cold sandwich but less then a sit down joint. They also carry a very good pre-marinated tri-tip which I enjoy cooking up.
 
Little late to the party here, but Kinder's sauces are super sweet! When I first moved to the Bay Area seven years ago I could barely eat them, but they've grown on me and I almost always have a jar of their Extra Hot BBQ sauce in my fridge. I just make sure I don't put the sweet sauce on already sweet meat.

As for eating at Kinders, their California Chicken Club sandwich is without a doubt my favorite chicken sandwich.
 
I have tried so many sauces over the years... some good, some great and some not so good. A few months ago, I was cruising through Costco's organic section. Kinder's organic mild BBQ sauce was on sale. Bought a 2-pack (hey, it's Costco). Needless to say, Kinder's is now my favorite sauce. It's outstanding IMO.
 
Brothers

Try Brothers Mopping Sauce. You know a sauced is good when you sop it up with the bread.
 
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