Philly-QueMaster
is one Smokin' Farker
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2009
- Location
- Bluffton...
Hey all its been a while since I've posted. This bbq journey has been an interesting one that's for sure.
My interest in bbq started probably close to 20 years ago and my first attempt at "bbq" was using a cast iron smoke box on my gas grill. Lol.
Lets just say that didn't come close to satisfying my bbq fix.
Anyways originally being from Pennsylvania we didn't have many options for BBQ, but I did fine one spot that I would say was my real introduction to authentic pit cooked barbecue.
There was a gentleman from South Carolina who would cook chicken and ribs directly over coals on the weekends.
He had an awesome barbecue sauce and it was actually this sauce that I was trying to re-create when I came up with my current sauce that I make now.
Fast forward 15 years or so and now I live down in South Carolina and I still think about that barbecue sauce. I could never quite figure out what is in it.
Well last week a friend of mine brought me a jar of barbecue sauce from a gentleman from Effingham Georgia, and I could tell right away from the looks of it that it was similar to the sauce that got me turned onto barbecue all those years back.
So I'm here asking for help to see if anyone can help me identify some of the ingredients in this sauce. It must be somewhat regional to the Georgia, and deep South Carolina areas.
I Know its a combination of Mustard, Ketchup, Apple Cider Vinegar, lots of course black pepper, and most likely Brown Sugar and Cayenne Pepper. It has a nice sweet taste at first and finishes with a nice kick of heat.
Something that has been baffling me for all these years is there are pieces of what look like some kind of red pepper. My immediate thought has been red cherry peppers, but they don't seem all that easily accessible to get at the stores.
My next guess was possibly Pimento Peppers since pimento cheese is super popular in the south...but I Bought a couple jars of different brands and they didn't have the right test or texture.
I'm definitely not a jarred pimento pepper fan. lol.
Anyways I've attached some photos to see if anyone else has come across a sauce like this and hopefully my brethren might be able to help me solve this mystery that has been plaguing me all these years!! lol.
My interest in bbq started probably close to 20 years ago and my first attempt at "bbq" was using a cast iron smoke box on my gas grill. Lol.
Lets just say that didn't come close to satisfying my bbq fix.
Anyways originally being from Pennsylvania we didn't have many options for BBQ, but I did fine one spot that I would say was my real introduction to authentic pit cooked barbecue.
There was a gentleman from South Carolina who would cook chicken and ribs directly over coals on the weekends.
He had an awesome barbecue sauce and it was actually this sauce that I was trying to re-create when I came up with my current sauce that I make now.
Fast forward 15 years or so and now I live down in South Carolina and I still think about that barbecue sauce. I could never quite figure out what is in it.
Well last week a friend of mine brought me a jar of barbecue sauce from a gentleman from Effingham Georgia, and I could tell right away from the looks of it that it was similar to the sauce that got me turned onto barbecue all those years back.
So I'm here asking for help to see if anyone can help me identify some of the ingredients in this sauce. It must be somewhat regional to the Georgia, and deep South Carolina areas.
I Know its a combination of Mustard, Ketchup, Apple Cider Vinegar, lots of course black pepper, and most likely Brown Sugar and Cayenne Pepper. It has a nice sweet taste at first and finishes with a nice kick of heat.
Something that has been baffling me for all these years is there are pieces of what look like some kind of red pepper. My immediate thought has been red cherry peppers, but they don't seem all that easily accessible to get at the stores.
My next guess was possibly Pimento Peppers since pimento cheese is super popular in the south...but I Bought a couple jars of different brands and they didn't have the right test or texture.
I'm definitely not a jarred pimento pepper fan. lol.
Anyways I've attached some photos to see if anyone else has come across a sauce like this and hopefully my brethren might be able to help me solve this mystery that has been plaguing me all these years!! lol.