One of my bosses emailed me the other day asking if I would come up with a BBQ sauce for a BBQ competition with which he had signed up our company for. He knew I was the best barbecuer in our office and his proposition was somewhat intriguing. I’ve always used someone else’s BBQ sauce, but never considered coming up with one of my own, but I’ve been interested in trying to make one, just never was motivated to do so before, so, here goes!

One of the first things I noticed about what I like in a BBQ sauce is that it’s not too sweet, and I like it to be refreshing. In order to make this work and not making the sauce too watery, I thought I’d try a reduction of a soda pop that had a sarsaparilla taste. I bought a few cans of Dr. Pepper and basically turned it into a more concentrated form, but first I tried it without the reduction technique, but that sauce didn’t turn out well, so the reduction form was the best. I thought about using bourbon too, but in the end decided against it.

So, after much trial and error, and thanks to my husband installing a barbecue islands. I managed to come up with a very unusual and refreshing BBQ sauce. Okay, so here’s the recipe:

1 can of Dr. Pepper (reduced)

1 can of tomato paste

1 Tbsp of mustard

1 Tbsp of worcestershire sauce

2 Tbsp of your favorite BBQ rub

2 Tbsp of apple cider vinegar

¼ cup of brown sugar

¼ tsp of liquid smoke

I found that this BBQ sauce it best on chicken. So, when it came time for our company to participate in that BBQ competition I had perfected my BBQ sauce and managed to come up with the best way to use it while Barbecuing chicken. I was really nervous and excited! I mean, who ever heard of using a soda pop reduction in a barbecue sauce? When judgment time came, our company place 3rd! We were demolished by a BBQ sauce made with Coca-Cola!

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