| Most people who hang around barbecue, eat | | | | with tomato, like ketchup, something sweet, perhaps |
| barbecue and talk about barbecue will debate to no | | | | brown sugar or molasses, vinegar for a little tang, |
| end, what is the best sauce, what is the best type of | | | | cayenne pepper for a little heat, and various other |
| sauce, how to apply the sauce, etc. They will discuss | | | | spices. The most important secret to saucing a |
| this till the cows come home, or the beer runs out, | | | | barbecue, is to put the sauce on at the very end of |
| whichever happens first. Sauce is not that big of an | | | | the cooking process. since most barbecue sauces |
| issue when the meat to be devoured is pork shoulder | | | | contain sugar in some form, and sugar easily burns, |
| or a beef brisket. These are usually served sauce-less, | | | | sauce should only be applied after the meat is mostly |
| with the sauce on the side. The eater will then apply | | | | completed cooking, Most barbecue cooks will slather |
| the sauce according to their wishes. It is a totally | | | | the sauce on, liberally, for the last 45 minutes to an |
| different story when it comes to pork ribs and smoke | | | | hour of cooking time, when the heat is really low since |
| barbecue chicken. Of course with ribs, there are the | | | | most of the fire has burned down. Be careful not to |
| wet and the dries from the Memphis school, that is a | | | | burn the sauce! |
| whole other issue, and has an article written directly to | | | | There are also different styles and varieties of sauce |
| that point. | | | | based on the region where the barbecue is made. |
| Most barbecue enthusiasts will agree though, that the | | | | Check a barbecue book for recipes applicable to each |
| final step to properly cooking barbecue chicken and | | | | region. Most importantly, use whatever sauce tastes |
| ribs is to apply what is known as a finishing sauce. | | | | good to you, the barbecue pit-master. If you find a |
| Most competitive barbecue teams and serious | | | | commercial sauce that you like from your local |
| backyard barbecue chefs will prepare their own | | | | grocery store, by all means use it. Why go to needless |
| sauces with their "secret" recipe. Many recipes for | | | | steps and processes if you can get something you |
| sauces can be found all over the world wide web, at | | | | love right off the shelf. Barbecuing is about relaxing and |
| any good library, or in the e-book that is reviewed | | | | having fun, not going through a hundred tiny steps to |
| below. | | | | get the smoked meat you really want. |
| Generally, finishing sauces are made from something | | | | |