We all have fond memories of great barbecues. It is hard to say no when one of our friends or a family member invites us to a barbecue. The thought of the food on the grill with the smoky aroma all around is admittedly hard to resist. The barbecue has been a traditional get together meal for decades and it will be here for many more.

There are many different methods for cooking a great barbecue meal. Some prefer to use a dry rub seasoning on the meat while grilling, others like to marinate the meat for a day or so before cooking it, some people enjoy adding wood chips to the grill for added smoke flavor, and some just like their food smothered in lots of barbecue sauce.

Traditional barbecue sauce is a blend of tomato sauce and vinegar. You can use ketchup in place of those two items. If you like, cider can be used either in place of or in addition to the vinegar. Then, the creativity really kicks in, flavors and spices are added to give each sauce its own distinctive taste.

For sweet barbecue sauces, brown sugar or honey are usually added. You can also use fruit or jelly to sweeten a sauce. To make it spicy, you can add any type of pepper or hot sauce that you like, cayenne will give it a milder flavor while you can really spice it up with something like Habanero sauce. Any combination of herbs and seasoning can be used in your barbecue sauce, garlic and onion powder are very common but for added flavor you can also use something like fresh cilantro. Another ingredient that is often put into a good barbecue sauce is smoke flavoring. This can be used in place of wood chips in the grill. Mustard is also used in the making of several barbecue recipes.

Marinades are also very popular. Try out several different methods with this as well. A good marinade can either be made by adding water to one of your barbecue sauce masterpieces or creating something entirely new. Try a soy sauce, brown sugar and sesame for something different. Don’t be afraid to experiment and try new things. Then, you just soak your meat in it overnight in the refrigerator to let it really soak in the flavors.

The key to making the perfect barbecue sauce is to make it the way you would like it to taste. Add any ingredients you like, switch them up and use a lot of variety. Try new things especially if you have a few favorite herbs or flavor preferences.

A good dry rub recipe is a combination of an assortment of herbs and spices that can that come together nicely. You can use dry rub for meat and chicken which is the most common method of using dry rub but it is also excellent on vegetables and casserole dishes too. Some people even put dry rub on their salad. You can put dry rub on just about anything to add a tantalizing boost to the flavor.

There are a few ways to use dry rub. The easiest way is to sinply sprinkle them on whatever you are cooking. Another really good way to use them is to add liquid such as oil to make a wet rub out of it. This is an excellent way to get the dry rub seasonings to sink into your meat when grilling it. The herbs ans spices will adhere to the meat ans the oil helps the flavors soak right in.

Briskets are often made by adding horseradish and mustard to the dry rub and oil. This is what gives briskets their unique flavor. If you love to grill things on the bbq then you really should have a batch of dry rub in the cupboard at all times. Remember to replenish your supply each time you have a barbeque party and you will always have it on hand.

Once you have tried a good dry rub, you may find it difficult to ever want to grill any other way. You can also use spicy hot dry rubs in place of hot peppers if that is the flavor you prefer, there is no limit to the ingredients that go int a dry rub recipe. Dry rubs give you the ability to try new seasoning flavors on things you may have never thought of before. Try adding it to the mayo or mustard for your next sandwich, you may be pleasantly surprised. Another use for dry rub that is really a perfect combination is salad dressing, you can take a plain dressing and give it a whole new taste sensation. An easy way to make a quick salad dressing is to add a few tablespoons of dry rub to sour cream and mayo or even yogurt.

Try it on baked potatoes or sprinkle it on hot fries to season them perfectly. Other side dishes can be made with dry rubs as well, add it to your rice while cooking it to get the flavors to soak right in while it is cooking.

The all time favorite way for using dry rubs is on bbq ribs of course. Once you have tried it, you will see why it is a favorite of so many. Try a few different dry rub mixes and you will soon come up with a couple of favorites that you will want to have on hand all the time.

Tail Gate Barbeque Sauce

Ingredients:

1 (14 oz.) Bottle Ketchup
2/3 cup. Chili Sauce
1/3 cup. Hot Mustard
1 tbsp. Soy Sauce
1/4 cup. Worcestershire Sauce
4 Dashes Tabasco Sauce
3/4 cup. Brown Sugar
1/4 cup. Vinegar
1 tbsp. Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp. Black Pepper
1 tbsp. Vegetable Oil
1/2 cup. Beer

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Simmer 15 minutes in large saucepan. This is a hot spicy sauce. If you prefer it a little milder, substitute regular mustard for the hot mustard and cut down on the Worcestershire sauce.If you have a flavorizer bar on your grill, toss in some wood chips for extra flavor.

Sweet And Zesty Barbeque Sauce

Ingredients:

1 14 oz. Bottled Ketchup
1/2 cup. Vinegar
2 tsp. Dried Mustard
4 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
3 tbsp. Liquid Smoke
1/2 can. Coke Soda
3/4 cup. Brown Sugar

Instructions:

Combine all these ingredients in a saucepan and Simmer all for 40 minutes stirring occational to blend together, when thickened remove from heat and let cool, frigerator overnight and keep in storage for latter use. This is a very good sweet and zesty baebeque sauce.

Orange Molasses Barbeque Sauce

Ingredients:

1 10 oz. Can Condensed Tomato Soup
1 8 oz. Can tomato Sauce
1/2 cup. Molasses
1/4 cup. Cooking Oil
1/2 cup. Vinegar
1/2 cup. Brown Sugar
1 tbsp. Minced Onion
1 tbsp. Seasoned Salt
1 tbsp. Dry Mustard
1 tbsp. Grated Orange Peel
1 1/2 tsp. Paprika
1/2 tsp. Black Pepper
1/4 tsp. Garlic Powder

Instructions:

Combine all the bbq sauce ingredients. Bring to a boil using a medium size saucepan stiring til blended, reduce heat to simmer. Cook about 20 minutes, uncovered. Store any unused sauce in the refrigerator, covered after cooled.

Hot And Spicy Barbeque Sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup. Ketchup
1/2 cup. White Vinegar
1/4 cup. Worcestershire Sauce
1 cup. Brown Sugar
2 tbsp. Dry Mustard
1 tbsp. Ground Ginger
3 tbsp. Butter
1 tbsp. Red Hot Sauce
2 tbsp. Minced Garlic

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients in saucepan, heat over medium heat until smooth.

This is a traditional country barbeque sauce recipe for good down home grilling.

Ingredients:

1 cup. tomato juice
1/2 cup. water
1/2 cup. ketchup
1/2 cup. vinegar
3 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 cup. brown sugar
1 tbsp. paprika
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 tsp. chili powder
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 cup. Maple Syrup

Instructions:

Add all the ingredients in to a medium saucepan stir and heat on a medium high heat til blended, simmer for 15 minutes stirring occasonaly remove from heat and apply by basting the country barbeque sauce on raw or already bbq grilled foods.

Barbecuing Barbeque Sauce

Ingredients:

1 cup. Catsup
1/4 cup. Chili Sauce
3/4 cup. Brown Sugar
1/4 cup. Rice Wine Vinegar
1/4 cup. Salad Oil
1/2 cup. Lemon Juice
3 tbsp. Steak Sauce
2 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
2 tbsp. Dry Mustard
1 tbsp. Soy Sauce
1 tbsp. Cayenne Pepper
2 tbsp. Minced Garlic

Instructions:

Combine all of these ingredients in a saucepan: Heat and stir until you have a light boil stir once more and remove from heat.

This is a robust flat iron steak recipe your father is sure to love. This is a great steak when grilled on the BBQ.

Ingredients:

12 8 ounce top blade steaks
1 1/2 pounds Red Onions

Marinade:

24 ounces. House Beer
2 tbsp. Tabasco Sauce
2 tbsp. Chopped Onions
2 tbsp. Brown Sugar
5 fl,ounces. Olive Oil
8 fl,ounces. Balsamic Vinegar
2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
6 fl,ounces. Beef Broth

Instructions:

Mix all of the marinade ingredients, in a large container with a lid. Add your steak into the container one by one to insure coverage. Cover the steak and refrigerate for 4-6 hours before grilling. Put the steak onto the grill and place the flat iron on top. Grill your fathers steak for about 10 min. on each side using this method. Slice the red onion into thick slices, and grill them alongside your flat iron steak. Place them on top of your steak as garnish.

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Try This Fantastic Yankee Brisket Pulled Barbecue Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

4 lbs. beef brisket or chuck roast or pork shoulder

2 cup. Water
3/4 cup. Liquid Smoke

2 cup. Chopped Onion
1/4 cup. Cider Vinegar
2 tbsp. Spicy Mustard
1 tbsp. Dark Molasses
1/4 tsp. Hot Pepper Sauce
3 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1 cup. Ketchup
1/2 cup. Chili Sauce
1/2 Lemon Sliced
1 tbsp. Salt more or less to taste
1/4 tsp. Black Pepper

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Put the meat on a rack in a roasting pan, fat side up. Pour water and liquid smoke around the meat. Seal the pan with foil and place in the oven. Roasting the brisket for 4 hours or until tender, turning once. Uncover for the last 30 minutes to brown. Remove from the oven and let meat cool uncovered till the meat can be handled by hand. Save the pan juices and refrigorate. Remove meat from refrigaration and Trim away any remaining fat. Pull the meat into small shreds with a fork. Remove pan juices from refrigoration and remove the hardened fat from the pan juices. Placing fat in a large pot melt 3 tablespoons of the hardened fat over medium heat, add the onions and saute until tender. Add all the remaining ingredients in recipe above and 1 cup of the pan juices. Simmer and stir well for 20 minutes over on low heat. Add the pulled meat to the sauce and simmer very slowly, uncovered for 1 hour, stirring frequently. Add more juice if necessary to keep meat moist. Now go enjoy your Yankee brisket pulled barbecue with friends and family.