Habee's 6 Unique and Delicious BBQ Sauce Recipes

Per HubPages Contributor Holle Abee (habee), once you know her Basic Barbecue Sauce Recipe, you can make scores of different versions. So she has provided the basic recipe and 5 variations.  You should see her variations!  WHOA!  White BBQ Sauce???

There's also: 

• Orange-Tangerine BBQ Sauce

• Teriyaki-Peach BBQ Sauce Recipe

• Cherry - Chipotle BBQ Sauce

• Mesquite BBQ Sauce

And??  Oh yeah!  The basic recipe for plain old barbecue sauce! 

GO TO:  6 Unique BBQ Sauce Recipes - Delicious!

Before you go, allow me to share some fun food history about barbecue sauce.

According to the "Frugal Gourmet" (an old cooking TV show I used to watch), the Chinese get full credit for inventing barbecue.  The chef said he wasn't surprised because the Chinese invented just about the best way to cook everything!  LOL.  But!  Did they invent barbecue sauce?

Barbecue sauce has deep roots in the early practices of cooking and seasoning meat that long predate the modern bottled condiments familiar today. The term barbecue itself comes from barbacoa, a Caribbean word describing a method of slow‐cooking meat over a wooden framework—a technique Indigenous peoples used before European contact. Early sauces likely began as simple acidic bastes combining lime or citrus juices and spices to flavor and tenderize meat, with similar approaches found in Africa and the Caribbean, reflecting a blending of culinary traditions. (TastingTable)

In America, the first recorded mentions of sauces for barbecued meat appear in 17th- and 18th-century English and French writings. For example, Nouveaux Voyages aux Isles d’Amerique (1693) describes a barbecued hog basted with melted butter, cayenne, and herbs. Early Southern cooks also used vinegar-, salt-, and pepper-based sauces, especially in the Carolinas. (The Association for Dressings & Sauces)

Regional variations developed over time: South Carolina’s mustard barbecue sauce grew out of German settler traditions mixing mustard with vinegar and spices, while Kansas City-style sauces became thick, sweet, tomato-based blends. These styles eventually influenced the nationwide flavor profile of barbecue sauce. (Flavor 365)

Commercial production of barbecue sauce began in the early 20th century. The Georgia Barbecue Sauce Company advertised bottled sauce as early as 1909, and by the mid-20th century, major food companies like Heinz were selling barbecue sauce nationally. The inclusion of sugar, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce in the 1920s and beyond helped shape the sweeter, more complex sauces that dominate today’s market. (Smokin'Ts)

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Sources:

“History of BBQ Sauce.” Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, 28 Sept. 2022, dickeys.com/press/blog/history‐of‐bbq‐sauce. (Dickey'sBarbecue Pit)

“Origins of BBQ Sauce.” Smokin’ Ts, Smokints.com, accessed 12 Jan. 2026. (Smokin'Ts)

“What Is Barbecue Sauce?” The Association for Dressings & Sauces, dressings-sauces.org/what-is-barbecue-sauce, accessed 12 Jan. 2026. (The Association for Dressings & Sauces)

“Where Did Mustard BBQ Sauce Originate?” Flavor365.com, accessed 12 Jan. 2026. (Flavor365)

Who Invented Barbecue Sauce? Chef’s Resource, chefsresource.com/who-invented-barbecue-sauce, accessed 12 Jan. 2026. (Chef's Resource)

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