Best Barbecue Sauce Recipes. A collection of 12 of our great BBQ sauce recipes over the years. From Maple Chipotle to Honey Peach!
Best Barbecue Sauce Recipes
Originally published Aug. 2019.
It’s no secret to longtime readers of Rock Recipes that we love a summer filled with great grilling and plenty of delicious food from the backyard smoker. Along with all that meaty goodness, we love to use one of our homemade, from scratch, barbecue sauces.
There’s just something special about a homemade sauce that makes your grilling even tastier. Plus, you can adjust practically all of these recipes to taste.
Less sugar, less salt, more spicy, it’s up to you…feel free to take any of these recipes and make it to your own taste.
August 2023 update:
Year after year I always send folks to this collection when grilling season kicks off. Although we’re now approaching the end of summer, there’s plenty of time left to break out the grill a few more times. I grill well into the fall, too.
Why not try something new from this list for Labour Day? Happy barbecuing!
Best Barbecue Sauce Recipes
This sweet spicy Coca Cola barbecue sauce has a unique background flavor from reducing the cola during the sauce's slow simmer. It's especially delicious on ribs.
Our versatile BBQ spice blend is used to season and flavour this sweet and slightly spicy sauce that's perfect for chicken and ribs, or on pulled pork sandwiches.
An Alabama favourite. More of a condiment than a BBQ sauce, to serve with smoked or grilled chicken and ribs. The flavour complements both these meats very well.
Whiskey Maple Barbecue Sauce. An incredibly flavourful grilling sauce that pays homage to two of Canada's best exports; maple syrup and rye whiskey.
An easy to make homemade barbecue sauce using common ingredients that's especially good on chicken or pork. Great for moving into the Autumn season.
A deliciously different, sweet and sour version of a BBQ sauce glaze. It is incredibly tasty on slow cooked pork ribs, pork chops or grilled chicken. It's also a great topping for a grilled chicken burger.
Bring the flavour of summer's sweetest stone fruit to a tangy and flavourful barbecue sauce. Terrific for ribs, pulled pork and chicken, especially grilled wings.
This sauce is fantastic as a dip with beautifully seasoned oven fried chicken wings. So crispy without ever having been near an oil filled skillet or deep fryer.
This Blueberry Barbecue Sauce has a uniquely delicious sweet and tart character that goes exceptionally well with pork or chicken. Newfoundland blueberries are the best!
A deliciously different barbecue sauce with tropical flavours that work incredibly well with grilled chicken and pork.
A sweet, smoky spicy and very easy to make homemade barbecue sauce that can be as mild or spicy as you like.
A versatile sweet and tangy barbecue sauce with everyday ingredients that tastes terrific on anything from the summer grill.
Like these Best Barbecue Sauce Recipes?
Why not try a dry rub? We often will finish dry rubbed meat on the grill with one of our BBQ sauces to infuse extra flavour. Our Smokin’ Summer Spice Dry Rub is the only one you’ll need – make lots!
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