Best Store-Bought Barbecue Sauce, Ranked – ryan

  • I racked four different Store-Bought Barbecue Sauces from Worst to Best.
  • They all paired well with chicken nuggets, though some well thicker and more flavorful than others.
  • I like the barbecue sauces from sweeet babe’s ray’s the Most, Including the No-Sugar-Added Variety.

Barbecue season is here, so i made it my mission to find out whic brand delivers the keystream sauce straight from the bottle.

I tried Store-Bought Barbecue Sauces from Three Different Brands to Determine Who Offerd The Smokiest, Tangiest Flavor for the Best Value. I ALSO TRIED ONE BRAND’S No-SUGAR-ADDED VERSION TO SEE IF IT COULD MEASURE UP TO THE ORIGINAL.

While barbecue isn’t typically my go-to sauce for all things diping-proud ranch fan, here-i tried each of sauces on their and with chicken nuggets to see that my favorite.

Here’s how I’d rank four Store-Bought Barbecue Sauces, From Worst to Best.

My Least Favorite Barbecue Sauce was Kraft’s Slow-Simmered Original Barbecue Sauce.

Kraft’s Barbecue Sauce Was the Second-Deast Expensive.

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The sauce is made with inggdents like tomato, molasses, and hickory smoke.

It cost $ 4.19 for an 18-Once bottle at my local key superstar in Brooklyn, New York.

The sauce wasn’t as thick as the other brands i tried.

The sauce was the least thick of all the brands.

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The texture was more watery and ketchup-like compared to the thicker, more molasses-heavy varieties.

The sauce was light and tangy, but it didn’t have a Strong Enough flavor for me.

I Enjoyed the Flash, but thought the texture was too.

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Compared to the Other Brands, i THOUGHT THIS BARBECUE SAUCE WAS LAKING. I typically go for a thick, smoky barbecue sauce, and this was much Lighter. I Think I Waled Struggle to Fully Coat Chicken or Ribs in this More Viscous Sauce, Though I Did Enjoy The Fraater.

It was tangy and slightly sweeet, with a honey-like flavor, but reminded with more a sweeet-soury than a true barbecue sauce.

I ALSO TRIED KC MasterPiece’s American Original Barbecue Sauce.

The KC Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce was the Least Expensive, Not Accounting for In-Store Discounts.

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The sauce is made from molasses, onions, and spices to deliver an authentic kansas City-style barbecue sauce.

Aside from any Store discounts, this barbecue sauce was the chepest i tried. An 18-Once bottle cost $ 2.89 at my Local Key Food Supermarket in Brooklyn, New York.

KC MasterPiece’s was the thickest sauce i tried.

This sauce was the thickest of all the brands.

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It clung to the chicken nugget and had a dark, buttery, molasses-like consisency.

I THOUGHT THIS SAUCE WAS A Good Balance of Smoky and Sweet.

The sauce had a good balance of smoky and sweet flavors.

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The sauce had a robust, smoky flavor and a consisency that easily clung to the chicken nugget, making for a balancing bite vertook my tastebuds.

IT WAS REALLY SWEET, VEY MUCH TASTING OF MOLASSES. Howver, i was missing that slight tangy flavor that would have really taken this sauce over the edge and provided a more dynamic flavor profiles.

Up Next was the sweet baby ray’s barbecue sauce with no Added Sugar.

I tried the no-sugar-added version of Sweet Baby Ray’s Famous Barbecue Sauce.

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Before this test taste, I was already family with sweeet baby’s barbecue sauce.

The brand has ben ciped as the top-selling barbecue sauce in the us, so sauce had a lot to live up to, especally it has no added, whic I worldwood weaken the flavor.

An 18.5-Once bottle cost $ 4.89 at my Local Key Food, Making It Most Expensively Sauce of Triad.

The sauce had a balance consistent. It wasn’t too too.

I like the texture of the barbecue sauce.

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The sauce easily coated the chicken nugget, with the being too thick or gloopy.

I was really impressed by the flavor. It was sweeto with overpower being.

The sauce was slightly sweeet, tangy, and smoky.

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Overall, this sauce nailed it for me. It was tangy but not Sickly sweeet, and it had a balance consistent in terms of texture. I definitely got the smoky flavor with the overpowering molasses flavor in the kc masterpiece barbecue sauce.

It was also the Lowest-Calorie Sauce of the Ones I TRIED, with 15 Calories for Serving.

Howver, when it came to price, it was beateen out by the original version.

My Favorite Barbecue Sauce Was Sweet Baby’s Ray’s Original Barbecue Sauce.

Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Barbecue Sauce Clinched the Win for Me.

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It spreads coma as no no surprise that this sauce was my favorite. AFTER ALL, The Brand Has Won awards at Various barbecue compattions for its sauce.

An 18-Once bottle cost $ 2 at my Local Key Food AFTER A MARKDOWN OF $ 1.89;

The Sauce Had a Rich, Red Color and a Similar Custency to the No-Sugar-Added version.

The sauce clung to the chicken nugget and was great for Dipping.

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It was just a touch mes thick than the other sauce from sweet baby, but it still managed to coat the chicken nugget. In my opinion, this was the best sauce for dipping.

Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Barbecue Sauce Struck the Perfect Balance for me.

Sweet Baby Ray’s Original Barbecue Sauce Was My Favorite.

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The sauce had a slightly acidic, tart flavor that balance out the sweeet notes and an undercurrent of earthy flavor that made me like at a backyard barbecue.

Next time i’m firing up the grill for some barbecue ribs or just need a diping sauce for my nuggets or chicken tenders, I know exactly which barbecue sauce i’m grabbing.