Bob Gibson’s 4 Stage BBQ Ribs

[fitzoo7]

This drives me nuts.

[ssennott]

Some here in the pit probably has a recipe that’s close and you will be able to make your own glaze.

[Jerod Broussard]

What drives you nuts?

[Mosca]

That reminds me of a pirate joke.

[fitzoo7]

When recipes tell you to use a product that you no longer made or is really hard to get.

[Jerod Broussard]

Mosca I saw one on FB. Prisoner on the ship was tied up with pretty, long eyelashes. Captain walks up and says, "That's not exactly what I meant when I said to give him 20 lashes."

[Mosca]

I agree. I think I’ll cut him a slight break, though, in that the book was published in 2009. Folks’ expectations have progressed since then.

I wonder about this, often. Why do I think some sauces are okay to purchase store-bought, but others are not? Whenever I use a store bought bbq sauce, I feel a little guilty. (Sorry, Meathead, sorry Max Good!) I wouldn’t ever buy jarred marinara. I haven’t bought bottled salsa in years. But ketchup, Worcestershire, fermented hot sauces, chili crisp, etc, I don’t think twice. I’ll whip up a salad dressing, but not ranch dressing… and actually, I’ll use bottled salad dressing about 10x as often as I make my own.

[FireMan]

OMG, cat soup? Off'n the shelf even!

[Mosca]

If ketchup wasn’t so common it would be considered a delicacy.

[fitzoo7]

Yea I’m the same way. It also doesn’t teach me anything by just using pre-mix recipes.

[Jerod Broussard]

fitzoo7

I use the cheapest BBQ sauce at the store. By that time it doesn't take anything special.

[TripleB]

Bob Gibson could spin a baseball, but did not know he could cook too. But why would you use his BBQ sauce and not your own? I never pay attention to recipes that call for me to use their sauce. Their technique and maybe rub, but sauce....no.

[fitzoo7]

I’ve always focused on rubs and cooking process, I haven't given much time to make my own.

I have been really into glazes lately though, I made a new bourbon glaze that I’m pretty fanatical about, so I’m just entering.

Any recommendations?

[TripleB]

fitzoo7 I spent years trying to perfect my own sauce. Always a disappointment. After being in Kansas City MO and talking to some BBQ guys there, I asked them for their BBQ sauce....They took me aside and told me not to tell anyone. They said they all use Head Country BBQ sauce. So I use that with Blues Hog BBQ sauce. 1-to-1 ratio. Been using it ever since. My criteria for BBQ sauce. First bite has to be as good as the last. It meets that criteria.

[Michael_in_TX]

I think I know what fitzoo7 is getting at....the entire, if you want it perfect, use my rub/sauce/whatever.

This seems to come and go over the years. In the modern era, some YouTubers really lean into it, but others don't. (Malcom Reed occasionally will....same with Matt Pittman....but usually they don't.)

For me, it is huge turnoff on a video in which a sauce is presented that I can only buy without any hint of what comprises it or what an alternative might be.

[jfmorris]

Wonder if this is the missing recipe...

https://chefbolek.blogspot.com/2010/08/big-bob-gibsons-memphis-style.html

That post includes the recipe, which he says is on page 220 of the book...

[au4stree]

If I’m being honest, cuz I’m a Big Bob homer, their red sauce is just meh. I much prefer their mustard sauce to anything else. Whenever any recipe calls for a certain red sauce, I consider if it’s necessary, ie flavor profile. To Jarod’s point, any red sauce will work. Pick what you like.

[jfmorris]

Well said. Big Bob Gibson's is not known for their red BBQ sauce, or really any sauce beyond the white sauce. I don't even remember a mustard based sauce there at the restaurant, so must not have tried it. But they did have a thick red sweet sauce, and a thin peppery vinegar sauce, and the white sauce.

[au4stree]

The mustard sauce is usually available for sell at the counter, I don’t recall it ever being available on the table or menu. Next to the Habeñero red sauce it’s one of my faves. Whitt’s thin sauce is my absolute favorite 🤫, don’t tell BBG I said that.

[FireMan]

Fer me, Sauce on Wibs is somethin I serve on the side. Don't eat the stuff meself. Just the Wibs ma'am, just the Wibs.

P.S. I was goin through the cabinets here and found 4 bottles of Open Pit. See that they use HFCS ( that's high fructose corn syrup to those in Oconomowoc). Figgered I'd pitch em. Then my sis said put em in a garage sale. Then I think, why would I want to pawn that unhealthy stuff on someone else? Still might pitch em.

[Lynn Dollar]

When I do a recipe like this , for the first time. I want to follow it exactly. Cause I want to taste what the creator of the recipe was going for.

After that, if I do it again, its fair game to modify.