Stubb's BBQ Sauce Recipe

[Stevo]

For you Central Texas Pit Hounds, here is a recipe I found on the web that is supposed to be a copycat of Stubb's BBQ Sauce. I haven't tried it yet, but I will. Anybody else try this recipe? Or have a Stubb's recipe?

Stubb's Original BBQ sauce

Ingredients:

• 16 oz tomato puree
• 1/4 cup + 1 Tsp white sugar
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 1 Tbl molasses
• 1 Tsp brown sugar
• 1/4 Tsp onion powder
• 1/4 Tsp sweet Hungarian paprika
• 1/4 Tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 Tsp chili powder (Guajillo peppers and cumin)
• 1/2 Tbl dilute liquid smoke
• 1/4-1/2 Tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/8 Tsp celery seed
• salt
• black pepper, coarsely cracked

Recipe:

Combine the above ingredients in a non-reactive sauce pan. Adjust for salt, and add a fair amount of pepper. Bring the contents of the pan to a boil, cut the heat and simmer slowly until the sauce is slightly thick.

Notes:

• Re-hydrated tomato paste can be substituted for tomato puree. Place a level 2/3 cup of tomato paste into a 2 cup Pyrex measuring glass, add enough water to bring the liquid to 16 oz, then use a stick blendor to combine.
• The term "dilute liquid smoke" refers to the amount of water in the product. If the label indicates that water is first ingredient, it is "dilute liquid smoke".
• From: http://recipes.nekhbet.com/stubbs.html

[Thunder77]

Definitely going to try it.

[Stevo]

I made this recipe last night. I followed it exactly except for omitting the liquid smoke, and using 1/2tsp of ground chipotle powder instead of 1/2tsp of cyan.

The result was a little too sweet, in my opinion. So I added another pinch of salt, and 2tsp of white vinegar. That helped a lot. It was very tasty! Sort of similar to Stubbs. But I did like it a lot! Next time I'll reduce the white sugar by ~2 tsp and again add +2tsp white vinegar.