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**Huskee** · January 30, 2025, 05:19 PM

STEAK sauce? My dear, a good steak needs no sauce.

But something we like around these parts, FWIW, on steak is my wife's version of an Applebee's parmesan sauce:

**SheilaAnn** · January 30, 2025, 05:24 PM

Huskee I know that, which is why I don’t buy the stuff. But, the recipe calls for it. 😜

Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce Recipe | Meathead's AmazingRibs.com

https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/barbecue-sauce-recipes/kc-classic-bbq-sauce-recipe/

Say so long to bottled BBQ sauce and hello to amped up homemade Kansas City-style sauce with this step-by-step recipe.

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**GolfGeezer** · January 30, 2025, 05:55 PM

A-1 - I keep a bottle in the frig to help with leftovers that need some flavor and moisture.

**Mosca** · January 30, 2025, 06:06 PM

I use A-1. That is the #1 selling brand, and the one people think of when they think of steak sauce.

That recipe is my go-to. Everyone I’ve served it to has raved about it, and I’ve had people ask me to make them batches of it. For all the fantastic bottled sauces out there, including Meathead’s and Max’s, this one rules them all.

**ItsAllGoneToTheDogs** · January 30, 2025, 06:07 PM

I rarely use steak sauce, if I do it's Lea and Perrins worsterwasususuamanmjoedinhjojfnshire sauce

A1 I will use only at a restaurant if they overcook their stuff

Never really tried anything else as, well... it's just not my jam

**TripleB** · January 30, 2025, 07:40 PM

My favorite steak sauce is butter and/or board sauce. None of that A-1 sauce for me. Putting A-1 on a steak is like putting pineapple on a pizza or ketchup on a hot dog.

**au4stree** · January 30, 2025, 07:46 PM

I keep W Sauce, both regular and Fireshire, on hand for many needs. It only touches my steak for leftovers. I love the W Sauces.

**shify** · January 30, 2025, 07:55 PM

I would not bother buying a steak sauce you wouldn’t otherwise use just to make this sauce. It’s such a small portion of the total recipe and you’ll be stuck with 3/4 of a bottle of something that will just get thrown out.

I’d probably replace the steak sauce with some added ketchup, Worcestershire and soy sauce and maybe some mustard (and MSG). You can even find a homemade A-1 recipe online and just follow the ratios to get 1/4 cup volume.

**Donw** · January 30, 2025, 08:13 PM

Okay, I now realize you are mixing something up, not asking for a good steak sauce which I never use. I do keep an old bottle of A1 in the fridge I use as a prophylactic for food poisoning when I decide to try questionable meats I find sitting in the back of the fridge that I’ve forgotten about. Still tastes about the same as when I bought it a few years ago.😉

**Mosca** · January 30, 2025, 08:29 PM

To those suggesting Worcestershire as a substitute, Worcestershire is also an ingredient in the sauce.

Making Meathead’s KC Sauce is the only reason I buy A-1 Sauce. A bottle lasts a couple years, easy. Don’t bother with the date on the side; it’s typically 18 months out, but pour a little on a spoon and taste it. It might pick up refrigerator flavors within a year, or it might be good 6 months beyond the date.

**Zman23** · January 31, 2025, 05:09 AM

I don't use it on steak, but I do use Jamaican Pikapeppa sauce on some foods. Similar to a steak sauce.

**randy.56** · January 31, 2025, 06:37 AM

None. It would be the same a cooking a pork butt, pulling it and dropping it in 1 gallon of BBQ sauce. Yack!

**Murdy** · January 31, 2025, 09:52 AM

I've pondered this same question, and ended up buying a small bottle of A-1 to keep on hand for cooking.

I do not generally like A-1. I keep Heinz 57 on hand for burgers (thanks, Jimmy), but for this recipe, I thought the 57 would be too much like seasoned ketchup while the A-1 has more of that umami taste. I like Shify's suggestion of substituting worcester, soy, and ketchup (may a little balsamic vinegar too?) if you don't want to buy sauce for a single use.