Barbecue sauce (also abbreviated BBQ sauce) is a liquid flavoring sauce or condiment ranging from watery to quite thick consistency. Liquid is one of the principal States of matter. A liquid is a Fluid that has the particles loose and can freely form a distinct surface at the boundaries of In Cooking, a sauce is Liquid or sometimes semi- Solid food served on or used in preparing other Foods Sauces are not consumed by themselves A condiment is a prepared edible substance or Mixture, often preserved or fermented (usually a liquid that is added in relatively small As the name implies, it was created as an accompaniment to barbecued foods. barbeque block party Kansas cityjpg|thumb|right|275px|A barbecue on a trailer at a Block party in Kansas City. While it can be applied to any food, it usually tops meat after cooking or during barbecuing, grilling, or baking. In modern English usage meat most often refers to Animal tissue used as food mostly Skeletal muscle and associated Fat, but it may also refer For the device used to cook see Grill (cooking, for other uses see Grill. Baking is the technique of prolonged Cooking of Food by dry heat acting by conduction, and not by radiation, normally in an Oven, Traditionally it has been a favored sauce for pork or beef ribs and chicken. Ribs of Beef, Lamb, Venison, and Pork are a cut of Meat. The term ribs usually refers to the less meaty part of the The chicken ( Gallus gallus, sometimes G gallus domesticus) is a domesticated Fowl which is traditionally believed to have descended from [1] Less often, it is used for dipping items like fries, as well as a replacement for tomato sauce in barbecue-style pizzas. Pizza (ˈpiːtsə, in Italian:) is a popular dish made with an Oven -baked flat generally round Bread that is covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based In some barbecue circles, it is frowned upon to add any condiment, including barbecue sauce, to barbecued food,[2] while others argue that barbecue sauce is central to the barbecue experience.
Barbecue sauces may combine sour, sweet, spicy, and tangy ingredients or focus on a particular flavor alone. It sometimes carries with it a smokey flavor. The ingredients vary, but some commonplace items are tomato paste, vinegar, spices, and sweeteners. Tomato paste is a thick paste made from ripened Tomatoes with skin and seeds removed Vinegar is an acidic liquid processed from the Fermentation of Ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient Acetic acid (also called ethanoic acid A spice is a dried Seed, Fruit, Root, Bark or vegetative substance used in Nutritionally insignificant quantities as a Food additive Sugar is a class of edible Crystalline substances mainly Sucrose, Lactose, and Fructose. These variations are often due to regional traditions and recipes.
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History
The precise origin of barbecue sauce is unclear. Some put back its history hundreds of years to the formation of the first American colonies in the 17th century[3]. References to the substance start occurring in both English and French literature over the next two hundred years. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. South Carolina mustard sauce, a type of barbecue sauce, can be traced to German settlers in the 18th century. South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. Mustard is a thick yellowish-brown paste with a sharp taste made from the ground seeds of a Mustard plant (white or yellow mustard Sinapis hirta The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as
Early cookbooks did not tend to include recipes for barbecue sauce. The first commercially-produced barbecue sauce was made by the Louis Maull co. in 1926, but the first nationally distributed barbecue sauce did not appear until 1948, when Heinz released a product in the United States. Maull's barbecue sauce is a popular Barbecue sauce in St Louis Missouri and is a common ingredient in preparing St The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [4] Kraft Foods also started making cooking oils with bags of spices attached, supplying another market entrance of barbecue sauce. Kraft Foods Inc ( is the second-largest Food and Beverage company headquartered in North America (behind PepsiCo) and the third [5]
Many restaurants have speciality barbecue sauces.
Variations
Different geographical regions have allegiances to their particular styles and variations for barbecue sauce. Maull's barbecue sauce is a popular Barbecue sauce in St Louis Missouri and is a common ingredient in preparing St For example, vinegar and mustard-based barbecue sauces are popular in certain areas of the southern United States, while in Asian countries a ketchup and corn syrup-based sauce is common. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Mexican salsa can also be used as a base for barbecue sauces. Salsa is the Spanish, Arabic, and Italian word that can refer to any type of Sauce.
Australia
In Australia, barbecue sauce can be simply a blend of tomato sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Worcestershire sauce (ˈwʊstəˌʃɪə wooster-sheer is a widely used fermented liquid Condiment first made at 68 Broad Street Worcester by two There are various sauces in the market from fruity to brown sauce.
United States
The U. S. has a wide variety of differing barbecue sauce tastes:
- Memphis - Memphis sauces occupy the middle ground between other styles. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Based on tomatoes, vinegar, brown sugar and spices, but not too thick, these blends provide moderate amounts of sweet, heat, and tang, with a lot of flavor. [6][7]
- Kansas City – thick, reddish-brown, tomato-based with molasses
- St. Louis – generally tomato-based, thinned with vinegar, sweet and spicy; it is not as sweet and thick as Kansas City-style barbecue sauce, nor as spicy-hot and thin as Texas-style
- North Carolina – three major types corresponding to region: Eastern (vinegar with pepper flakes), Piedmont (tomato-based with vinegar), and Western (tomato-based and thicker)
- South Carolina – mustard-based (central, Low Country regions of state), vinegar and black pepper (Pee Dee region), light or thick tomato (Upstate region)[8]
- Alabama – vinegar and pepper base in the northern counties; tomato/ketchup base with Mediterranean influences in the Birmingham area; sharper, unsweetened tomato/vinegar blend in the western counties around Tuscaloosa; mustard-based in the Chattahoochee River valley in the eastern part of the state; a special white mayonnaise and black pepper-based sauce is used on chicken in the area around Decatur
- Georgia – much of the state favors a ketchup base flavored with the likes of garlic, onion, black pepper, brown sugar, and occasionally bourbon; South Carolina-like mustard sauce found in areas around Savannah and Columbus
- Arkansas – thin vinegar and tomato base, spiced with pepper and slightly sweetened by molasses
- Texas – tomato-based with hot chiles, cumin, less sweet
- Chicago-Strong smell and flavor
Asia
Hoisin sauce, a type of Chinese style barbecue sauce, serves as a base ingredient in many other recipes for Chinese barbecue sauces. Kansas City barbecue refers to the specific Inner city style of Barbecue that evolved from the pit of Henry Perry in the early 1900s in Kansas The tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum, syn Lycopersicon lycopersicum) is a herbaceous usually sprawling plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family Molasses or Treacle is a thick Syrup by-product from the processing of the Sugarcane or Sugar beet into Sugar. St Louis-style barbecue is a term used to describe several similar styles of cooking Pork products North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The chili pepper, chilli pepper, or chili, is the fruit of the plants from the Genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. Mustard is a thick yellowish-brown paste with a sharp taste made from the ground seeds of a Mustard plant (white or yellow mustard Sinapis hirta The South Carolina Lowcountry (also spelled Low Country or just lowcountry) is a term used to describe South Carolina 's coastal counties generally south Black pepper ( Piper nigrum) is a flowering Vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its Fruit, which is usually dried The Pee Dee region of South Carolina is the northeastern corner of the state The tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum, syn Lycopersicon lycopersicum) is a herbaceous usually sprawling plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. Ketchup (also spelled catsup or catchup) also known as tomato ketchup, tomato sauce, red sauce, Tommy sauce, Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the Appalachian Mountains of northeastern Georgia, near the Carolinas to the southwestward Mayonnaise (sometime abbreviated to mayo in American English and other languages is a thick Condiment made primarily from Vegetable oil and Egg Decatur is a city in Limestone and Morgan Counties in the US state of Alabama. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Ketchup (also spelled catsup or catchup) also known as tomato ketchup, tomato sauce, red sauce, Tommy sauce, Allium sativum L, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the Onion family Alliaceae. Organicsalsajpg||thumb|right|Onions used in salsa.]]Cooked onions in frying pan Black pepper ( Piper nigrum) is a flowering Vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its Fruit, which is usually dried Brown sugar is a Sucrose Sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of Molasses. Bourbon is an American Whiskey, a type of distilled spirit, made primarily from Corn and named for Bourbon County Kentucky. Savannah is a city located in the state of Georgia, United States. Columbus is a City in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Molasses or Treacle is a thick Syrup by-product from the processing of the Sugarcane or Sugar beet into Sugar. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The chili pepper, chilli pepper, or chili, is the fruit of the plants from the Genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Hoisin sauce, or Haixian Sauce, ( hǎixiānjiàng) also called suckling pig sauce, is a Chinese Dipping sauce. Chinese cuisine ( Traditional Chinese: 中國菜 Simplified Chinese: 中国菜 originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in
Tandoori Chicken is an Indian dish which uses a spicy, yogurt-based barbecue sauce. Tandoori Chicken is a semi-fried chicken delicacy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent.
Teriyaki is a Japanese style grill, traditionally fish, using a sweet soya sauce marinade (tare in Japanese) before and during the grilling process. Teriyaki ( Kanji: 照 り 焼 き Hiragana: てりやき is a Cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities The marinade sauce is simply known as Teriyaki Sauce in the westen world.
See also
References
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- ^ DeWitt and Gerlach (2001). Barbecue Inferno: Cooking with Chile Peppers on the Grill, 24. ISBN 1-58008-154-1.
- ^ Bob Garner (1996). North Carolina Barbecue: Flavored by Time, 160. ISBN 0-89587-152-1.
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- ^ Bruce Bjorkman (1996). The Great Barbecue Companion: Mops, Sops, Sauces, and Rubs, 112. ISBN 0-89594-806-0.
- ^ Memphis Style Barbecue
- ^ Memphis Style Barbecue Sauce
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