Memphis Style Barbecue Sauce - BBQ Sauce Recipes #6
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Pigskin Barbeque Presents..... Memphis Style BBQ Sauce Recipe!
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Memphis Style BBQ sauce is magic on ribs or pulled pork! Here is our flavor-packed, homemade BBQ sauce recipe.
We believe that homemade BBQ sauce is just plain fun and that anybody can follow this traditional style recipe.
We have "borrowed" some basic Memphis BBQ sauce recipes, and through some experimentation suggested from our Memphis relatives, produced the Memphis BBQ sauce we love.
Experiment with ingredients to make it uniquely yours (as we have), follow our Memphis Style BBQ Sauce, and enjoy the wonderful experience of a homemade sauce, Memphis style!
Memphis Style BBQ Sauce Recipe
1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
1 Tbsp Chili Powder
1 Tbsp Onion Powder
2 Cups Ketchup
2/3 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
3 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
½ Cup Brown Sugar
½ Cup Molasses
½ Cup Yellow Mustard
½ Tbsp Black Pepper
½ Tbsp Table Salt
Instructions
Mix all ingredients together in a medium sauce pan and bring to a simmer. Cook over medium low heat for 1 hour stirring frequently to avoid scorching. Remove from heat and place in the fridge to cool.
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No lie this recipe is the business! I have used it twice already and my family loves it. I first fronted like it was my own but now they know the truth. Thanks this recipe is NICE!
I'm glad you enjoy it.
I used it 3 times already with less chili powder. This is the Best BBQ Sauce ever. I am gonna make it again tonight for the BBQ ribs tomorrow. Thank you
I'm really glad you like the sauce so much, thanks.
Me and the wife made this a few weeks ago making it today as well it was easy to make taste amazing thank you we added a bit of liquid smoke
If ur BBQ joint got the cartoon pig graphic like that u KNOW it’s gonna be life changing
Olá, John! Tudo bem? Eu sou do Brasil, da cidade de Sorocaba, no Estado de São Paulo. É um prazer enorme te conhecer! Estive em Memphis em janeiro de 2018 e fiquei encantado com a cidade e o povo local. A experiência foi tão boa que até pensei em morar por aí! E a melhor costelinha de porco que já provei foi no BBKing. Tentamos reproduzir a receita algumas vezes, mas o molho BBQ nunca ficou igual. Agora, com a sua receita do molho BBQ estilo Memphis, tenho certeza de que a memória afetiva do sabor da costelinha do BBKing vai ficar muito mais próxima! Muito obrigado pela dica e por compartilhar sua receita!
i love the pro style whisk! thanks man!
I just made this BBQ sauce and I just wanted to thank you. The sauce turned out great and the taste is to die for. Again thank you for give out this recipe.
your recipe and the tips are great.thank you for sharing today.
+WannaBite I thank you for viewing and commenting.
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Been making this sauce recipe for years!
This recipe is the best!!
I made this BBQ sauce twice! Great on ribs, grilled chicken wings, and burgers! I upped the vinegar and mustard just a tad and added cayenne pepper. It makes a whole bunch too! Perfect for a crowd 😋 def keeping this in my cook book. Thank you!!!!
Thanks
Man, I tried this BBQ Sauce recipe! It was amazing! I made the ribs as well. Both Spectacular! Look forward to following this channel!
+Cody Arnold I'm glad to hear you made the sauce and the rub and enjoyed them!
It was easy wasn't it? the best part is the great tasting payoff when it's all done.
Thanks for checking out the video Buddy!
made two jars last week one with this recipe and one adding a bit of ghost pepper, best sauce ive had, and i pretty much live at a smokehouse
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it
Oh my gosh! So GOOD! I didn't have chili powder so I used chipotle chili pepper instead. Delish! Complex flavors goin on there! Thank you for the recipe.😋
Finally a recipe that is good. Thanks
+9aspengold5 glad you like it
were my other recipes not good to you?
haven't looked at them all. Didn't mean to sound like there was only one I liked. Just made comment on the one I had seen. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Haven't bought store brand BBQ sauce since making yours. Thanks.
+9aspengold5 that puts a huge smile on my face!!!
I made this recipe with no alterations, and it came out great. It brings back memories of a sauce I had years ago at a local restaurant. If I were to change anything, I may cut back on the mustard slightly to suit my personal tastes. Thanks!
Thanks John, everything you do is all ways really balanced, great rubs as well as your sauce....Like your style
Thanks
Great sauce, I love it
Thanks for the recipe from British Columbia! I made a batch for quarantine grilling and it’s amazing! I also added some chilli flakes and red wine vinegar for a second batch.
Enjoy
I am making it for BBQ chicken tonight, smells so good
Be sure to give feedback on what you think.
Thanks for this my man. Will be giving this a shot on Fathers Day. Take care sir.
Made it one more time. Cut the ketchup, brown sugar, molasses, and cook time if half. Came out banging
Beautiful color on that sauce!
+BBQ CHEF thanks and the flavor is pretty good also...lol
Great recipe, added an extra cup of brown sugar and a touch of cinnamon. Went over great at thanksgiving dinner!
Glad to hear
Cinnamon though? I'll have to try that
I tried it today, It is very tasty. For today's diner, spareribs on the BGE. Thank you for this recipe. Have a nice weekend everybody
+Claire claudie sounds great!
I'm glad you liked it.
Hot Damn Brother I'm up here in New England and made your sauce for pulled pork I did on my YODER YS640S. All I can say is Thank You Thank You, I did this for our Poker nightwas not 1 oz of the sauce or the pork left after those heathens finished eating. But with them fat and happy it was much easier beating them at cards. THANKS AGAIN OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thnks, im from mexico and this is Amazing!
Glad you like it.
thank you john
Hey John that BBQ sauce looks excellent and easy enough for me to even try lol :-) A "BIG" thumbs up :-) Enjoy the rest of your NFL filled Sunday :-) ROCK ON!!!!!!!
+MrMegaFredZeppelin It is pretty simple to make and tasty as well!
I was really hoping your 49ers would beat the Browns so I could pick with a few guys at work but I guess Ill have to wait until net week to tease Browns fans.
Pigskin Barbeque Our 49ers are really falling apart :-( They should have kept Jim Harbaugh as head coach as I think Jim Tomsula is a horrible coach and Kaepernick won't be around anymore. I'm watching your Raiders against the Broncos as we speak. The Broncos have 9 and The Raiders 0 but it isn't over yet :-) I love NFL :-) Have you seen my 49er video? I hope for you your Raiders win :-) ROCK ON!!!!!!!
+Pigskin Barbeque Congrats on your Raiders win over the Broncos :-) ROCK ON!!!!!!!
+MrMegaFredZeppelin thanks buddy!
Pigskin Barbeque am going to try tues
Thank you.. This BBQ sauce is the bomb...
Glad you like it
Trying it today thanks
Thanks for the video
looks darn good
Thanks!
It is pretty tasty
Love BBQ, great video. Once the weather breaks, I think I'm going to make a batch of this to keep on hand. I haven't tried it yet but when I do I'll let you know. Subscribing. Keep up the good work
Thanks for stopping by.
Please let me know your thoughts on the sauce after you try it, I can't wait to hear what you have to say.
Just made this step by step with the video and I must say it's damn good
Hey John I think I'll try this sauce on this weekends cook- I'll get back to you then. It's going to be a rainy day on the east coast of Australia so I better do a cook!
+Lachlan Northridge good stuff!
What meat are you cooking?
I can't wait to hear your thoughts!!!
Pigskin Barbeque sauce was fantastic mate! I did some beef ribs and pork ribs too. Pork options are very average once you get out of major cities down here- small racks and almost always have no meat on top of the bones. That meat usually gets trimmed for bacon so our pork ribs aren't really worth smoking. One thing I did was halve the chili powder just to be safe (can't take it back out later!) and that amount of heat was fine for me. The sauce reminded me a lot of a Lillies Q sauce I bought years ago. I say this as a compliment because it was probably the only store bought sauce I've enjoyed.
+Lachlan Northridge thanks for the feedback and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it.
I'm doing a super bowl BBQ this Sunday ,and I wanted to things differently by doing homemade BBQ sauce I'm definitely gonna try this ,I will let you know how it goes
Please let me know how it works out for you and your party.
So who are you taking in the Super Bowl.... I like the Falcons, I think they may have too much firepower.
+Gabriel Galvan so how did it turn out?
Once I saw John I knew it was legit.
Straight fireeeeeo
LOOOOOVE THIS SAUCE !!!
+Suusan Yates I'm glad you liked it.
What did you try it on?
well we started out with 6 cups of ketchup....so....EVERYTHING!! My favorite was pork roast in slow cooker for about 8 hrs on low with 2 cups of bbq to start then put in cake pan and cover with fresh sauce and bake for one hour...MMMMMMM !
love it!!!
+Monique Fredericks thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful sauce delicious
Glad you enjoyed it
I just made this again, and I realized something. It actually taste just like my second favorite BBQ spot I go to at home in Memphis. The only difference is I usually get the hot version where it seems like they add more black pepper to it. There are a few places here that have a very similar sauce. I could just look at the ingredient list and tell it was probably mostly right. Just the look and taste of the sauce from most places, you know they have ketchup, mustard, and vinegar in them.
Now I'm working on tweaking this recipe one ingredient at a time to make it more like my favorite place in Memphis for pulled pork sandwiches. I'll start off with maybe a little less ketchup. Then maybe reducing the brown sugar and/or the molasses. There are some places in Memphis I like that have a sauce somewhat similar to a western NC sauce, but not as tangy. I might also experiment with making it a couple days ahead of when I want to use it.
Tks
Hope you liked it.
OMG! This sauce is easy and very good. LIT!
John you always knock a home run with your sauces. I got this one simmering and can't stop dipping my finger in it.lol Are you a competitive barbecue or do you have a restaurant or something?
+Joseph Vining thanks, I'm glad you like the sauce.
I'm a certified barbecue judge with KCBS. I do not compete or have a restaurant but I cook a lot and sale bbq dinners for fundraising purposes
This is a damn fine sauce. I throw in a little paprika, just a little. I’d say using good spices is important too. Don’t get Chinese onion powder from Dollar General. I know an old guy that cooks down sweet onions and purées them. Just get good ingredients.
Oh, I’m from Memphis. lol
Edit: his dry rub is pretty good too
Glad you like it
I have granulated onion and garlic powders I get from a good source
It looks good. Can we start with fresh tomato juice/paste instead of catsup?
If you want
I might use a bit, a little bit, more vinegar then. Throw in a pinch or two of regular sugar too.
I just made your sauce recipe and it is pretty damn good!
I'm glad you liked the sauce!!!
Bruh this is lit
thanks my dude
No problem Jenni, I hope you enjoy it!
Wow! I had every ingredient but molasses! :( But got some. Thank you for the recipe!
Thank you so much love it came out great!!!🙋🏽♀️ I used lemons and apple cider vinegar and honey Dijon mustard with yellow mustard and the shit came out A1
i tried this out and it was good its just that i twist it up a bit myself with some honey and a touch of liquid smoke. But other than that it was i would say better than any store bought bbq sauce.
+toua cheng glad you liked It!
Liquid? Oh wow!!!
DId you eliminate any sugar when you added te honey? If "yes", how much?
+Harry Ot what you see in the video is the recipe
Well I'll say this I used your recipe in a cook off against two friends they said I came in 3rd, Now get this my ribs were gone and they had 2 racks left out of 3 and I had none U Say your SAUCE is Really good The Best.Thank You by the way the son of my friend and his wife was saying why are all his gone if he was last.
+Domingo Jr. Delgadillo sounds like they cheated you...lol
Domingo Jr. Delgadillo righttttttt. Sound like HATERS! But that's good your ribs was the best tasting.
Hey, Thanks!! :-D
+eyeOOsee my pleasure.
My fiancé is going to try this tomorrow along with the dry rub but I have 2 questions. How many racks of ribs will the dry mix and sauce do and would we use the dry mix first and then the sauce once they're done? sorry it's our first time cooking ribs
+C M thanks for stopping by and checking out the video.
Depending on which cut of ribs you're doing it will vary. We usually use 1.5 Tbsp of rub on each side of the ribs, full spare ribs we use 2 to 2.5 Tbsp of rub.
So, there should be enough rub to do 3 full spare ribs, 6 St. Louis style ribs and about 8 to 10 baby back ribs.
The recipe provides enough sauce to do 4 spare ribs, about 6 to 8 St. Louis and baby back ribs.
We usually put the rub on each side of the ribs and wait until it starts to look wet before doing the other side. Then place on grill to cook, placing a coating of sauce on them the last 30 minutes of cooking so the sauce cooks in.
Below I'll provide you with some links to our step by step cooking process for ribs.
Here is a guide on selecting ribs - pigskinbarbeque.com/how-to-select-the-best-ribs-for-barbeque/
Here is a guide to cooking ribs using the 3-2-1 method - pigskinbarbeque.com/3-2-1-ribs/
Here is a guide to the basics of smoking ribs - pigskinbarbeque.com/smoking-ribs-the-basics/
Here is a recipe and guide following my fathers recipe - pigskinbarbeque.com/dads-ribs-and-mop-sauce/
Thank you so much for replying and for all the tips. I put the dry rub on last night and it smelt amazing! Can't wait to try the end result today once we start cooking. It seems like the smokers and ribs craze is only just taking off here in Australia. Have a wonderful day!
keep me posted how things turn out.
I've been cooking like this for 20 plus years.
Pigskin Barbeque sure thing!
this is Domingo again now I Made my own rub I like hot So the sauce took me to that sweet so people kept eating because flavor that was the kick, great for me.
+Domingo Jr. Delgadillo glad it worked out for you.
i have everything except molasses and Worcestershire sauce? will it still turn out ok?
+yana212 you need those 2 key ingredients or it won't taste the same.
Ok
+yana212 they are things you can find at your local grocery store
I know just didn't want to go lol
+yana212 lol
Does this make about 3 cups worth of sauce?
Yes about that much
what makes this Memphis style sauce?
This recipe actually makes a pretty good sauce. I actually prefer a vinegar based sauce on my pulled pork
Hey brother I know the exact sauce you looking for. The thin sauce that go on pulled pork sandwiches like the old pit bbq joints use to sell. We grew up with it in West, TN. After many years I discovered something close. Look up Lexington style bbq sauce. There are several but I use the one from Luvvy Bbq. It taste just like that tangy sauce some of them brothers in Memphis using.
@@etgrider77 Yeah that's what I'm using now. I saw a video from a guy who did a western Carolina-style sauce. I think it's Luvy's Fat or something. There is another called Free to Cook that has a good sauce. Some places in Memphis do have a thick sauce like this one, but I'm going to cut back on the ketchup to make it more similar to Lexington style
@@SonicBoomC98 Yeah that the same guy that Luvy. Try that Tennesse Red sauce too. That Tennessee Red fire too. Its a thin sauce. You played for the Boom?
@@etgrider77 Yes I did. The best ribs I ever had was the last game of my freshman year. My dad bought some on the way from the stadium. Memphis Style Dry ribs. I think Tops BBQ had changed their sauce. It's not the same anymore
@@etgrider77 I found another on here similar to Lexington but it uses tomato sauce instead of ketchup
No paprika??
Sounds like my sauce. So I good.
can I substitute the ketchup for fresh garden grown whole or puréed tomatoes??
no
Maybe if you cook it down well enough. I made a similar recipe with tomato sauce instead of ketchup and the tomato taste was just overpowering. I guess I could try it with pureed tomato instead, but I wonder if I would have the same issue
If you like
Bro I tried this sauce a bunch of times I love it . But my question is how can I make this same sauce spicy
I add pepper flakes and its delicious and spicy
cayenne flakes or a few flakes of any pepper not to much, i added a few ghost pepper flakes to make it super spicy the way i like it but with others it shouldnt be bad at all
There is a place in Memphis that makes a similar sauce. At one location they use cayenne to make is Spicer. I think at all the others they put something spicy in when making the sauce. Tabasco maybe?
Thanks for sharing Bro! I don't use chilli for that recipe. I use real garlic and real onions and tomato puree. Another key ingredient missing here is oregano. Still your BBQ sauce looks great!
No oregano at all in this sauce, but the good thing is you can adjust it however you like to suit your taste.
How much oregano did you add to John's recipe?
+Harry Ot I have no idea what you're talking about.
I like the oregano. Kick it up Italian style
subscribed. carnivore to the core.
thanks for checking out the channel and subbing!
I used to run a Memphis BBQ restaurant (previously was the KM and pitmaster). Memphis BBQ sauce is NOT made with ketchup (never has been). It's usually made with tomato sauce these days (with a little tomato paste added), however I've seen variations with crushed tomatoes and originally it was made with cooked, blended whole tomatoes (that's the style Henry Perry took up to Kansas from Memphis when he introduced BBQ up there). If you use ketchup, then you've made something closer to a Texas-style sauce, which is perfectly fine if that's what you like, but you can't call it Memphis-style because it's not.
It's Memphis style, it's not Memphis BBQ Sauce
@PigskinBarbequePSB That makes no sense. What do you think makes Memphis BBQ sauce "Memphis style" if not its ingredients? Memphis BBQ sauce, "Memphis style," whatever you want to call it doesn't use ketchup. Just like the word "barbecue" isn't spelled with a "q" (you didn't even get that right either). Just accept that you don't know WTF you're talking about.
I flew through Memphis Airport once and the entire airport smelled like BBQ but it was 9am and I wasn’t feeling it. 🤣
Ain't no garlic powder in Memphis bbq sauce...and we use lemon/ lemon juice NOT apple cider vinegar...also, where da paprika at doe?
Where's your video?
Haters gonna hate...
I actually use vinegar. I like a vinegar based sauce
Can’t tell all the secrets
What place would you go to or brand you would suggest that taste like a proper Memphis sauce? I want to see what you think is the right flavor
Which Memphis BBQ place do you think makes the ideal Memphis style sauce?