There was a burger joint out here in Oregon years ago called Bob's Burger Express (no, not Bobs Big Boy) That was started by Bob Corey. They were home to 19¢ hamburgers, and also had their own famous special sauce. This was always my absolute favorite! They closed their doors many years ago. But they re-opened a couple of locations and most of them did not do so well and have since closed again. But the one in the Salem mall food court is still open. They have marketed the sauce itself and I have seen it in grocery stores. There are copycat recipes floating around the internet for the secret sauce, but I am here to tell you it's wrong. I worked at the Thurston location in the early to mid 80s. And although they were very protective of the recipe, I did mix up 5 gallon buckets of it from time to time. I have posted the one from the internet. But I will tell you don't use catsup or it will be too runny. As mentioned I start with tomato paste and add pickle juice (basically vinegar and sugar) to get the right consistency. This is supposed to be VERY "tangy" or "zingy". I know this will be right up Bear's alley because its made with Miracle Whip!
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. so I didn't want to make a 30 mile round trip just for bacon so I decided to make it naked. PLEASE DON'T BANISH ME FROM SMF! fired up the pitboss along with the new pellet tube with hickory ,since I wanted to see if it actually stayed lit( worked great) unlike the pellet tray in the pellet smoker. put the fattie's in and cooked at 180 for about an hour then bumped it up to 200. pulled when internal hit 165. all set for the games, but smelling it in the house I couldn't wait for the games, so a little snack. bear's sauce came out good, but in his words "it's a little on the mild side" but still tasty. (I don't think it's your taste buds bear) but I do smoke so maybe mine are shot too!! maybe if I let it sit over night it would of been that much better. thanks for looking. jim
