Franklin's BBQ Sauce

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Chris_in_SoCal

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Franklin's BBQ in Texas is pretty popular. I was watching a video last week and he was showing one of his sauces. I took a screen capture of it and tried it out. It is very sweet with a hint of spice. For me this makes more of a great dip to place your cooked meat in than something to slather on what you are cooking. I do like it but it is not usually what I would try. Here it is if you would like to give it a go.

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What it looks like when done.

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Franklin's BBQ in Texas is pretty popular. I was watching a video last week and he was showing one of his sauces. I took a screen capture of it and tried it out. It is very sweet with a hint of spice. For me this makes more of a great dip to place your cooked meat in than something to slather on what you are cooking. I do like it but it is not usually what I would try. Here it is if you would like to give it a go.

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What it looks like when done.

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Well, he did name it "Chix Sauce" I just saw that while I was bookmarking the thread. :emoji_joy:

I like a sweet Que sauce at times, but it has to have a little heat.

I'm going to give this a whirl, and add and subtract to fit our preferences.

Thanks, Chris, I appreciate you posting this, I'll let you know if I come up with anything good. Did you find the Tamarino at the Mexican store? LORD KNOWS, we have plenty of them up here in NORCAL= Northern Mexico, as we call it. I absolutely love authentic Mexican food, so I'm in one of the stores a few times a month. I'm a fresh tortilla addict, we have at least six family owned Mexican stores and 2-3 make fresh corn, and flour tortillas all day every day, my favorite is the blue corn tortillas, they are SOOOO sweet.
Not only that, but I know where I'm going for lunch tomorrow.:emoji_laughing:

Thanks again, and I see that you can't sleep either....it's still 82* outside here, north of HELL.:emoji_imp:
Dan.:emoji_sunglasses:
 
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Well you know we have a huge Mexican influence down here but I ordered the concentrated Tamarind from Amazon to save time.

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Since you are a tortilla addict you must try the Sonora style. I buy them weekly from Vallarta grocery store. If you have one up there it is a must have. They make them fresh and I cant have them any other way now. They are soft and buttery.

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I love all kinds of food but Mexican is by far my favorite. I made a burrito for dinner tonight.

Sonroa tortilla, sharp cheddar cheese, BBQ steak, spicy refried beans, mexican rice and home made fire roasted salsa I made on the Pit BBQ yesterday.

EDIT: The beans and Mexican rice were also fresh from Vallerta.
 
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Franklin's BBQ in Texas is pretty popular. I was watching a video last week and he was showing one of his sauces. I took a screen capture of it and tried it out. It is very sweet with a hint of spice. For me this makes more of a great dip to place your cooked meat in than something to slather on what you are cooking. I do like it but it is not usually what I would try. Here it is if you would like to give it a go.

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What it looks like when done.

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If you are ever in Texas or you just want to bite the bullet and order a great bbq sauce then Rudy's Sause destroys almost all other sauces and I think it has the flavor profile you speak of.
It's got sweet to it but not super sweet, it has some savory and some spice/kick to it as well. It is pretty evenly matched with all the flavors across the board though some might think it's spice level is a medium-high but I think that's from using really good cracked black pepper and not the actually chili pepper that may be used.

I've had Franklin's sauce and that is the one I eat over the other 2, but I'm not really a fan of any of his. He tries though and takes the effort to be a little different with them.

Here's the Rudy's Sause (like 28-32oz bottle yep) if you ever care to order and try :D
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Well you know we have a huge Mexican influence down here but I ordered the concentrated Tamarind from Amazon to save time.

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Since you are a tortilla addict you must try the Sonora style. I buy them weekly from Vallarta grocery store. If you have one up there it is a must have. They make them fresh and I cant have them any other way now. They are soft and buttery.

View attachment 699563

I love all kinds of food but Mexican is by far my favorite. I made a burrito for dinner tonight.

Sonroa tortilla, sharp cheddar cheese, BBQ steak, spicy refried beans, mexican rice and home made fire roasted salsa I made on the Pit BBQ yesterday.

EDIT: The beans and Mexican rice were also fresh from Vallerta.
For sure I am going to look for those tortillas next time I go there.
I don't think we have the same market, I'll ask for them though .


I bet they have the tamarino concentrate though.

Thanks bruth'a.
Dan.
 
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I'm not usually big on premix sauces, but Franklin's Spicy and Franklin's Vinegar sauce (I use it exclusively for pulled pork) are both fantastic, and certainly less of a pain than my homemade sauce.
 
I like Franklin's in-store sauces, but I like a sauce more on the tangy side, than sweet. The advantage to his sauces is that he doesn't put liquid smoke in them and no high fructose corn syrup. I haven't been to a Rudy's in forever but I remember liking the sauce. I'm a big fan of the Salt-Lick sauce as well. I like Stubb's a lot but it has the liquid smoke. If I go through all the trouble to cook barbecue I want to taste the smoke I put on it, not the smoke from the sauce.
 
I'm planning on playing with Tamarind Paste going forward. I first saw it on an ingredient list in Kansas City. Seems like I missed the boat on it becoming a popular sauce additive.
 
There are now officialy 1,000,000 BBQ joints in Austin.
And THAT my friends is why seasoned post oak splits are $400 a cord and up around here now.:emoji_sunglasses:
Buck the trend and ditch the Oak, be cool and join me! :emoji_laughing:
I'm so burnt out on oak for BBQ, it's been the main thing used my whole life. I am lucky though, I burn pellets for smoke and electric for heat so I don't have to fool with finding cords of wood to smoke :D
 
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