Reviews & comments (21)

I have not made a bbq sauce before and this is excellent, better than any shop bbq sauce. It is also so easy to make.

fantastic dead easy, didn't have any smoke sauce so used a good dollop of sweet chilli sauce. Gorgeous Served it with pulled pork sandwiches, potato wedges, green salad, coleslaw.... Perfect Lazy Sunday Fodder, my family loved it. Thanks for sharing

Great recipe. I made 3 changes. I used red wine vinegar instead of cider vinegar, hendersons relish (a Sheffield version of worcestershire sauce) and 1 tsp chilli powder as I didn't have any tabasco.

Altered amounts and added quite a bit more Worcestershire sauce. Think it would be better with some liquid smoke to mask the taste of ketchup.

Altered ingredient amounts. I found the sauce a tiny bit tart when I first tried it so added and additional 1/2 tablespoon of sugar - took the edge off without altering the essential taste. Brilliant

Fantastic recipe! I'd been using the 'Coca Cola' barbecue sauce recipe for a while, but was rather 'meh' with the results. This one is amazing though! I quadrupled the quantities as I cook for a nursing home and it went down a storm. I used it as a dip rather than a marinade and as such, I thickened it a touch at the simmering stage by adding some cornflour mixed with cold water. When it had cooled, I was having staff keep popping into the kitchen to try it! Have bookmarked it and it's gonna be a regular feature on my menu.

i made this and put it on a pizza instead of the normal tomato sauce, it turned out very well and i would definately recommed it

looks good, but you missed the liquid smoke which i reckon is crucial. in any case, you should try the curry barbecue sauce (or cbq) and you will never go back to ordinary barbecue again

Used different ingredients. I substituted mustard powder for Chinese 5 spice, it gives a nice edge for oriental cooking xx

could have made it with my eyes closed... and what a result? yummy scrummy and so versatile... i'm going to put it on some chops x God Bless

I have to agree - this sauce is excellent. Have just printed off a copy to give to a friend. So quick, easy and tasty - even both our Mum's liked it!

Altered ingredient amounts. This is a fantastic receipe for bbq sauce and I've had loads of complements whenever I've served it. I basically substituted the tomato ketchup for 500g passata and quadrupled the amounts to compensate. I also added smoked paprika and used Muscovado sugar ala Batfloke tweak and I think that the sauce definately benefits from this. I basically wanted a sauce to cook pancetta wrapped chicken breasts stuffed with goats cheese in, hence the larger quantity being required. I have however also served it at BBQ's as a dipping/pouring sauce. Definately a receipe that I'll be using again and again :o)

Used different ingredients. Firstly, thanks for this fantastically simple, TASTY and quick recipe! I didn't change much. I essentially tripled the amounts of the ingredients so I had more sauce (obvious) but this made the acidity more prominent so I increased the proportion of sugar in this recipe - it sorted the acidity quick as a flash. The one thing I actually changed was the sugar. I used Dark Muscovado rather than soft brown. OK, they're much the same, but the muscovado has a slightly different texture, is stickier and is an unrefined cane so is not quite as bad. Maybe a minor difference but, I think, one with a big result. The one thing I added was ground smoked paprika. I started off by matching the amount of this to the amount of mustard powder, but then ended up adding a touch more paprika than mustard. One thing I wouldn't change is the hot sauce. Tabasco is fine but I think that another pepper-based hot-sauce may well be too fiery. Again, thanks for a fantastic recipe, but as with all cooking it's personal taste, and this is mine ;-)

OMG! This bbq sauce is DIVINE!! Me and my Hubby love bbq sauce and are quite particular about which ones we use! We both have made this sauce and believe me, you will not regret it! So easy, so quick and the best damn bbq sauce I ever tasted! Thanks for sharing!!

This recipe was very very easy and very very yummy! Will defintely be making again and again....

Used different ingredients. This is an amazing recipe... I only changed 2 things and that is that I used one tablespoon of prepared mustard instead of the mustard powder. My husband won't let me buy bbq sauce anymore...hahaha.....thanks for sharing Deb.

Made it more kid friendly. This recipe is the best I've ever tried! My kids are picky eaters and they loved this. (I left out the hot sauce for the kids batch.) I marinated some chicken in this recipe and it was wonderful on the bbq. It stuck to the chicken and didn't drip all over the place. We loved it so much, I used it the same week to slow-cook a roast pork. I chopped the meat into chunks and added more sauce. Put it on buns, and got rave reviews from everyone who tried it. I made a little extra for those who wanted more on their sandwich...they emptied the whole jar! Kudos to Debi for a great recipe worth sharing!

This was exactly what I was looking for. A good base for a BBQ Sauce! This will be the base for all my BBQ sauces now.

This recipe is to die for...it is sooo good. It also makes a great dip for chips. Thanks for a great recipe. Definitely has been added to my favourites.