Rudy's BBQ Sauce - Clone experiment

[BBQ Engineer]

I personally don't like the sickly sweet bbq sauces that most people do...One of my favorite sauces is Rudy's BBQ Sauce...I think it has a good balance of sweet, tang, and heat...and there is some heat. I have given away as much of this as I've eaten myself, as I love to share things that I like with friends, family, and people that share my passion for BBQ.

A wile back, Rich (who I shared some Rudy's with and has said he likes it too) mentioned a clone for the sauce. I got to looking around and found this recipe...

Rudy’s

makes about 2 cups

•1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
•1 cup ketchup
•1/2 cup brown sugar
•2 1/2 tbsp white vinegar
•2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
•1/4 cup lemon juice (2 lemons)
•1 tsp garlic powder
•1 tsp course black pepper
•1/4 tsp cumin
•1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

Combine all ingredients in a large pot. Simmer until slightly reduced.

I didn't have any tomato sauce, so I used 3 ounces of tomato paste, and 5 ounces of water as a substitute, and I also added a bit of anchovy paste to add a bit more depth. It is pretty damn good!

Differences I make note of:

1. The clone has less salt...not a bad thing!
2. The clone is sweeter...I will reduce the sugar slightly next time.
3. The clone has a bit more tang to it...I used a white wine vinegar...I might standardize on a regular heinz type of ACV...I just used what we had in the house today.
4. just sampling spoons of sauce, made my head sweat...It has an awesome heat level that I just love!

I will make this again.

Here is a pic of the two sauces...the Rudy's is on the left, the Clone is on the right.

[L20A]

Looks good. I'll try it. Thanks.

[MrZip66]

If I can muster some pork up in this town tomorrow, I'll definitely try this. Smoking pork all day and then brushing BBQ sauce out of a bottle has felt like a sin to me. Thanks for the info bro.

[barkonbutts]

Looks great... I just ran out of Q sauce... might be firing this up tomorrow...

Have another Brisket to get smoken!!

[Slanted88]

Think ya might have some flavor there Cat Daddy!

[HawgHeaven]

Hmmm, that sounds mighty tasty Dana! Gonna try that for sure!

[Richtee]

Well, DANG! Thank you Dana! I know what I'm cookin' up tomorrow!

Rudy's to me... is a really good sauce that's not gonna take over your meat. And I thank you for turning me onto it!

[Mario]

Sauce looks great and sounds tasty as well thanks for the recipe

[Bassman]

Thanks for the recipe, Dana. I'll sure be mixing up a batch of that.

[erain]

I personally don't like the sickly sweet bbq sauces that most people do...One of my favorite sauces is Rudy's BBQ Sauce...I think it has a good balance of sweet, tang, and heat...and there is some heat. I have given away as much of this as I've eaten myself, as I love to share things that I like with friends, family, and people that share my passion for BBQ.

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Yeah, that'd be me i guess... guess i was enmass like "most" people and love that sweet bbq sauce.... well that was until Dana hooked me up with some Rudy's... Now days I switch back and forth between vinegar based sauce like Rudy's or a sweeter sauce sweetened with a "natural" sweetener, usually my maple syrup. its hard to beat on wings.

Thanks for sharing the recipie Dana. will be making some of this up using garden ingreds and if it turns out well, which i see no reason not, mebe jar some up for storage. def needs some

[Blowin Smoke]

Thanks Dana and I will give it a try. Never tried the original but it does sound good.

[Eaglewing]

hmmm WOW, I had no idea but that's pretty dam close to how I've been making my own sauce now for some time. That's kinda spooky.

[Critterhunter]

Yeah, that'd be me i guess... guess i was enmass like "most" people and love that sweet bbq sauce.... well that was until Dana hooked me up with some Rudy's... Now days I switch back and forth between vinegar based sauce like Rudy's or a sweeter sauce sweetened with a "natural" sweetener, USUALLY MY MAPLE SYRUP. its hard to beat on wings.

Thanks for sharing the recipie Dana. will be making some of this up using garden ingreds and if it turns out well, which i see no reason not, mebe jar some up for storage. def needs some

[dales133]

What do you call tomato sauce we call ketchup tomato sauce here?

[Richtee]

What do you call tomato sauce we call ketchup tomato sauce here?

no... tomato sauce is NOT ketchup. It's a sauce...unsweetened/unspiced of tomato...of course.