Had this epiphany last night when we went to an asian fusion place. The similarities are uncanny

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    5 months ago

    Eh, I would call it serviceable for a bargain bulk sauce. SBR is often on sale for like $2.50 for a giant bottle. You never find good sauce for that price. So of course it’s heavily diluted with HFCS.

    Yeah it’s sweet to a fault, but at least it has a hint of vinegar and molasses and smoke. That’s more than can be said for other cheap sauces like Open Pit which is just totally unbalanced sour and smoke. The other choices in that weight class are just horrible.

    Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying SBR is good. But you have to pay at least double for halfway decent BBQ sauce. The better ones emphasize a certain aspect, like the molasses and brown sugar, or maybe the vinegar and cayenne. So you have to select those more carefully for your meal. Or best of all, just make it yourself.