At home and in the Test Kitchens, here’s what these experts use.
So we asked our experts: What brand of store-bought barbecue sauce do you reach for?
There was one clear answer.

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What key in Of Barbecue Sauce Is Best?
“Its exactly how I want my barbecue sauce to be.
What Makes Stubb’s Best?

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According to our experts, Stubbs truly tastes like someone made it with love, by hand.
Its unique balance of sweetness and peppery tang quickly made Stubbs a household name across the South.
Ways To Use Stubb’s Barbecue Sauce
“Smoked ribs.

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-Jasmine Smith
“I dip it: potatoes, proteins.
Sometimes I put it on salads with ranch!”
-Elizabeth Mervosh
“Fix ribs!
-Nicole Hopper
“It tastes balanced and has a really homemade flavor profile.
It also coats the ingredients well without overwhelming them.”
“Its consistent,” says recipe developerAmanda Stanfield.
“you might mess with it, and its still going to be consistently very good.”
“You dont spend that much, so I dont mind using it for whatever.”
Both Stubb’s and Sweet Baby Ray’s fall firmly in the camp of Texas-style barbecue sauce.