Not bad…not bad at all. I fiddled with the proportions a bit in the sauce, upping the pepper content (I like it hot). Yep… <munch, munch>
Pretty tasty. I think it’ll improve when I have the time to run the smoker, but that sauce base is a keeper!
Hint: Get some of this. Use it on everything! 
Watch me come to this thread all late. But I this is for the sake of anyone not in the Carolinas.
I am relatively new to NC (10 ish years) but I learned rather quickly that BBQ “sauce” is not thick. Do not get “Northern” (and Florida counts as the North) BBQ and “Carolina” BBQ mixed up. I learned the very hard way. At a pigpicking. Man oh man, not a good place. Lots of old Southern people looking at you like you have two heads, just for asking for stuff from a bottle (although Sweet Baby Ray’s is nice stuff).
What I have learned: Northern BBQ is really “grilling”. And Eastern BBQ is the king. None of that tomato muddying up things. Slaw on top is necessary for a true experience.
If you are ever in Wilmington I totally recommend going to Carolina BBQ. In Chapel Hill go to Mama Dips. Good stuff. But for the best BBQ you have to find a really old Southern person in their kitchen or show up at a pigpicking. Just keep driving til the houses become farther and farther apart. Mmmm.
WHAT?!?! Them’s fightin’ words were I come from Bud! We may have been over-run but we ain’t the North! Saying that 'round here will get yer fruit picked early!!! 
Where in Florida are you? I’m…uh… just wondering. Nothing at all to do with BBQ. Or that my dad is from eastern NC and I grew up with that style BBQ. Or that I’m hungry for good sliced pork BBQ right now.
Not too far from Daytona. I am not so much loyal to a section of the Country’s style of BBQ, I just know what I like. I love them all, just some more than others.
I’m sure you all know this, but the reason why western NC uses tomatos and eastern doesn’t is that when the eastern part of the state was settled, everyone thought that tomatos were poisonous. By the time the Appalachians were settled, tomatos had entered our diet. Therefore, the westerners were using them in their BBQ sauce.
I am aware that they were once considered an aphrodisiac andat another time they were believed to be poisionious. I didn’t know about the time correlation to the settlement of NC. Interesting.
Were is “The Land of the Caloosa” by the way?
LOL. Listen I am from NYC originally where we don’t think people from upstate are really New Yorkers. But seriously, in collegess, after I got flagellated because the Yankees beat the Braves— and I don’t even like the Yankees— I was schooled in what parts of this country are South and what is not. And to a person I was told Florida is NOT the South; it is just a geographical error. I like Florida so I was happy to take it. But I took umbrage at them trying to foist Maryland on me. Really. 
And Hypno-Toad, would Western BBQ sauce count as a daily serving of fruit and veggies, what with the inclusion of tomates?
[QUOTE=boofuuBut seriously, in collegess [/QUOTE]
Duh. Collegess. It is an all-female university. Really.
I swear I got a degree (in English, but that is neither here nor there)! It took 5 years but I have to loans to prove it.
The Caloosa lived along the southern gulf coast and built big mounds on islands such as Pine Island, Sanibel, Mound Key (duh), and others. Until the Spanish arrived in the 1500’s. I live just a few minutes south of the eponymous Caloosahatchee River.
According to the Reagan administration, Yes.
I’m from Maryland orginally and it is definately neither southern nor northern. It’s a hegemony of different cultures headed by the DC metro area.
Now that I live in Florida, I feel like the north was relocated to the tropics. You’ll find more folks with midwestern and northern accents than southern ones.
I’ve lived here all my life and never have heard of the mighty Caloosahatchee or those from whom the name is derived. I am a little less ignorant than I was moments ago. We have a river not too far called,IIRC, Econlocahatchee. Is the “…hatchee” synonymous with “river”, do you know?
And boofuu, no real offense taken. Most real Floridians that I know consider themselves to be southern. Mostly in the slower talking, door-holding, wave-at-your-neighbor kind of way.
Yup. Hatchee = River. The Caloosahatchee is the western outlet for Okeechobee and part of the intracoastal waterway.
To drift back towards the topic, I am very happy to announce that I’ve discovered an outstanding BBQ joint that sits on my way home from work. For less than $8 one can get a mountain of pork and two sides. The sides are also very good. And the owners have included a variety of sauces.
Tomorrow I will be taking my first stab at “Indirect Grilling” as defined in some books. I have a std. gas grill and purchased the cast iron box for the wood chips. I understand that this box goes on the lighted side directly on the lava rocks and all the meats go on the unlighted side. I will be attempting several typs of meat: pork roast, chicken quarters and sausage links. I am concerned with the differences in cooking times for each. I now have a meat thermometer but hesitate to poke too many holes trying to learn. Any insights from those who remain here?
Secondly, I am trying to discover how to make the BBQ sauce that is like the chain here called **Woody’s Barbecue’s ** sweet, dark red-brown with a slight twang. Anyone know of the recipe for this type of sauce? KC Masterpiece is good but I’d like to learn to make my own.
Any thoughts?
Northern Florida is the South, southernish Florida is up north, South Florida is a Caribbean republic. More or less.
And vinegar is wrong. Molasses is the only true base for a barbecue sauce.
RETCH
Mole-asses, that is just so very, very wrong.
Forget religious wars. Who cares what god you worship? Who cares if you worship at all? But molasses…
HERETIC!!!
Or it USED to, anyway. We used to go for Karaoke Night. Good times. Except for that one time when some city-boys showed up with a comedy act and got booed off the stage. Only thing that saved them was the skinny bald feller that could sing like Randy Travis. Place closed down for good pretty soon after that fiasco.
12 yrs is a reeeeaaaaaaaal ssssssssslooooooooooow cook.