# Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 5, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868 "2012-02-05T15:16:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![automagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/1 "2012-02-05T15:16:43Z")
Does any one know any retailers that sell Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce? ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/2 "2012-02-05T15:19:15Z")
Super Walmart. ---
**Author:** ![automagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/3 "2012-02-05T15:22:00Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Super Walmart. Thank you, I’ll pick one up today. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/4 "2012-02-05T15:23:24Z")
Amazon sells it too. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/5 "2012-02-05T15:48:40Z")
Target does. Both Supers and regulars (called P-fresh in the biz) ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/6 "2012-02-05T15:50:54Z")
Is it that hard to find elsewhere? They sell it in nearly every store where I live, including party/convenience stores. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/7 "2012-02-05T15:51:26Z")
Our Costco does too. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/8 "2012-02-05T16:30:56Z")
It doesn’t answer the question but… How awesome is sweet baby ray’s bbq sauce!?!? The best hands down! It’s the official bbq sauce of my school so I get to eat it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/9 "2012-02-05T16:40:47Z")
The original is great, but the Chipotle sauce is by far my favorite condiment in a bottle. Fortunately Meijer’s was early on the sweet baby ray’s bandwagon, and carry all the flavors. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/10 "2012-02-05T16:50:22Z")
I’ve seen it at basically any supermarket. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/11 "2012-02-05T16:59:25Z")
Anyplace and every place. It’s not that good. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/12 "2012-02-05T17:22:09Z")
Now I am dying to try it. Could that OP have been a viral ad? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/13 "2012-02-05T18:22:16Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > It doesn’t answer the question but… > How awesome is sweet baby ray’s bbq sauce!?!? The best hands down! > > It’s the official bbq sauce of my school so I get to eat it all the time. Delicious!! One of the best store-bought barbecue sauces ever. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/14 "2012-02-05T18:34:54Z")
I see it at almost every store I shop at near home in Maine and New Hampshire and near my brother’s house in upstate New York. It tastes like the BBQ sauce of the gods, but unfortunately I can’t eat it. It always gives me a terrible case of heartburn. I almost never get heartburn otherwise, and never from any other brand of sauce. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/15 "2012-02-05T18:37:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Anyplace and every place. > > It’s not that good. The normal version is too sweet, but the spicy version is allright, especially when cut almost 50/50 with vinegar. That said, I avoid barbecue sauces with liquid smoke/natural smoke flavoring in them (as I think they taste like soot, and, besides, if I’m using barbecue sauce, it means I’ve smoked some meat, so I don’t want smoke flavoring in the sauce.) As for the OP, here’s the [product finder](http://www.sweetbabyrays.com/Finder.aspx) on the Sweet Baby Ray’s Website. There are a lot of places that carry 'em. As I’m in Chicago (home of Baby Ray’s), it’s hard to think of a store with a sauce section that doesn’t stock it. Looking at the product finder, it seems that Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and perhaps Montana (or parts of it) have no SWB’s distribution. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/16 "2012-02-05T18:38:22Z")
The first ingredient is high fructose corn syrup, which is my theory as to why it’s so beloved. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/17 "2012-02-05T19:09:15Z")
Meh. It’s just store-bought sauce. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/18 "2012-02-05T19:18:52Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > The first ingredient is high fructose corn syrup, which is my theory as to why it’s so beloved. > [@Ogre](#): > > Meh. It’s just store-bought sauce. _shrug_ When the other options are Bull’s Eye and Heinz, Sweet Baby Ray’s was the first to recognize that it could be good tasting and spicy, while at the same time being cheap, mass produced, and coming in really large bottles. It is the perfect family BBQ sauce. This coming from a guy who prefers hot, thin, vinegar based sauces. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/19 "2012-02-05T19:49:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > The normal version is too sweet, but the spicy version is allright, especially when cut almost 50/50 with vinegar. That said, I avoid barbecue sauces with liquid smoke/natural smoke flavoring in them (as I think they taste like soot, and, besides, if I’m using barbecue sauce, it means I’ve smoked some meat, so I don’t want smoke flavoring in the sauce.) > > As for the OP, here’s the [product finder](http://www.sweetbabyrays.com/Finder.aspx) on the Sweet Baby Ray’s Website. There are a lot of places that carry 'em. As I’m in Chicago (home of Baby Ray’s), it’s hard to think of a store with a sauce section that doesn’t stock it. Looking at the product finder, it seems that Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and perhaps Montana (or parts of it) have no SWB’s distribution. Are there any other commercial brands you prefer? I’m not that wild about the sweetness and smokiness of Sweet Baby Ray’s, either. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868/20 "2012-02-05T19:54:12Z")
Stubbs is good- not too sweet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-rays-bbq-sauce/611868.md?page=2)