Help! My BBQ Sauce Tastes Like Spaghetti Sauce

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Q: Dr. BBQ, When I follow a traditional American barbecue sauce recipe using tomato paste or tomato puree, the sauce comes out tasting like sweet spaghetti sauce, with a haunting tomato flavor, instead of having a “barbecue sauce taste.” When I buy tomato-based sauce off-the-shelf it doesn’t have this problem. What might I be doing wrong? Adrian F.   A: Hi Adrian, Tomato-based barbecue sauce needs to …

Smoker Grill Recommendation

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Q:  Dear Dr. BBQ,   I’m trying to locate a smoker grill that has the fire box off to one side and the meat compartment on the other. I first saw this on the TV show Barbecue University.  Can you help?   Thanks,   Lonnie   A:  Hi Lonnie,   I got in touch with Steve Raichlen and he said …

Marketing BBQ Sauce

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Q:  Hi Dr. BBQ,    I’m a student at the University of Nebraska in an agribusiness marketing class. We are assigned to do a marketing plan for a company.  We were assigned Hollman’s Foods BBQ Sauce. We have to present a marketing presentation to our class this coming Tuesday.  Do you have any suggestions?  What do you think the sales …

A Cooker for the Masses

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Q:  Hello Dr. BBQ,   I currently have an Egg but have been wanting to get a cooker for the masses.  I want something that I can do a whole hog on, or enough ribs for a large crowd.  My only restriction is that I will never go to the “dark side” and use gas.  I have found only one …

Tips for Thighs

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Dr. BBQ: I have most of your books but I missed you when you had the class in California this year so I didn’t get your expert advise on how to prepare thighs for competition. If you could give me a few hints or lead me to one of your books that covers that subject I would be grateful. Being …