White BBQ Sauces (Taken from hotsaucedaily.com)

White BBQ Sauce From Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q

by BRIAN on MAY 30, 2009

White BBQ Sauce from Northern Alabama

Ifirst learned about the white bbq sauce that Big Bob Gibson made famous in Decatur, Alabama, from reading “Peace, Love and Barbecue” by Mike and Amy Mills. Mike writes:

Big Bob’s chicken is among the best I’ve ever eaten. The birds are simply seasoned with lots of salt and black pepper and smoked with hickory wood at a temperature higher than I usually suggest. Then they pull ‘em off the pit and dunk ‘em in a 5-gallon bucket of white sauce, leaving the crispy, smokey skin with a thin coating of the tangy sauce. The flavor is just awesome.

Now Chris Lilly’s “Big Bob Gibson’s BBQ Book” comes out, with yet another variation on the same recipe. As Chris points out:

There is now a large number of “authentic” versions of Big Bob’s original secret recipe and cooking method – all different from one another.

First I tried the recipe I saw in “Peace, Love and Barbecue”. It was different from this Marylander’s love of the red, sticky BBQ sauces. But very good. Would I make it again? Maybe, maybe not. It was so unique and different, and while delicious as it was… would this be something I’d make again?

Then I got my copy of “Big Bob Gibson’s BBQ Book” with yet another version of the white sauce. OK, now I HAD to make it again. Especially considering the additional ingredients this recipe called for.

Here’s a comparison of the two recipes:

Mike Mills’ Version

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tbl lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tbls black pepper
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp cayenne

Chris Lilly’s Version

• 2 cups mayonnaise
• 1 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1/2 cup apple juice
• 2 tsps prepared horseradish
• 2 tsps black pepper
• 2 tsps fresh lemon juice
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

Combine all ingredients in a very large bowl. Season your chicken and grill or bbq it as you like. When it’s done, take that hot, smokey chicken and dunk it in the bowl of white sauce, turning to coat. Serve immediately with your favorite sides. Delicious!

Let me point out that I’ve learned that the *best* bbq sauce recipes don’t always taste great “out of the bottle” – rather they *need* to be cooked to really bring out the flavor. I think this is going to be my mantra… if it’s just ok “out of the bowl”, it will improve with cooking!

This second cooking of the chicken with the Chris Lilly version of the recipe was even better.

Still, would we cook it up again? Yes. How soon? Well, not for a while. It’s now a “been there done that” thing. If tonight I could visit the restaurant in Decatur, AL of the famous Big Bob’s and have the “real thing”… I might come home all fired up and do it all again.

But for now, I’m sticking with the sticky… sticky, red, saucey, spicey BBQ sauces that we in the Mason-Dixon “Old Line State” of Maryland love.

New rub recipe

This is my version of the pork rub recipe:

Ingredients:

2/3 C brown sugar

1/3 cup sugar

2 tbsp ground black pepper

2 tbsp kosher salt( I use reg salt)

2 tsp ground ginger

4 tsp garlic powder

4 tsp onion salt

1 tbsp dry mustard

1 tsp crushed red pepper

1 tsp cayenne pepper

2 tsp cumin

2 tsp paprika

1 tsp dried thyme



First use about 2 tbsp of lime juice and brush onto pork tenderloin. Then allow to set for 5-10min. Mix all other ingredients in a mixing bowl. Put all ingredients in a 1gal ziploc bag and add tenderloins. Shake well. Refrig for 8hrs.  Cook on Grill.  Seer on high temp(450) 6-8 min flipping 3 times. Reduce heat to low(350) cook additional 10-15 turning every 5 min.(8-10min total for pink center).

(I am told that this is rather spicy so if there is mixed company back off of the cayenne a bit)

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230 lbs of pork shoulder on Saturday. I also smoked a turkey, a few fatties and some meat balls.

Started at 6:00am and was done by 10:30.

I had fired up all three smokers due to the fact that I did not have enough room in the smoker.

I smoked a few of the shoulders in the Wookie with Hickory. It was ok but I enjoy apple wood more.

In total it was three cases but it would have been better to do two cases.

Have not tried this yet but found this post on the Meatsmokingforum site posted by Don Marco

Cut a 5 pound pork butt into small strips and chilled it in the freezer



And made a Marinade out of this :




1/4 cup allspice
1/4 cup brown sugar
4 garlic cloves
4 Habanero peppers
1/2 Tablespoon Thyme
1 spring onion
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 "--" nutmeg
5 "--" sea salt
3 "--" frisch gemahlener Pfeffer
Juce of 1 lime
1/4 cup EVOO
2 Tablespoon Soy Sauce




Ground the meat with the coarse blade, mixed it with the marinade and ground again with the medium blade




Then stuffed into 1" hog casings



I just cooked a couple of those on the mini egg with some allspice in the charcoal and im very pleased with the results. Flavour was awesome, next time ill just add some some more fat to the mix.

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Over Spring Break this year we went to St. Augustine Florida. While we were there we took a look around at the Alligator Farm. They have two albino alligators. We stayed at the BlueGreen World Village Golf resort.

We enjoyed great weather there usually around 75 to 80 degrees

Just another day at the beach

We visited two different beaches while at St. Augustine. As you can see we are not dressed for a day at the beach. A good time was still had by all.

After a quick run on the beach we took off to tour the rest of the city. The other beach we went to had miles of sea shells that we were able to collect.