Different Types of Barbecue Sauce

(1) Texas Barbecue Sauce - This is a sweet and spicy sauce that uses ketchup as its base ingredient. Texas barbecue starts with beef and usually ends with beef.

(2) Memphis Barbecue Sauce - Not as sweet or spicy as Texas sauce, Memphis sauce usually includes tomatoes and vinegar as its base ingredients. It is also a thinner sauce. Ribs are Memphis’ favorite cut of meat to barbecue.

(3) Carolina Barbecue Sauce - Within the Carolinas, barbecue can actually be broken down into three distinct regions of sauces. Pork shoulder or butt is king of all the Carolina barbecue meats.

(4) Alabama Barbecue Sauce - One of the more unusual sauces, this is “white” and uses mayonnaise as its base ingredient. This is used on chicken, turkey, or pork.

(5) Kansas City Barbecue Sauce - This is a thick, red sauce. Kansas City barbecue uses a lot of sauce on many different kinds of meat. Pork and beef the most common types of meat in Kansas City.