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Title: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina Vinegar Style
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on January 06, 2018, 12:19:55 PM: BBQ Sauce - Heinz Carolina

Sauce Profile:
1. Tangy
2. Vinegar and Tomato base
3. Thin (will run on a plate)
4. A Little Spice Kick (just south of a very mild hot sauce)

This sauce is very similar to a sauce that I won 2nd place in the Memphis in May BBQ contest with back in the late 90â€™s. It was a profile that my neighbor was taught how to make a BBQ sauce at a training session by the late John Willingham.

Interestingly, I used to take Kraft BBQ sauce, pour vinegar in it to thin it, and then mix in dry spices to get the flavor profile I was looking to achieve. Donâ€™t have to do that anymore now that I can just go to the store and pull a bottle of this off the shelf.

I use it primarily on chicken fingers, but I believe this would work well with any chicken or pork product. You really need to be OK with the vinegar taste though. If you are looking for a thick tomatoey sauce like KC Masterpiece, this is probably not for you.

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Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Kristin Meredith on January 06, 2018, 01:36:23 PM: How do you think it would do on pulled pork or ribs that might go in a comp box? Too thin? Better on a pulled pork sandwich?
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Bentley on January 06, 2018, 01:48:45 PM: Looking at the bottle and the picture on foil, I thought, no way this is Carolina sauce, to murky and tomatoie to be that...then what do I see? Picture of ingredients...pretty sure ingredients in US still have to be list by greatest amount of ingredient 1st...what's 1st & 2nd...distilled white vinegar & apple cider vinager...yeah, that is Eastern North Carolina sauce for sure...
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on January 06, 2018, 02:18:10 PM: Quote from: Kristin Meredith on January 06, 2018, 01:36:23 PM
How do you think it would do on pulled pork or ribs that might go in a comp box? Too thin? Better on a pulled pork sandwich?

Unfortunately, I do not sauce pulled pork or ribs so I can't give you a good answer. It has a vinegar bite so if most competitions prefer something more tomatoey then I don't think this would work. I think it would set up OK on the meat though as it is no water thin sauce. Probably best to brush on ribs. I think it would work well on pulled pork sandwich with a vinegar slaw.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Kristin Meredith on January 06, 2018, 03:01:42 PM: Thanks for the review and response. I look forward to more!
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Bentley on January 06, 2018, 03:06:23 PM: Agreed, thank you for taking the time to share a review with all of us!
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: desertdad on January 07, 2018, 10:28:32 AM: Thank you for the review of this. I love Carolina style sauces and am going to look for this at our local stores.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Smokechaser on January 07, 2018, 04:35:55 PM: Iâ€™ve used this on both pulled pork sandwiches and chicken. For store bought it is ok. My wife does not like sweet bbq sauces so thought I would give it a try. She seems to like it so it works for us.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: cookingjnj on January 07, 2018, 09:22:22 PM: Have not seen this in any of my local stores, but will look deeper. Sounds like an interesting sauce I would love to give a try.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Bentley on January 07, 2018, 10:06:00 PM: I am not a fan of vinegar sauce, particularly never cared for the water like consistency. At least this look like it will stick.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: cookingjnj on January 07, 2018, 10:52:57 PM: I was sold on Tangy and a little spice kick..... but again, I am a pretty simple guy to please.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Florida Jim on January 08, 2018, 05:32:52 AM: I really like this sauce. My Daughter in law has become addicted to it.
Really great on pulled pork.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Bentley on January 08, 2018, 02:49:51 PM: Kristin just bought some today, so it will be interesting to see the flavor.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on January 08, 2018, 03:28:01 PM: Quote from: Bentley on January 08, 2018, 02:49:51 PM
Kristin just bought some today, so it will be interesting to see the flavor.

Curious to hear what the two of you think of the flavor.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Bentley on January 08, 2018, 03:44:43 PM: Great review, one of the nastiest BBQ sauces I have ever tasted!
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Old Smokey on January 08, 2018, 04:26:41 PM: I'm not a fan of Carolina style sauces. Way too vinegary for me.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Kristin Meredith on January 08, 2018, 05:12:30 PM: Just tried on a spoon straight out of the bottle. Very vinegary and tangy, just a tiny bit of heat and a peppery finish. Just straight, it is too much vinegar for me. I will try on some wings tonight, but think it may be too vinegary for chicken. I am looking forward to trying this on pulled pork, may be just the right thing for the more fatty pork. Thanks for the review, would have never tried this sauce without it
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on January 08, 2018, 05:17:30 PM: Quote from: Kristin Meredith on January 08, 2018, 05:12:30 PM
Just tried on a spoon straight out of the bottle. Very vinegary and tangy, just a tiny bit of heat and a peppery finish. Just straight, it is too much vinegar for me. I will try on some wings tonight, but think it may be too vinegary for chicken. I am looking forward to trying this on pulled pork, may be just the right thing for the more fatty pork. Thanks for the review, would have never tried this sauce without it

Glad to see the bottle may not go to waste since Bentley wasn't trying it again.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina Vinegar Style
Post by: texasbrew on January 10, 2018, 10:14:18 PM: Thanks for a nice review. I will have to pick up a bottle and try it out with some Chappell Hill smoked sausage.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina Vinegar Style
Post by: ScottWood on January 25, 2018, 12:49:36 PM: Thanks for the review. I have been looking at these new Heinz sauces since they don't use high fructose corn syrup. I don't have a problem with it but the wife does and she is supposed to avoid it as much as possible.

I tend to like Carolina style vinegar based sauces. Lately we have been using the Carolina Gold from Trader Joes a lot and while this looks to be quite a bit different than that, it would make me happy to find another vinegar based type of sauce locally that I like.
Title: Re: BBQ Sauce Review - Heinz Carolina Vinegar Style
Post by: Bentley on January 25, 2018, 12:53:43 PM: If you like a vinegar taste in your sauce, this is the one for you!