I like to pass along little tips as I find them (and use them). I won't recommend an item if I haven't taste tested it. Let's talk BBQ sauce for a minute.
1. You can absolutely make your own cheaper (read ingredients, select the ones you want and cook it down). Don't be afraid to experiment. I do it ALL the time (usually late at night)2. You can find a brand you like, and adopt it as your "go to" sauce.
3. You can take two or three (at most) sauces that contain the desired sweet, smoky, heat, etc., that you like and combine them into one sauce (I rarely ever use one sauce right out of the bottle with out customizing it).
4. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Stay open to new sauces and ideas as you might think of them, find them, have them suggested to you, or whatever. Just don't live in a culinary rut. A few drops of things like Worcestershire, A-1, soy sauce (aka: bug juice), powered mustard, sorghum, honey, hot sauce, and on and on...might create a sauce that is truly your own and delicious.
Here is a tip: TRY THIS! A Kansas City style sauce
Meat Mitch WHOMP BBQ Sauce
It might be a bit peppery for you, so mix it with a bit of Sweet Baby Ray's or Famous Dave's Rich and Sassy. I LOVE IT. It may be my new (at least at this time) favorite sauce to eat and to mix with.
