White BBQ Sauce: The Next Big Trend in Barbecue
by Cooking Channel Staff posted at 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
White BBQ sauce is popping up on menus from Portland, Ore., to New York City, where Shake Shack’s Danny Meyer is dousing wings with it at Blue Smoke, to fine-dining restaurants like Publican in Chicago, where Paul Kahan has served char-grilled carrots with white BBQ sauce. So what is it, and what makes it so special? Actually, the sauce has existed since the early 1920s, when “Big Bob” Gibson opened his eponymous restaurant in Decatur, Ala. Over 90 years later, a lot of people in Alabama believe BBQ sauce is white, because that’s what they grew up with. Outside of Alabama, people who have ever heard of such a thing have been few and far between. But with 93 (and counting) Shake Shacks around the world, Danny Meyer is as good a barometer as any for what you can expect to see on your plate in the coming years.
We caught up with the man who helms the pit at “Big Bob” Gibson Bar-B-Q these days, Chris Lilly, to find out why he thinks white BBQ sauce is the best.
He told us: “Before ‘Big Bob’ Gibson started his restaurant in 1925, he cooked whole chickens in a hand-dug pit in his backyard. The chickens would cook in the pit for three hours. He wanted a sauce that would keep them from drying out — that’s where the mayonnaise came in. He also loved the acidity of the vinegar and the black pepper. So you get the vinegar’s tang and black pepper, but you also get the mayonnaise and extra fat to keep your meat from drying out. That’s what makes white sauce so great.”
The Recipe: Big Bob Gibson’s White BBQ Sauce
Total Time: 10 min
Yield: 8 (2-ounce) portions
Level: Easy
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups mayonnaise
3/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
1 teaspoon iodized salt
1 teaspoon granulated white sugar
Directions
Using a rubber spatula or whisk, mix together the mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon juice, pepper, salt and sugar in a medium bowl. Use immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Joyce Ray Shew I'm not going to say it but I know what we're all thinking it looks like....smh
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Lisa Baroni This looks like an overused nut rag, I'll keep it classic thx.
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Tony Mercadante Seasoned mayonnaise(?!) is NOT barbecue sauce. I mean, it could be good in it's own way, but….. I can't see slathering ribs with this. Yuk.
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Porshia Egerson Mayo can be used a base to making your own bbq sauce. You can add mustard (which is healthy), toss in some brown sugar, worcestersire (spelling) sauce, etc. Have fun with it. Play around with it. It's only bbq sauce because you use it on your bbq.
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Alissah Shope This is literally the grossest thing I've ever seen. Like, it gives you that disgusted, nauseated, watching-a-surgery-show kind of feeling.
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Roberto Reyes Jr. It looks like the baseball that the beast chewed up in The Sandlot lol
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Scott Breece I make this sauce, but with 1 Tbs horseradish. Really good.
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Christa Shanette That looks absolutely dreadful.
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Sandra Amigliore What CRAZY person that thinks they're a cook thought this disgusting thing up?
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Beth Ramsey Anderson I keep coming back to this... and I can not figure out this picture. Do I want to?
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Chris Mello Oh yay I want to eat chicken that looks like it was dipped in marshmallow Fluff.
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Sarah Soliz Omar Soliz
Not sure about white BBQ sauce but we might need to try it at least
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by Cooking Channel Staff posted at 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
White BBQ sauce is popping up on menus from Portland, Ore., to New York City, where Shake Shack’s Danny Meyer is dousing wings with it at Blue Smoke, to fine-dining restaurants like Publican in Chicago, where Paul Kahan has served char-grilled carrots with white BBQ sauce. So what is it, and what makes it so special? Actually, the sauce has existed since the early 1920s, when “Big Bob” Gibson opened his eponymous restaurant in Decatur, Ala. Over 90 years later, a lot of people in Alabama believe BBQ sauce is white, because that’s what they grew up with. Outside of Alabama, people who have ever heard of such a thing have been few and far between. But with 93 (and counting) Shake Shacks around the world, Danny Meyer is as good a barometer as any for what you can expect to see on your plate in the coming years.
We caught up with the man who helms the pit at “Big Bob” Gibson Bar-B-Q these days, Chris Lilly, to find out why he thinks white BBQ sauce is the best.
He told us: “Before ‘Big Bob’ Gibson started his restaurant in 1925, he cooked whole chickens in a hand-dug pit in his backyard. The chickens would cook in the pit for three hours. He wanted a sauce that would keep them from drying out — that’s where the mayonnaise came in. He also loved the acidity of the vinegar and the black pepper. So you get the vinegar’s tang and black pepper, but you also get the mayonnaise and extra fat to keep your meat from drying out. That’s what makes white sauce so great.”
The Recipe: Big Bob Gibson’s White BBQ Sauce
Total Time: 10 min
Yield: 8 (2-ounce) portions
Level: Easy
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups mayonnaise
3/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
1 teaspoon iodized salt
1 teaspoon granulated white sugar
Directions
Using a rubber spatula or whisk, mix together the mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon juice, pepper, salt and sugar in a medium bowl. Use immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
Joyce Ray Shew I'm not going to say it but I know what we're all thinking it looks like....smh
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21 Replies · 21 mins
Lisa Baroni This looks like an overused nut rag, I'll keep it classic thx.
"}" class="UFILikeLink">Like · Reply · 36 · 1 hr
9 Replies · 41 mins
Tony Mercadante Seasoned mayonnaise(?!) is NOT barbecue sauce. I mean, it could be good in it's own way, but….. I can't see slathering ribs with this. Yuk.
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8 Replies · 20 mins
Porshia Egerson Mayo can be used a base to making your own bbq sauce. You can add mustard (which is healthy), toss in some brown sugar, worcestersire (spelling) sauce, etc. Have fun with it. Play around with it. It's only bbq sauce because you use it on your bbq.
"}" class="UFILikeLink">Like · Reply · 52 mins
Alissah Shope This is literally the grossest thing I've ever seen. Like, it gives you that disgusted, nauseated, watching-a-surgery-show kind of feeling.
"}" class="UFILikeLink">Like · Reply · 2 mins
Roberto Reyes Jr. It looks like the baseball that the beast chewed up in The Sandlot lol
"}" class="UFILikeLink">Like · Reply · 14 · 1 hr
1 Reply
Scott Breece I make this sauce, but with 1 Tbs horseradish. Really good.
"}" class="UFILikeLink">Like · Reply · 9 · 1 hr
1 Reply
Christa Shanette That looks absolutely dreadful.
"}" class="UFILikeLink">Like · Reply · 26 · 1 hr
2 Replies · 1 hr
Sandra Amigliore What CRAZY person that thinks they're a cook thought this disgusting thing up?
"}" class="UFILikeLink">Like · Reply · 2 · 1 hr
Beth Ramsey Anderson I keep coming back to this... and I can not figure out this picture. Do I want to?
"}" class="UFILikeLink">Like · Reply · 2 · 36 mins
4 Replies · 11 mins
Chris Mello Oh yay I want to eat chicken that looks like it was dipped in marshmallow Fluff.
"}" class="UFILikeLink">Like · Reply · 2 · 47 mins
Sarah Soliz Omar Soliz
Not sure about white BBQ sauce but we might need to try it at least
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