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North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce
North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce

 

Our North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce, is our most requested recipe EVERY WEEK!!!

North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce, This may be one of the Best Carolina style sauces I have ever had.  This is a VERY BOLD sauce and is MAGIC on Pulled Pork!

I like to splash it on almost any pork and chicken dish. It’s also great as a mop sauce when grilling pork or chicken or on anything you want a vinegar based sauce instead of the usual tomato based sauce.

This is the best Carolina style sauce I have ever had. We put it in a mason jar in the fridge and it is still good a month later.

I am thinking for the next batch of doubling the red pepper, but this was so good as is, you don’t need to unless you want more zing…

I put it in a mason jar in the fridge and it is still good months later…

A Note from Scott W.
“Try this as a marinade for sliced cucumbers and sweet onions. Brings them to a whole new level”!

North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce

Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on one of our Grills or Smokers, but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme.  Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients: North Carolina-Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce

  •  3 cups  apple cider vinegar
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup ketchup
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup kosher salt
  • 2 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder

North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce
A BBQ SAUCE RECIPE

North Carolina-Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce
Mix All the Into Ingredients the Pot

Directions: North Carolina-Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce

Pour the vinegar, ketchup and honey with the dry seasoning in a medium saucepan over medium heat until everything dissolves. Turn heat down to low a simmer for about 5 minutes to blend. This will release the oils from your seasonings and let them get all happy with each other. Just need to  simmer and stir for a few minutes.

North Carolina-Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce
Simmer About 5 Minutes

 

North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce
A BBQ SAUCE RECIPE
 

North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce
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North Carolina Style Vinegar BBQ Sauce
A BBQ SAUCE RECIPE

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  1. Avatar of Steve
    Steve

    Doing a 10 LB pork butt and this is the BBQ sauce I’m using, Gotta love it.

  2. Avatar of Isaiah
    Isaiah

    I love this sauce after I pull a 20# pork shoulder, braised in Yeungling Lager…. I run it as a special at the restaurant all the time. ..w/ fresh grilled hard roll, homeade slaw, and melted cheddar jack.

    1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
      Ken Fisher

      Thanks Isaiah…

  3. Avatar of jesse
    jesse

    Curious if you’ve tried this with Asian Rice Wine Vinegar? That’s got a sweet quality to it. Might be a good variation.

  4. Avatar of André Roberts
    André Roberts

    I’m in the process of making this sauce right now. Noticed it says 1/4 CUP salt. Really? Seems like a lot. Should it be tsp or tbsp? I know, add a little at a time and go from there. Just curios if it’s a typo.
    Thanks, André

    1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
      Ken Fisher

      I know it sounds like a lot but it works out…
      Enjoy…

      1. Avatar of André Roberts
        André Roberts

        I put the whole 1/4 cup in. Awesome sauce! Thanks so much Ken, it’s perfect!

  5. Avatar of Kirkley Ken
    Kirkley Ken

    Love this stuff! No BBQ joints in the area have this kind of sauce. Glad I found this recipe to make my own.

    1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
      Ken Fisher

      Thanks Ken Enjoy…

  6. Avatar of Damian
    Damian

    What is this primarily used for? Butts? Or on anything?

    1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
      Ken Fisher

      Mostly Pulled Pork, I have enjoyed on pork loin chops and chicken also…

  7. Avatar of keitha culwell
    keitha culwell

    Just made this while waiting for pork butt to smoke. I L O V E this and my husband thinks I’m a goddess for making it like his G-ma. He said it was good enough to put in a pitcher with ice instead of iced tea. Thank you!

    1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
      Ken Fisher

      Thank you…

    2. Avatar of Palladini
      Palladini

      That BBQ sauce on Pork is to kill for, it does not get any better than that.

      1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
        Ken Fisher

        Thank you Sir…

  8. Avatar of Palladini
    Palladini

    I am form Ontario Canada, and I will tell you the best Pulled pork sandwich I have ever had was form a shack sitting beside some big Cotton Mill somewhere in the western half of North Carolina. Thatnk you very much for posting this recipe.

  9. Avatar of Ralph Herring
    Ralph Herring

    I’m from SC and got my sauce from my granddad. I don’t use the ketchup or honey, not into the sweet stuff. I was told he got his recipe from NC but everything I see has some kind of sweetner. Is there a history on this?

    1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
      Ken Fisher

      Hi Ralph, I am sure there is some kind of history here. It would be fun to check into…

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    1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
      Ken Fisher

      Yes, what he said….

  11. Avatar of Greg Pinch
    Greg Pinch

    Just made this.
    Damn it’s good !!!
    Thanks so much.

  12. Avatar of Willie Crawford
    Willie Crawford

    Great Carolina sauce.

  13. Avatar of Willie Crawford
    Willie Crawford

    Great Carolina sauce, can’t make enough. Everyone loves it.

  14. Avatar of Charlotte Potter
    Charlotte Potter

    We’re from Tenn. originally and my dad would kill a hog, hang it from a tree to drain the blood. Dad and my Uncle would dig a pit and cook the hog in the pit. My Uncle always made the sauce and I’ve tasted some like it, not many, but only ever in Tenn. I’m an Arizona woman and you can’t find any bbq or sauce like Back home. I’m going to try yours and keep my fingers crossed. The only time I get good bbq is when I go visit my sister in Tenn. There is a really good place close to her and they cook all that pig behind the restaurant/ drive thru. Yum Yum sooooo good!!! Can’t way to try yours.

  15. Avatar of Billy Rhoton
    Billy Rhoton

    Very nice job!! This is excellent.

  16. Avatar of Tommy
    Tommy

    This makes the best bbq sauce ever, so good on pulled pork!

  17. Avatar of Abe
    Abe

    This recipe is legit!!! I’ve never had North Carolina style BBQ sauce before trying this, so I was taking a leap of faith that it would be good and oh boy was it ever! Simple ingredients and easy directions. Great food does not have to be compliacted! Thank you!

  18. Avatar of Keith Applewhite
    Keith Applewhite

    My family is from Wilson, NC. I grew up on this stuff. I think Ed Mitchell would approve of this! Keep coming with the recipes, I miss my home cooked food!

    1. Avatar of Dee
      Dee

      My family lives in Wilson & we load up on Parker’s BBQ when we come to town!

  19. Avatar of Jim Franklin
    Jim Franklin

    Do you have a recipe for the NC red slaw?

  20. Avatar of Scott W.
    Scott W.

    Try this as a marinade for sliced cucumbers and sweet onions. Brings them to a whole new level!

    1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
      Ken Fisher

      Wow!!! I never thought of that!!! I do marinade sliced cucumbers and sweet onions so I’ll have to try it…

      Thanks

      1. Avatar of Jason
        Jason

        I was thinking of using this in a mason jar and quick pickle for cucumbers and just keep in Fridge…did you ever try it?

        1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
          Ken Fisher

          This is our most requested recipe. I have used it on pork, chicken and fish. But I haven’t hit any pickles with it… Lol

    2. Avatar of Jason
      Jason

      How long did you keep them in there I’m thinking maybe 24-48 hours

      1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
        Ken Fisher

        When I do this overnight, then add more as we eat them…

  21. Avatar of Don
    Don

    Just made a batch of this. I used smoked kosher salt and pepper flakes I dried this past season. Best I’ve ever had. It’ll be a permanent addition at our house.

    1. Avatar of Ken Fisher
      Ken Fisher

      That sounds good! I love this sauce as there is so much you can do with it. Thanks!!

  22. Avatar of Steve Deadpool
    Steve Deadpool

    Thank you for sharing the goodness.

  23. Avatar of nole_in_co
    nole_in_co

    Love, love, love this!!!
    Thank you

  24. Avatar of Dan Naro
    Dan Naro

    I was in Raleigh, NC for a good friends wedding and cooked a whole hog. One of his friends brought a few gallons of their homemade NC vinegar sauce to use as a mop and for topping. It was excellent. She would not give us the recipe and me and my buddy said ok. We will figure this out on our own then. We got pretty close but something was off. I remember stumbling across this recipe and giving it a try and it was almost spot on. I kept telling my buddy it needed ketchup to thicken it up a bit but he was adamant about them not using ketchup out there. This is perfect. I do add a dash to taste of worcestershire to it though.

  25. Avatar of Vicky McPherson
    Vicky McPherson

    I made this for our community 4th of July picnic. We smoked 2 Boston butts and added the a bit of the sauce as soon we pulled it. Our group raves about how good it was. Thank you for making my pork the hit of the picnic.

  26. Avatar of George Crosthwait
    George Crosthwait

    This is without a doubt the BEST SAUCE I HAVE EVER HAD. I’ve always wanted a really good vinegar base mop sauce I came up on this and read all the reviews and made some and all I can say is WOW. THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS .

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