Barbecuing isn’t what it wont to be. When growing up the only time that my family would start up the grill or smoker was in the summer and on the weekends. Today, people barbeque every night and all year-around. Barbeque sauces have come along way since then as well. There wont to be only a couple of choices at your local market. But now with the invention of “super” markets the amount barbeque sauces you can buy locally has grown importantly. For those gourmet barbeque sauces the web is probably the only place you’ll find these unique sauces. If you don’t live in the Alabama area the only place you’ll find traditional White BBQ Sauce like Big Bob Gibson’s gets on the web or of course you can try to arrive yourself.
In Alabama barbeque traditional Sauce uses Mayonnaise as its base besides tomato sauce, vinegar, or any of the other more distinctive barbeque sauce bases. It’s clearly a region favorite. Bob Gibson of Decatur, Alabama is credited with the invention the white sauce back in 1925. Friends and family were first treated to this secret-recipe sauce on chicken and pork at weekend barbecues where boards were nailed to trees for tables. Today, this famous mayonnaise-based condiment is traditionally employed to baste chicken, seafood and pork. (more…)