Help! BBQ advice needed!

Firefighter_Jay
Firefighter_Jay Posts: 426 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Every year to help bring in spring my station has a private get together called affectionately by our wife's the annual firefighter sausage fest. Anyway a weekend long camp outside, freeze our *kitten* off at while drinking our faces off. But the best part is our private ribs and sausage competition. Winner gets a single vacation day from everyone who enters.

Need help finding a new rib sauce, I've never won this effin thing. And I want this to be my year!
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  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    How do I get invited to a Firefighter Sausage Fest?!?!?!
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    How do I get invited to a Firefighter Sausage Fest?!?!?!

    no doubt!!
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    I stopped reading at sausage fest.....
  • skinnywithin
    skinnywithin Posts: 1,392 Member
    If we help do we get an invite?
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    Like a BBQ sauce?


    You're gonna have to just make something and taste and play around until you find the right combo ... .. use molasses, fresh tomatoes, dark brown sugar, and definitely apple cider vinegar. I'm a big fan of super-spicy sauce, too, so make sure you add cayenne. OH, do some adobo chiles, that might be good....
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    I have the perfect sausage sauce. But must recieve a personal invite to the sausage fest in order to share it.
  • 7funnygirl7
    7funnygirl7 Posts: 1,176
    There is a "java ribs" (coffee) recipe in the "Company's coming most loved barbecuing" cookbook. I use it when I do ribs on the BBQ and everyone loves them! Mmmmmmmm.~ Good Luck!
  • shannoninBC
    shannoninBC Posts: 345 Member
    How do I get invited to a Firefighter Sausage Fest?!?!?!
    ^^^ I concur
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    How do I get invited to a Firefighter Sausage Fest?!?!?!

    Right?!
  • neurochamp
    neurochamp Posts: 261 Member
    If you want something different, try something like this:

    http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/blueberry_bourbon_barbecue_sauce.html

    The blueberry bourbon combination is freaking awesome, but I've also tweaked the recipe to use sweet cherries + chipotle peppers OR tart apples + red onions (with a hit of cinnamon to go with the apples) instead of the blueberries. All of the versions I made were tasty, but the blueberry bourbon and the apple-cinnamon & onion were easily the fan favorites.
  • Firefighter_Jay
    Firefighter_Jay Posts: 426 Member
    There is a "java ribs" (coffee) recipe in the "Company's coming most loved barbecuing" cookbook. I use it when I do ribs on the BBQ and everyone loves them! Mmmmmmmm.~ Good Luck!

    Coffee?!?!?!?!?!?! Omfg, I think I just fell in love with you.
  • Firefighter_Jay
    Firefighter_Jay Posts: 426 Member
    If you want something different, try something like this:

    http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/blueberry_bourbon_barbecue_sauce.html

    The blueberry bourbon combination is freaking awesome, but I've also tweaked the recipe to use sweet cherries + chipotle peppers OR tart apples + red onions (with a hit of cinnamon to go with the apples) instead of the blueberries. All of the versions I made were tasty, but the blueberry bourbon and the apple-cinnamon & onion were easily the fan favorites.

    Going to check it out as well, thanks everyone!
  • Tanyawhite30
    Tanyawhite30 Posts: 473
    You lost me after reading Sausage Fest lol
  • 7funnygirl7
    7funnygirl7 Posts: 1,176
    There is a "java ribs" (coffee) recipe in the "Company's coming most loved barbecuing" cookbook. I use it when I do ribs on the BBQ and everyone loves them! Mmmmmmmm.~ Good Luck!

    Coffee?!?!?!?!?!?! Omfg, I think I just fell in love with you.
    LOL. It is "EFFIN" awesome! I promise!!!! :love:
  • skinnywithin
    skinnywithin Posts: 1,392 Member
    There is a "java ribs" (coffee) recipe in the "Company's coming most loved barbecuing" cookbook. I use it when I do ribs on the BBQ and everyone loves them! Mmmmmmmm.~ Good Luck!

    Coffee?!?!?!?!?!?! Omfg, I think I just fell in love with you.
    LOL. It is "EFFIN" awesome! I promise!!!! :love:


    Just checked and we have to buy the book, BUT if you would like to post that sauce for us it would be nice :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:
  • WarriorMom2012
    WarriorMom2012 Posts: 621 Member
    Thank you for giving me a mental picture of the "Fireman's Sausage Fest". I will happily sit at my desk thinking about it for the rest of the day...
  • boomboom011
    boomboom011 Posts: 1,459
    rudys bbq sauce is one of my favs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    rudys bbq sauce is one of my favs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    One of my favorites, too! Luling is at the top, though!
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    There is a "java ribs" (coffee) recipe in the "Company's coming most loved barbecuing" cookbook. I use it when I do ribs on the BBQ and everyone loves them! Mmmmmmmm.~ Good Luck!
    Coffee?!?!?!?!?!?! Omfg, I think I just fell in love with you.
    That sounds soooo good!
  • tabinmaine
    tabinmaine Posts: 965 Member
    Don't make it.... buy yourself a few bottles of "Diana's Rib & Chicken" sauce online and have it shipped... very few americans know what it is.... it's made in Canada.... you will win, can almost guarantee it !! :)

    *** Update : just checked, they don't sell online, but I think you can buy it on Ebay...take a look
  • Andie_loops
    Andie_loops Posts: 93
    if you have to make it, then idk i'm still a work in process when it comes to cooking!

    If you can buy it try Sonny Bryans Sauce, its delicious and can be shipped anywhere in the USA within 2-3 days.

    Here is the website https://www.sonnybryans.com/orderonline.php
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    I sent you the Raspberry Jalapeno Sauce recipe.

    You asked about marinating first. I wouldn't. I think a rub would be better prior to BBQing. Marinade would dominate the taste.

    Good Luck.
  • TammyBee
    TammyBee Posts: 178
    How do I get invited to a Firefighter Sausage Fest?!?!?!


    Oh Yeah!! :love:
  • rmhand
    rmhand Posts: 1,067 Member
    private ribs and sausage competition

    That sounds dirty.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Firefighters are hot. That's all I have to add to this thread.

    Wait, are there going to be pictures after this blessed event?
  • Monkeymomma05
    Monkeymomma05 Posts: 116
    How do I get invited to a Firefighter Sausage Fest?!?!?!

    Yes, put me on that invite list!!!
  • mikeyboy
    mikeyboy Posts: 1,057 Member
    With the proper rub & smoke...you don't need no flippin' sauce! If you have to, look up a good Carolina sauce you can make.
  • JPod279
    JPod279 Posts: 722 Member
    If you can use bought BBQ sauce....Head Country from Oklahoma. You can buy it online. They also have a rub and I use their products exclusive to BBQ. Plus, think of all the additional jokes you can get in with Head Country and sausage fest. It's a win-win situation.

    If you have to make your own you better start looking online and get to practicing.
  • whiskeysister510
    whiskeysister510 Posts: 76 Member
    Get the BBQ Bible and start trying some of the recipes. I have never made anything from this cookbook I didn't love. When you find something you like, make some changes to personalize the recipe. Also, consider a more non-traditional sauce--sometimes something different stands out in a competition.

    http://www.barbecuebible.com/


    BBQ'd anything is my favorite food!!
  • JPod279
    JPod279 Posts: 722 Member
    With the proper rub & smoke...you don't need no flippin' sauce! If you have to, look up a good Carolina sauce you can make.

    Amen to that! I have sauce to be a proper host, but I never need it for my brisket or beer can chicken.
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