Here's another Southern Illinois competition sauce from our friends at The Sauced Up Smokers of Carbondale/Murphysboro Illinois. This is FIRE HOUSE, a Kansas City style sauce, sweetly spicy HOT with four different sugars: corn sugar, brown sugar, honey, and molasses. It is only slightly spicy but the aged red peppers used for the pepper base set it apart from all others. They taste great without burning out taste buds.
It's base is a rich simmered tomato paste and thinly sliced garlic sauteed in oil. Vinegar so light it comes through as hint of citrus. Not quite as smoky as some Kansas City sauces, but smokier than the two popular big box brands. In Road Hose the smoke is there to bring the atmosphere of a backroads dive with 40 cars pulled up, that tiny place with the killer Q. A smoky backdrop to the layers of sweetness and the taste sensation of the aged red peppers.
Road House is anything but bland and finishes with a slight pepper spice. Not a burn but you might feel just a pleasant bit of spice on on the sides of your tongue. Just enough to remind you of the great BBQ you just had for lunch. I spent a lot of time working in Kansas City and the dinner question was always BBQ, Steak, or Casino Buffet? The BBQ won out often enough and I can tell you this sauce nails it for the KC Style.
- ROAD HOUSE NAILS THE KC HOT STYLE
- SWEET SMOKEY AND HOT - GREAT ON RIBS
- ADDS A DARK RED GLAZE
- BASE IS RICH SIMMERED TOMATO PASTE
- SMALL BATCH LOCAL SAUCE - NOT EASILY RECOGNIZED BY JUDGES
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