Bring some of the South’s top barbecue joints into your kitchen with these bottled flavor boosters
DRY RUB
Home Team BBQ
Charleston, South Carolina
This chili powder rub coats both Home Team’s much-loved smoked wings and its tender ribs. Use it to recreate the latter at home in a low-temp oven and you’ve got dinner in a cinch.
HATCH GREEN CHILE BARBECUE SAUCE
Lewis Barbecue
Charleston, South Carolina
Texas-born barbecuer John Lewis is a hatch chile evangelist—he’s even debuted a block party celebrating the southwestern peppers in his city of Charleston. Citrusy and slightly sweet, this sauce isn’t just for barbecue. Give it a try on tacos, burgers, and eggs.
RUB POTION NO. SWINE
Sam Jones BBQ
Winterville, North Carolina
Fourth-generation barbecue cook Sam Jones crafted this sweet-meets-heat rub for pork and chicken, but it can season just about anything—shake it over french fries and thank us later.
ORIGINAL WHITE SAUCE
Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q
Decatur, Alabama
The origin story for mayo-based sauce is a bit murky. We know railway worker “Big” Bob Gibson whipped up the first batch back in the 1920s. How the idea came to him is anyone’s guess, but one thing’s for sure: It’s smoky chicken’s soul mate.
SWEET GEORGIA SOUL
Southern Soul Barbeque
St. Simons Island, Georgia
Blending the prideful sauce traditions of the Carolinas—mustard-based, tangy vinegar, tomato-laced—may seem like a bold move, but Georgia’s Southern Soul pulls it off, with plenty of pepper to boot.
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