{"id":921,"date":"2023-10-16T08:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T21:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinnertimesomewhere.com\/?p=921"},"modified":"2025-11-06T08:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:35:11","slug":"spicy-bbq-sauce-kansas-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinnertimesomewhere.com\/index.php\/side-dish-recipes\/sauces-for-dinner\/spicy-bbq-sauce-kansas-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Spicy BBQ Sauce Kansas Style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We love us some good BBQ Sauce here at Dinnertime Somewhere. There\u2019s something special about having a fresh batch of homemade Spicy BBQ Sauce ready to go isn\u2019t there? You end up completely tailoring your cooking around what will pair well with the sauce. Well, I do that anyway!

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This is our favorite style of BBQ Sauce. Spicy BBQ Sauce prepared Kansas Style. Basically, Kansas style is a much thicker, sweeter style of BBQ sauce and is prepared with a Tomato base. I\u2019ve always been a big fan of the tomato-based BBQ sauces and this sauce is a perfect baste for our Spicy Kansas Style Ribs (recipe here)<\/a>

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This sauce is also an exceptional sauce to add to sandwiches, burgers, or any kind of proteins you may be grilling over an open flame in the summertime. It\u2019s got a lovely spicy kick to it as well. We encourage you to keep that Cayenne Pepper and Chili Powder in this recipe, it\u2019s not overwhelming but adds such a lovely spice element that really enhances the sauce

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What makes a great Spicy BBQ Sauce is the amazing combination of Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What I\u2019ve always loved about BBQ sauce is how varied the ingredients are that go into its creation. By varied, I mean two things. Firstly, there\u2019s typically lots of ingredients that consist in a BBQ Sauce. Some BBQ Sauce recipes can have more than 30 ingredients in them! Our Spicy BBQ Sauce doesn\u2019t have that many but does have quite a few; 15 to be precise!

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The ingredients range from vegetables, to condiments, to herbs and spices. The ingredients cover a whole spectrum of food groups and are what gives good quality BBQ sauce it\u2019s unique flavor

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When I mention the ingredients are varied, the other reason I mean is how wildly different the flavor profiles are of the ingredients. Not only different, but so many of the ingredients are at the complete extreme end of the spectrum of flavor profiles

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Beautiful, sweet ingredients flavor this wonderful Sauce<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For instance, you\u2019ve got huge levels of sweetness that goes into a BBQ Sauce care of Brown Sugar and Molasses. Both ingredients are the definition of sweetness, and we\u2019re not shy in their quantities when it comes to this wonderful Spicy BBQ Sauce

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In contrast, you\u2019ve got a big acid kick in the BBQ Sauce, which creates a lovely harmony<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On the complete opposite end of the flavor spectrum is acid. Again, hugely acidic flavors are added to the Sauce with Apple Cider Vinegar. Pair that with the natural acid in Tomatoes, which form the base for the sauce, and you\u2019ve got some extreme contrasting flavors

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Yet, the sheet volume of ingredients and aggressiveness of their flavor profiles still manages to create a BBQ Sauce that is in perfect harmony. Each ingredient has its place in this recipe, and they all add a uniqueness to the recipe that makes it special

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It wouldn\u2019t be a Spicy BBQ Sauce without Spice, of course!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nothing beats a good quality BBQ Sauce that packs some punch. A little bit of heat goes a long way in BBQ land, and this recipe is absolutely no exception. We\u2019re bringing the heat in the Sauce through not one, not two, but three ingredients!

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Chili Powder and Cayenne Pepper are the spice components bringing the heat to this Sauce. We\u2019re generous with both in the recipe \u2013 1 tbsp. of each spice is added to the sauce. You can always scale the quantity back a little bit if you don\u2019t want the sauce overly spicy

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The third spice element comes from Yellow Mustard. It typically carries less heat than other types of Mustards, and marries the spice with a lovely, sweet flavor which is great in this sauce. If you\u2019re feeling adventurous you can always try to add some hotter mustard into the sauce to really get things heating up!

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