MeeMaw's Barbeque bbq sauce

Name: MeeMaw's Barbeque bbq sauce
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 6 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 gallons tomato juice; 2 tsp garlic powder; 3 tbl onion powder; 1 tsp ground allspice; 1 tablespoon Cinnamon; 2 tabl paprika; 1 tsp black pepper; 1.5 tsp red pepper flakes (closer to 1 tsp?); 3 tabl salt; 2 tsp ground cloves; 4 tbl dry mustard; 3 cup apple cider vinegar; 3 cup dark brown sugar; 1 cup white sugar; 1/4 c liquid smoke]; 3/4 c molasses; 2 tbl Lee & Perrins Worcestshire

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Prep:1hCook:5h

3 tins of tomato juice is 1 gallon. Cut the Ingredients in half. 1 galllon = 8 bbq bottles https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B091FM9QXM

Updated at: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:25:09 GMT

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Ingredients

8 servings

3 gallonstomato juice

2 tspgarlic powder

3 tblonion powder

1 tspground allspice

1 tablespooncinnamon

2 tablpaprika

1 tspblack pepper

1 ½ tspred pepper flakes

closer to 1 tsp?

3 tablsalt

2 tspground cloves

4 tbldry mustard

3 cupapple cider vinegar

3 cupdark brown sugar

1 cupwhite sugar

¼ cliquid smoke

¾ cmolasses

2 tblWorcestshire

Instructions

Step 1

Put juice in a large heavy bottomed stockpot and reduce by one third (slightly faster if you use a very large wide frypan). After the first reduction, add the spices and vinegar After 10-15 minutes, add the sugars, a cup at a time, stirring after each addition. Continue to simmer for another 10-15 and then add the molasses and liquid smoke. Continue to simmer and reduce to desired thickness. Can in water bath canner for 20 minutes