Bbq meat ideas

On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from bbq meat ideas article title. Some place the origin of barbecue sauce at the formation of the first American colonies in the 17th century. References to the sauce start occurring in both English and French literature over the next two hundred years.

Early homemade barbecue sauces were made with vinegar, salt, and pepper. Sugar, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce started to be used in the 1920s, but after World War II, the quantity of sugar and the number of ingredients increased dramatically. The Georgia Barbecue Sauce Company of Atlanta advertised an early commercially produced barbecue sauce in 1909. Heinz was the first major company to sell bottled barbecue sauce in 1940. Different geographical regions have allegiances to their particular styles and variations of barbecue sauce. Most American barbecue sauces can trace their roots to a sauce common in the eastern regions of North Carolina and South Carolina.

In Lexington and the Piedmont areas of western North Carolina, the sauce is often called a dip. It is similar to the East Carolina Sauce with the addition of tomato paste, tomato sauce, or ketchup. Part of South Carolina is known for its yellow barbecue sauces made primarily of yellow mustard, vinegar, sugar and spices. Similar to the Western Carolina style, but using molasses as a sweetener and with additional spices.