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Duke’s Alabama White BBQ Sauce

Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:34 pm
Posted by LSUGUMBO
Shreveport, LA
Member since Sep 2005
9672 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:34 pm
Picked up a bottle at the store last week to brush on some pork chops I was grilling. It’s a little heavy on the horseradish, but not bad. Not as sweet as CFA sauce.
Posted by Missouri Waltz
Adrift off the Spanish Main
Member since Feb 2016
1351 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:51 pm to
Big Bob Gibson's started the white sauce thing and he did not hesitate to give out the recipe.

Buy the book Peace, Love, and Barbecue by Mike Mills. The recipe is in it and from hereon you can make your own.

The book also has the recipe for Mills' Magic Dust rub. It is unbelievably good. He was the first yankee to win the Memphis in May Barbecue Championship and did it something like three years in a row before they finally asked him to stop coming and give someone else a chance. Mills original restaurant is 17th Street Barbecue in Murphysboro, Illinois.

I took a weekend barbecue class from Mills one time in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and there were literally people from all over the country in attendance. He was a very nice guy. He has since died and his daughter has taken over the business.
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 10:08 pm
Posted by tiggerfan02 2021
HSV
Member since Jan 2021
4114 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:55 pm to
quote:

Big Bob Gibson's started the white sauce thing and he did not hesitate to give out the recipe.


And it's still the best white sauce.
Posted by LSUGUMBO
Shreveport, LA
Member since Sep 2005
9672 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:04 pm to
quote:

Big Bob Gibson's started the white sauce thing and he did not hesitate to give out the recipe.


Good to know- thanks. I’ve tried a couple of premade bottles and they’re ok, but not great. I’ll definitely look that recipe up.
Posted by Soul Gleaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2012
4270 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 7:06 am to
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Good to know- thanks. I’ve tried a couple of premade bottles and they’re ok, but not great. I’ll definitely look that recipe up.


This is serviceable as far as store bought in a pinch.

Posted by Tadey
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2012
679 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 8:59 am to
Comparing Alabama white sauce to CFA sauce?
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
84188 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 9:33 am to
quote:

Big Bob Gibson's started the white sauce thing and he did not hesitate to give out the recipe.


You can purchase the original sauce here.
Posted by LSUGUMBO
Shreveport, LA
Member since Sep 2005
9672 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:15 am to
quote:

Comparing Alabama white sauce to CFA sauce?


Have you tried the Duke's sauce? The taste is pretty similar to me. Not exact, but it's in the neighborhood. Slightly sweet with a horseradish bite on the back end.

Not the all time greatest sauce, but it's OK.
Posted by slinger1317
Northshore
Member since Sep 2005
6986 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 11:16 am to
I prefer my BBQ not slathered in mayo
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
40651 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 11:20 am to
What do you typically bbq?
Posted by slinger1317
Northshore
Member since Sep 2005
6986 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 11:44 am to
Chicken and Pork, and the occasional brisket
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
40651 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 11:45 am to
Well, if you're using the white sauce on anything other than chicken, you're doing it wrong. Some enjoy it on other things, but the sauce was specifically made for chicken.
This post was edited on 3/31/26 at 11:47 am
Posted by Missouri Waltz
Adrift off the Spanish Main
Member since Feb 2016
1351 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 12:22 pm to
quote:

I prefer my BBQ not slathered in mayo

I once barbecued a pork loin using a recipe I got from the Weber Grill Cook Book. It called for making a sandwich with mayonnaise on the finished product. Mayonnaise on pork sounded disgusting to me but since the recipe was from Weber I tried it. The sandwich was delicious.
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
19322 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 12:36 pm to
quote:

I once barbecued a pork loin using a recipe I got from the Weber Grill Cook Book. It called for making a sandwich with mayonnaise on the finished product. Mayonnaise on pork sounded disgusting to me but since the recipe was from Weber I tried it. The sandwich was delicious.


Where my family is from in the Alabama Black Belt, most dress pulled pork sandwiches with mayo and dill pickles in addition to bbq sauce.
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
40651 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 1:09 pm to
Not to mention it is very common to add coleslaw to a bbq sandwich.
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
19322 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 1:23 pm to
quote:


Not to mention it is very common to add coleslaw to a bbq sandwich.


My roommate in law school stopped with me at my grandparents in Eutaw on the way to the beach, and we had pulled pork for lunch. He was floored that we put mayo/pickles on the bbq sandwich, and my grandmother couldn't believe he put cole slaw on his. I'm thinking, "they're both just mayo and veggies"
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
5386 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 1:30 pm to
So easy to make at home. Also not very similar to CFA sauce.

I'm done with Duke's, they support some political causes I don't go for. I can get southern mayo from Blue Plate and make my own white bbq sauce.
Posted by Missouri Waltz
Adrift off the Spanish Main
Member since Feb 2016
1351 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 3:19 pm to
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Duke's, they support some political causes I don't go for

Like what?
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
20103 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 6:56 pm to
The first white sauce I ever tried was a batch I made following Malcom Reed’s recipe. It was okay, but I learned to doctor up his base recipe, and improved it a ton. That’s what I use, now. I bought a bottle of Big Bob Gibson’s a few years ago and thought it was yack.
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
138425 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 8:59 pm to
quote:

done with Duke's, they support some political causes I don't go for.

You might be confusing Duke's Mayo and Duke Energy.
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