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Does Louisiana have a style of BBQ sauce?

Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:33 am
Posted by jimmyb1234
Florida
Member since Feb 2020
143 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:33 am
Every other southern and midwest state has a variation of BBQ and sauce. Kansas City, Memphis, Texas, North Carolina (both eastern and western) all have unique sauces.
Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:33 am to
IDK what you mean by style, but I'm partial to Jack Miller's. YUM!
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:34 am to
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77918 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:34 am to
Jack Miller’s
Posted by TulaneLSU
Member since Aug 2003
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:34 am to
Friend,

No. And that is because New Orleans does not waste its time with BBQ. If you'd like to know more about New Orleans's history of BBQ, perhaps read TulaneLSU's Top 10 BBQ restaurants in the NOLA Metro on the Food Board.

Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted by jimmyb1234
Florida
Member since Feb 2020
143 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:43 am to
Good deal! One thing I'm tired of are all those syrupy, molasses based BBQ's. North Carolina originated the BBQ and their sauces are made with simple apple vinegar, hot spices, a bit of sugar and cayenne.
Posted by Celery
Nuevo York
Member since Nov 2010
11661 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:43 am to
Maybe BBQ shrimp. Louisiana isn’t really known for BBQ otherwise
Posted by jimmyb1234
Florida
Member since Feb 2020
143 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:46 am to
That's true, but Louisiana is world renown for great food, great people, and a festive spirit. Plus the couchon. So there ought to be a Louisiana BBQ sauce.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133683 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:47 am to
We don’t need BBQ sauce to make our food taste good.


But I’d go with a mustardy, vinegary, peppery one that utilized sugar cane and sassafras if I was making one
Posted by jimmyb1234
Florida
Member since Feb 2020
143 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 1:49 am to
That sounds pretty good. A bit like Cakalacki sauce from South Carolina.
Posted by Doctor Strangelove
Member since Feb 2018
3356 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 2:11 am to
Ever heard of gumbo mud?
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
17203 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 2:20 am to
I use Kraft original as a base and make my sauce according to what I'm cooking and how I want it to taste - usually a bit spicy yet understated.
A tiny bit of Walkerswood jerk seasoning never disappoints.
Posted by Cowboyfan89
Member since Sep 2015
12970 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 2:22 am to
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No. And that is because New Orleans does not waste its time with BBQ.

Well good thing NOLA isn't the only place in Louisiana. I guess Louisiana also doesn't do smoked meats because NOLA doesn't waste it's time with that either?

Jack Millers and Pig Stand come to mind. Not sure that there is anything unique about those, but there isn't much on the store shelves that's similar.

Louisiana may not be known for BBQ (simply because cajun and creole are more synonymous because of the culture), but that doesn't mean you can't find good BBQ in the state. Hell, Ville Platte has a Smoked Meat Festival and is known as the Smoked Meat Capital of the World.
This post was edited on 4/24/20 at 2:26 am
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133683 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 2:26 am to
Well shite, might have to try it at the next cookoff
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9495 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 2:38 am to
Jack Miller sets the pace.

Kermit Miller ( present day owner and son of founder ) told me that he and his cousin would peel a stake body truck of onions before going to school.

The smells coming out of that building when they are cooking are great.
Posted by StringMusic
Metaire, LA
Member since Dec 2006
746 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 4:18 am to
Jack Miller & Pigstand are really good on chicken.

And if ever want to BBQ a “ghetto ribeye”, make sure you have some Jack Miller.

Just typing this makes me want to visit Ville Platte ASAP.
Posted by BregmansWheelbarrow
Member since Mar 2020
3127 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 4:21 am to
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A bit like Cakalacki sauce from South Carolina.


I wouldn’t feed a starving, dying dog that South Carolina garbage. I’d rather it starve to death than have to taste it.
Posted by Helo
Orlando
Member since Nov 2004
4756 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 5:13 am to
My wife is from Chicago and when we visited family in La, my uncle brought out the Pig Stand and now my wife it hooked.

Chicken, hamburgers, shrimp, she puts it on everything.

Posted by stelly1025
Lafayette
Member since May 2012
9911 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 6:01 am to
Jack Miller's, Ville Platte.
Posted by BruslyTiger
Waiting on 420...
Member since Oct 2003
4763 posts
Posted on 4/24/20 at 6:30 am to
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Jack Miller's, Ville Platte.
My grandfather use to make a sauce very similar to this back in the 50's in Jennings, La. He sold it in my great uncle's store also in Jennings.
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