I’m at a shitty point in my life where I’m just close enough to rock bottom to smell it but far enough that I still have something to lose.

One thing I still have control over is what I’m going to have for lunch. I decided on chicken legs. I’m going to smoke them with Applewood and score the legs so they can hold bbq sauce. I’m going to the store soon but don’t have a favorite sauce, and I’m looking for recommendations. What bbq sauce is best to cook onto the chicken legs?

  • Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.mlOP
    351·
    2 years ago

    Not sure if anyone cares to know but i decided to go with stubbs bbq sauce. First i put on a dry rub of Pappys dry rub and cooked to 160 internal. Then i followed up with stubbs bbq sauce and finished at 170 degrees internal.

    I didn’t get down with the apple jim beam so i decided to do shots of Makers Mark cask bourbon. Might have a white claw and long Island iced tea later. Catch me on my plummet to rock bottom over on !cocktails.lemmyworld or occasionally! Cocktail.MidwestSocial

    Unfortunately I think I might just have to go back to therapy because even bbqing doesn’t cheer me up anymore.

    Edit: the chicken has clashing flavors only fixed by getting blind drunk. Don’t mix Pappys dry rub and stubbs bbq suace.

    • PeachMan@lemmy.one
      11·
      2 years ago

      Stubbs is the shiiiiit, good choice. Therapy is also a good choice, everybody should go. It always helps, even if you don’t think you need it.

      • Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.mlOP
        3·
        2 years ago

        I scored the legs down to the bone hoping to get some crispy corners and a place to hold some sauce. It had mixed results. I was 6 drinks in by the time the chicken was ready so I wasn’t able to really appreciate my own culinary genius.

  • gmatkins@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    2 years ago

    I always end up going back to Sweet Baby Ray’s. Every once in awhile I’ll try something fancier but I always end up going back.

    • muthian@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      SBR seems to be a very good all around sauce universally available. A lot of the others mentioned seems to be a specialty or regional sauce.

  • meteotsunami@lemmy.world
    131·
    2 years ago

    Seems like you could use a kick start for something different. Let me suggest Alabama White Sauce. Tangy, a little heat, and some lip sweat.

    Alabama White BBQ Sauce: 1 cup mayonnaise

    1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

    1 tablespoon prepared horseradish

    1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

    1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

    1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

    Salt

    • Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      I think tomorrow might be the fried noodles one. I already have a good spicy sweet and sour sauce, and I’ll pair it with some fried chicken thighs if I’m not too drunk to drive to the store tomorrow.

      Thanks friend, i think this is a good cookbook. I appreciate it

  • madcow@lemmy.ml
    9·
    2 years ago

    I’m wheezing at the amount of existential dread in your question about BBQ sauces. Sorry man, life may be shitty right now but at least you’ve got a good sense of humor.

  • reverendsteveii@beehaw.org
    4·
    2 years ago

    It’s less about what sauce you pick and more about making sure to finish them on the grill on high heat so that sauce caramelizes and chars. That’s where the flavor lives.

  • pugfantus@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    Stubb’s is always my go-to for chicken. It’s usually a crowd pleaser when I bring it to cookouts

    • Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      Trust me friend, it’s in my nature to to fuck up. I’ll be at the bottom soon enough. And once I hit rock bottom I’ll take the cowards way.

      Seems like nothing I do is right. Like everything I do is detrimental.

      For example I like to speed. I love to hear the roar of my engine on an open road. But also getting a speeding ticket sucks ass. I have a few and they stress me out so bad i struggle to sleep so I’m dog tired at work. I work graveyard so my boss expects me to fall asleep so he can write me up and fite me for cause so he can hire one of his friends and not have to pay me unemployment bc then he’d get in trouble with his boss.

      I also like to cook but I live with my parents and they don’t like my cooking. Kills my self esteem because I don’t actually know if i cook well. I bbq once a week but do other things sporadically. From chicken parm to Chilaquiles. Today i spend $50 on chicken alone, somewhere around 15 lbs and they all went out to lunch today. Breaks my heart truly.

      What really sucks is that i finally have some money in my pocket and I finally have some friends in my life, but i don’t feel any different. It’s like having the carpet pulled out from under your feet. I thought things would be different. I guess the only difference i was destined to make was about bbq sauce. Lol what a joke

      • sturlabragason@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        Honestly, I feel for you. I’m not gonna get into specifics here but there’s better ways. I’ve been known to be somewhat self destructive to put it mildly. I’m probably not gonna be able to tell you something that would make a difference for you, even if we were best friends. You’re not alone man and probably don’t fuck up as much as you think.

        Too bad about the chicken, fuck em. Family can be poison, fuck em.

        Use that money to make your life better.

        Something something insert life changing fantastic advice here.

        • Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.mlOP
          2·
          2 years ago

          Dont get we wrong i love my family, but I think we’d all be happier if I lived a couple hours away from them. Close enough to visit on holidays but far enough that they’re outta sight and outta mind

  • Clbull@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Reggae Reggae Sauce. Really good barbecue jerk chicken sauce.

    It’s amazing how Levi Roots got rejected on Dragon’s Den and then launched the sauce brand himself to big success.

  • thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca
    1·
    2 years ago

    If you like sweet BBQ sauces, Blues Hog original is wonderful.

    My family thinks I have a secret rib recipe and it’s just a thin coat of Blues Hog original near the end of the cook.

    I only found the sauce because a local BBQ place was selling it and I thought I’d try something new.

  • Lexam@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I would go with Gates, Jack Stack, or Q39. You should be able to find them at your local Price Chopper.