I'm too stressed out to function and pissed at the world. What's the best bbq sauce to put on chicken legs?

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?

Dr_Cog,
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Hoisin sauce on grilled chicken is pretty awesome

Hamartiogonic,
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What a coincidence, today I stumbled upon just the right book for situations like this.

Dinodicchellathicc,

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

downpunxx,
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I really like Stubbs Sweet Heat ("Ladies and Gentlemen I'm a Cook")

ilovetacos,
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Original Stubb’s is good too. Bit more vinegary.

Dinodicchellathicc,

I’m a big fan of vinegar flavors but moreso with beef than chicken. I unapologetically use A1 sauce with my bigger steaks. Then again I eat lots of steaks and I feel like A1 just provides a little bit of a flavor difference for it to feel like I’m not eating a whole pound of the same thing.

Then again I recently started pan frying my steaks with butter as opposed to grilling them on a propane grill and i think it’s better that way imo.

TenderfootGungi,

Stubbs is decent sauce. Haven’t tried this one, but it’s likely solid.

sturlabragason,

Everybody’s suggesting some great bbq sauce, I say come join us on the rock bottom!

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Dinodicchellathicc,

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,

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,

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

PeleSpirit,

Frank’s Hot Sauce is used in a lot of places in our area as their sauce, Admittedly though, Seattle isn’t really known for their BBQ, but I find it good.

Brunbrun6766,
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Seattle…wow

PeleSpirit,

Are you impressed by my location or our bbq skills?

brambledog,

I also live in the seattle, I have never once seen Franks red being used as barbecue sauce.

I feel like most places here are making their own, and they are all coke or Dr. Pepper based.

PeleSpirit,

I’m allergic to a lot of shit so I’ve asked about ingredients, I bet it’s way more common than you realize. I’m not naming any names because they were kind enough to let me know.

brambledog,

Interesting. I will keep an eye out.

Dinodicchellathicc,

Seattle Isn’t known for bbq because it rains all the time. In fact all i know about Seattle is CHOP and that it rains a bunch and that Idaho potatoes are cheap there.

Anyway, do you brush on your hot sauce before bbqinf or after?

PeleSpirit,

When I’ve tried it at home, I just slather it on all over it and maybe add some honey sometimes right before cooking. Then do a second coat witha brush 10 minutes in.

Norgur,

You said you feel down? Then toss the BBQ sauce, use whiskey. Just whiskey. Toss the chicken as well, tastes like crap with whiskey.

NoIWontPickaName,

But don't forget to smoke the whiskey with the apple wood first.

We do have some culture here

Dr_Cog,
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Too much work, I just bought some smoked bourbon

Anyone want a pour of some Balcones Brimstone?

Dinodicchellathicc,

The apple jim beam wasn’t great, switched to makers mark and that got my head spinning and it makes me feel, different, not happy, but almost there, almost happy. There’s this girl at work that i just think is the best think since sliced bread and i can’t stop thinking about her since I started drinking. I think my subconscious must like her more than my logical brain.

Funny story, she actually suggested that I start drinking whiskey because its a mens drink as opposed to beer or cocktails. I like cocktails though, it’s a cathartic ritual i do to make a drink nearly every day. Even though that’s what I like, here i am sipping my whiskey just because of what she said. Surely that means something right? Maybe I’m one of those people with a martyr complex. Or maybe I’m just a softey for pretty girls.

Anyway irregardless of all that I hear the bald eagles overhead when i sip this makers mark bourbon. I drink American whiskey because I’m a proud American who drinks American booze.

How’s that balcones?

Dr_Cog,
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Don’t change for people. Do the stuff you like to do, and anyone that has a problem with it probably isn’t the type of person you want to be spending time with anyway.

And the Brimstone is an acquired taste. It’s almost offensively smokey, but I like it. Their Baby Blue is far more palatable (and also delicious).

Dinodicchellathicc,

Funny story i picked up a bottle of jim beam apple and am smoking my chicken with Applewood. Now ive got the rest of the bottle to keep me company until the end of the day.

thatsnothowyoudoit,
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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.

teft,
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Sweet Baby Ray’s. Can’t ever go wrong with Sweet Baby Ray’s.

dpkonofa,

SBR’s hasn’t been the same since they swapped out the cane sugar for HFCS.

meteotsunami,

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

Bonehead,

I've never heard of this, but now I want to try it on the spatchcocked chicken I'm grilling tonight. How important is the horseradish, and can it be substituted since it's the only thing I don't normally buy?

meteotsunami,

It would take away a lot of the zing… But it’s cooking, you do you!

BarrelAgedBoredom,

Ground white pepper should do the trick if you have some. It’s 99% heat and 1% pepper flavor so it would be a good stand in for horseradish. My brain first went to ground ginger but it won’t really be a good sub for horseradish. Though it may taste good given the other ingredients. If you don’t have white pepper, I’d just up the cayenne. It doesn’t have that nostril burning quality to it but it’ll be spicy nonetheless

Bonehead, (edited )

Took your advice, with a twist...replaced the horseradish with half a teaspoon of white pepper and half a teaspoon of hot mustard powder to try to give it a different spiciness to it. The initial mix is creamy and tangy, but I'm sure it'll defuse nicely once it has a chance to sit. Can't wait to get this on the grill...

incendiaryperihelion,

this looks delicious

SatansMaggotyCumFart,

This goes great with sister fucking.

Dinodicchellathicc,

How do you know this?

SatansMaggotyCumFart,

It’s just Alabama things.

TenderfootGungi,

I just cannot take part in any mustard based “bbq” sauce.

grue,

Alabama white sauce is hardly “mustard based.” One teaspoon per cup of mayo is nothing; you’d barely taste it. It’s Carolina-style sauce you have an irrational hatred for, not Alabama-style.

kale,

Brine them in Vicker’s sauce for 24 hours, place in a bowl or ziplock bag and toss in a heavy dark sauce like Stubb’s, Corky’s, or Jack Daniels. Smoke and caramelize the bbq sauce. Then, optionally, give a thin coat of BBQ sauce again for messy wings.

Stubb’s original is my favorite.

atlasraven31,

Kikkoman makes a teriyaki sauce with garlic and green onions and it is my new favorite sauce after Aldi’s parmesan garlic. If you’re dead set on bbq, you can’t go wrong with a sweet Baby Ray sauce.

GRENADE_MAGNET, (edited )

Are you me?

The green onion teriyaki sauce is fantastic. I mix it into ground turkey and make burgers on the grill.

On the sauce tip we’ve gravitated to SBR. It’s dark and smokey like bulls eye but sweeter.

For chicken I really like grill mates sweet and smokey rub

Dinodicchellathicc,

Aw man, i wish i would’ve seen this earlier, I’m not happy with how the chicken came out. I think Teriyaki might’ve been the way to go. Something sweet when I’m feeling bitter would’ve been good

SirShanova,

Bro this sauce is something to everyday carry. I could eat anything with it!

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