barbecue sauce
noun
: a spicy sauce that is usually eaten with barbecued food
He makes a barbecue sauce that tastes great with chicken.
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About a month after introducing Crispy Chicken Strips in tacos and burritos, Taco Bell has come up with a barbecue sauce to go with them.
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Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
Choice of two dipping sauces: Cashville Hot, a brown sugar Nashville-style hot sauce; or 24k Gold BBQ, a passion fruit Charleston gold barbecue sauce.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
Sausage connoisseurs can choose from some surprising options like Tracy’s Texas Ranger, which is topped with baked beans, coleslaw, caramelized onions, barbecue sauce, potato sticks, Cheddar cheese, and chili.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Maple syrup and honey may also be used to make salad dressing, barbecue sauce, or other sauces.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 25 June 2025
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Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 18 July 2025
Choice of two dipping sauces: Cashville Hot, a brown sugar Nashville-style hot sauce; or 24k Gold BBQ, a passion fruit Charleston gold barbecue sauce.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
Sausage connoisseurs can choose from some surprising options like Tracy’s Texas Ranger, which is topped with baked beans, coleslaw, caramelized onions, barbecue sauce, potato sticks, Cheddar cheese, and chili.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Maple syrup and honey may also be used to make salad dressing, barbecue sauce, or other sauces.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 25 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for barbecue sauce
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“Barbecue sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbecue%20sauce. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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