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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By the time the brisket is served, the beef is held together by hopes, dreams and barbecue sauce. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 21 June 2026 Top each egg half with 2 teaspoons pork; drizzle with barbecue sauce. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 29 June 2026 The charms for Kansas City include a trumpet, a fountain, barbecue sauce, and a KC heart. — Zuri Primos june 26, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026 Instead of one bottle of barbecue sauce doing all the work, cooks are layering flavors, building a dish with a marinade here, a rub there, a fresh herb sauce to finish. — Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026 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 7 Jul. 2026.

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