Adding BBQ sauce to recipe?

[seadog92]

I'd like to add a BBQ sauce to a cured pork sausage. Recipe is basic with cure #1, salt spices pork and back fat. Using Hog casing and it will be smoked to 160. Any issues with adding a commercial sauce to the recipe?

 

[uzikaduzi]

you could add BBQ sauce to a recipe... I'd be careful not to go over board with it and cut down or eliminate any water in the recipe. i guess for potential issues, ones that are tangy are likely tangy from vinegar which could hurt binding. if it were me, i think i'd try to recreate the tastes of a bbq sauce i like with spices and add encapsulated citric acid for tang... brown sugar, mustard powder, ketchup powder (i have no idea how close to ketchup it tastes but it's supposedly very close),..

 

[crankybuzzard]

you could add BBQ sauce to a recipe... I'd be careful not to go over board with it and cut down or eliminate any water in the recipe. i guess for potential issues, ones that are tangy are likely tangy from vinegar which could hurt binding. if it were me, i think i'd try to recreate the tastes of a bbq sauce i like with spices and add encapsulated citric acid for tang... brown sugar, mustard powder, ketchup powder (i have no idea how close to ketchup it tastes but it's supposedly very close),..

That's a good plan. Most BBQ sauces will have vinegar in them and it can not only hurt the bind, but can weaken casings as well.

It can be done, but use a small amount the first batch and then creep up on the next until you find the sweet spot. I'd do 1-pound batches until I nailed it down.

 

[uzikaduzi]

That's a good plan. Most BBQ sauces will have vinegar in them and it can not only hurt the bind, but can weaken casings as well.

It can be done, but use a small amount the first batch and then creep up on the next until you find the sweet spot. I'd do 1-pound batches until I nailed it down.

didn't even consider the casings... great point

 

[seadog92]

Good comments, thanks.  I'll do a Qview and list everything I put into it, as well as the end result.