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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Just three ingredients yield a surprisingly flavorful shortcut barbecue sauce.
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Hannah Agran,
Midwest Living,
26 June 2026
The charms for Kansas City include a trumpet, a fountain, barbecue sauce, and a KC heart.
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Zuri Primos
june 26,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
Provide a bowl of tangy white barbecue sauce for drizzling over the chicken.
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Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
23 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.
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Ascend Agency,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
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Hannah Agran,
Midwest Living,
26 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
Provide a bowl of tangy white barbecue sauce for drizzling over the chicken.
—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
23 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 2 Jul. 2026.
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