I have been working very hard trying to get our sauces ready for the mass market. There are so many things that need to happen: finding a certified kitchen where we can produce and bottle marketable batches; make sure we have all our ducks in a row as far as permits and licencing; testing and retesting the recipe on as many different meats as possible (that part is pure torture let me tell you!!). But finally its all coming together... in fact this weekend seems to be the start of something great!
"Cuzin Rob" went camping at the Russian River near Guernville CA and made a batch of our sauce at home (don't ask him for the recipe... he will have to kill you) to take along and see how his friends liked it. Rave reviews on everything from beef, chicken and pork to the more exotic BBQ'd oysters! Sweet, hot, tangy and sticky there wasnt a dry finger in the camp from all the finger licking goodness!
And for us at home we grilled some chicken, foiled some corn on the cob with butter and foiled potatoes for baking. I set the grill to 275 degrees then put the foiled spuds on and let them cook for one hour. Then I put the foiled corn and the LARGE bone-in chicken breasts on then covered the chicken with our Uncle Bob’s Homestyle spice on both sides. Forty five minutes later, I turned the chicken breasts so the meat was on the grill with the ribs up. I heavily sauced the chicken with the Honey Bourbon sauce then turned them over and repeated the process. I waited about five minutes then turned the grill off. I let the heat sit and allowed the sauce to thicken and caramelize for about 20 minutes. When we were ready for dinner, it was simply moving it from one place to the table. Easy. The potatoes were PERFECT, as was the corn. The chicken, well, it was to die for. Perfect cling to the chicken meat and skin, the seasoning was unbelievable, but what else should I have expected. My wife could not say enough about how good it was, and you know I rely on her as she is my best and worst critic. If she likes it, I know that I’ve hit a homer!
The capper to the sauce story is that we are now the official BBQ and HotWing sauce at Bob's Murrieta Pizza. I just found out they sent the rest of the inventory they had of their previous sauces back to Sysco... hope they are wondering who this upstart company with the long URL is!
