Carolina Sauces

Well here we have our first problem. Because there are actually several sauces which can be found in the two Carolinas. East of Raleigh you have your vinegar, black pepper, ground cayenne kinda vinegar sauce. This sauce is slopped on the meat while it’s cookin’ then served up tableside to pour on whatever you wish to pour it on. A BBQ sauce that’s as simple as it is thin.

But over t’other side of the state you have your Piedmont variety of vinegar sauce. They do it up a tad bit different. They take the vinegar, pepper, red pepper and throw them in a pot, but then they add ketchup, or Worcestershire sauce or molasses. In some places they even add a bit of sugar to sweeten the pot. Now you have a red-colored thin sauce.