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Anytime you have a big cut of meat that needs some added moisture while it cooks in the smoker, reach for this BBQ mop sauce. It’s a sweet and savory bourbon and brown sugar sauce that is perfect for pork of all kinds. If you have been poking around the barbecue traps for a while you will have heard of Malcom Reed. A respected pitmaster, he has no doubt tried out a mop sauce recipe or two in his time. Some recipes are straightforward with only 2 or 3 ingredients, while others can have upwards of 15 – 20 ingredients for those who feel adventurous. Why Use a Mop Sauce? Mop sauces are so easy to make, they are definitely worth the small investment of time needed to whip one up when you are cooking low and slow. While it will not make a great difference to the size of the meat, your meat will look plumper and less dried out when it is done. 6Contamination

6 Mop Sauce Recipes to Give Your BBQ the Edge

If you want the most tender, juicy meat, the best mop sauce included some vinegar, especially apple cider vinegar. The best brush for mopping meat is a miniature mop head brush – the Grillhogs basting mops look like tiny mops with wooden handles. You need a saucepan or a pot that is at least 2 quarts for this recipe. I like to use a pan because I find that the sauce will come to a boil faster, but a pot is also perfectly fine. Wire whiskA mop sauce is a thin, flavored liquid that you mop over some of the larger and best meats for barbecue smoking, to add flavor and moisture to the cook. We all know that The Carolinas take their barbecue seriously, so it stands to reason that they have more than one classic sauce.

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Mop sauce is applied with a BBQ mop (or a literal kitchen mop for cuts like Whole Hog) and the sauce is liberally slathered all over meat while it cooks. The sauce helps to keep the meat moist to help it develop a gorgeous bark without drying out. Do I Need to Use a Mop Sauce? This pressure sprayer holds 68 oz of liquid, which is a good amount to have when spritzing your barbecue meats. Also, it’s recommended that you make this mop ahead of time so that the flavorings get a chance to blend together.Mopping and spritzing are techniques for applying moisture to meat as it cooks. The main difference between these two techniques is how the moisture is applied. Let’s find out more about the technique, and then you can decide for yourself if you want to add it to your toolkit. What Happens When You Mop or Spritz? If you are cooking something that features a smoky flavor such as bacon, mopping will ensure that the maximum amount of smoky flavor is taken up by the meat. Once the surface of the meat has dried out, it will stop taking up smoke. Need some help coming up with a killer mop sauce of your own? Have no fear! Here are some of the most popular mop sauces we found around the web. Carolina-Style Vinegar BBQ Mop Sauce Immediately after you have flipped the meat, mop the side of the meat facing up while it is still sizzling and hot. This way the mopping sauce will have a chance to sit and soak into the meat.

BBQ Mop Sauce East Carolina Vinegar Sauce: BBQ Mop Sauce

And what better way to get those tasty juices flowing than by mopping them up during the cooking process? In a saucepan, add real cane syrup, V8 juice, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, spicy brown mustard and hot sauce. They argue that a watery mop could wash off any rub or spices that have been added to the meat and damage the valuable bark. Sugar, Water, Spirit Vinegar, Glucose Syrup, Tomato Paste, Modified Starch, Garlic Purée, Dried Onion, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt), 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭 Extract, Salt, Smoked Water, Smoke FlavouringMany people mistakenly think that mopping meat just means adding some BBQ sauce on top of the meat with a brush but it’s not quite true. The East Carolina vinegar sauce is absolutely nothing like the Carolina Gold that is popular in the South. It’s more of a mop sauce than a traditional barbecue sauce and it’s used to mop things like whole hog barbecue, pulled pork, and pork ribs. As the name suggests, mopping involves adding moisture with a brush or “mop.” You’ll also hear people refer to the sauce being applied as the “mop. The sauce itself is the main culprit for this increase. The added moisture and the cool temperature of the sauce will cool the surface temperature of the meat. Mops with a cotton head really soak up the mopping sauce. Many pitmasters find that brushes with silicone heads don’t really deliver much sauce to the meat. Mopping and sauces can be quite thin, so a mop with an absorbent head makes life a lot easier.

Guide to Mopping and Spritzing when you Barbecue

I do not recommend using seasoned rice vinegar, as the additional flavor will overpower the sauce. You can alternatively substitute distilled white vinegar as well. WaterSugar burns at 265°F, so it is a great ingredient for mop sauce, because you are cooking at low temperatures. Regular BBQ sauce has a higher sugar content so you want to save it to apply just towards the end of high-heat grilling, or after, for added flavor. For the most simple sauce, just use some water in a spray bottle and spritz the meat as it grills. But this method doesn’t add any great flavors. It’s best to use other sauces. I find that a great, spicy mop sauce is a really versatile sauce for all types of barbecue – but especially pork.