Name: Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 17
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1⅓ cups tomato sauce; ⅓ cup tomato paste; ⅓ cup honey; ½ cup red wine vinegar; ¼ cup molasses; 2 tsp all natural hickory liquid smoke; ½ tsp Cayenne pepper; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp black pepper; ½ tsp paprika; ¼ tsp garlic powder; ¼ tsp onion powder; ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon; ⅛ tsp chili powder

Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce Recipe

Terri Lowe Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce

Whip up this sweet and spicy BBQ sauce at your next grilling party! This iconic Kansas style sauce works amazingly on ribs, pork chops, and more.

Preparation: 5 minutes

Cooking: 25 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1⅓cupstomato sauce
⅓cuptomato paste
⅓cuphoney
½cupred wine vinegarplus 3 tbsp
¼cupmolassesunsulfured
2tspall natural hickory liquid smokelike Colgin
½tspcayenne pepper
½tspsalt
½tspblack peppercoarsely ground
½tsppaprika
¼tspgarlic powder
¼tsponion powder
⅛tspground cinnamon
⅛tspchili powder

Instructions

In a large saucepan, combine the tomato sauce, tomato paste, honey, red wine vinegar, molasses, liquid smoke, cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cinnamon, and chili powder.
Simmer over low heat for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Allow to cool.
Serve or use over grilled meat, and enjoy!