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Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce

See how to make tangy Carolina-style barbeque sauce.

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce

Why it works: Mustard and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 15,430 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce

6 servings
Prep10 min
Cook35 min

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Apple cider vinegar + mustardtop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together254 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Sugar + apple cider vinegartop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together455 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Apple + apple cider vinegartop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Apple cider vinegar + peppertop 17% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together477 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, apple cider vinegar, mustard, pepper):

  1. Limebetter flavor fit
  2. Lemonbetter flavor fit
  3. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, apple cider vinegar, mustard, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).