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No Naked Meat Barbeque Sauce 16 oz
he first thing that welcome me when I walk into my neighborhood grocery is an entire display of locally produced barbecue sauces. For someone who loves trying out new sauces, I can't help but stop and peruse all the options that I now have available to me. No Naked Meat was just one bottle of that vast selection that I picked up recently. It's produced by Tommie Dale out of Fuquay Varina, NC, south of Raleigh. Tommie focused his sauce of a few simple and natural ingredients to develop the right flavor to go with his home cooked meats.
Aroma
A hearty amount of vinegar greats you with its strong tang on first smell of this sauce. Mixing in with it is a bright and fresh tomato aroma with a fair amount of sugar, giving it a ketchup-like character. There's an onion-y depth to the the otherwise straightforward sauce, and just a faint hint of pepper and heat.
Thickness & Texture
This rusty red sauce has a super smooth consistency with a glossy sheen. It's semi-transparent, which makes it easy to see the tons of tiny specs of red pepper and more disparate pieces of black pepper as well. It has a medium-thin thickness and flows in a quick, smooth, and syrupy pour from a suspended spoon, leaving only a very thin coating of sauce left clinging in the end.
Out of the Jar
First taste of the sauce is all sugar, a quality that persists from beginning to end. It takes a few seconds, but a tomato flavor joins the party and, just like with the aroma, gives the sauce and ketchup-y profile. A wave of vinegar comes out next and nudges the sauce more into "barbecue" territory. Mild spices like onion and pepper add a tad more character, but the sauce remains clearly defined by its simplicity between sugar, tomato, and vinegar. In the end there's a mellow heat that's just enough to tingle the tongue and create and sweet and spicy aftertaste.
Ingredients
Brown Sugar, Apple Cider Vinegar, Tomato Sauce (tomatoes, Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors), Sea Salt, Spices, Paprika, Xanthan Gum (a Natural Thickener)
