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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.