Cayenne-Pepper BBQ Sauce

Name: Cayenne-Pepper BBQ Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 4¼ cups (1000 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 cups (960 ml) Cider Vinegar; 1 lemon (~3 Tbsp) (45 ml) Lemon Juice; 2 Tbsp black (12 g) Pepper; 1 Tbsp (6 g) Cayenne; 1 Tbsp (6 g) Red Pepper; 2 Tbsp (36 g) Salt; 1/4 cup (50 g) Sugar

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Rodney Scott recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Rodney Scott.

BBQ SAUCE · WHOLE HOG, PORK & CHICKEN

A bbq sauce for whole hog, pork & chicken.

Rodney Scott's vinegar-cayenne BBQ sauce for whole hog.

On the jar

CAYENNE BBQ

Method: simmer
Yield: about 4¼ cups
Ingredients: 7
Jar batch: 0.25× recipe

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Ratio

CIDER VINEGAR 960 mlLEMON JUICE 45 ml

Ingredients

Cider Vinegar4 cups (960 ml)
Lemon Juice1 lemon (~3 Tbsp) (45 ml)
Pepper2 Tbsp black (12 g)
Cayenne1 Tbsp (6 g)
Red Pepper1 Tbsp (6 g)
Salt2 Tbsp (36 g)
Sugar1/4 cup (50 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): CIDER VINEGAR, LEMON JUICE.
Season to finish: PEPPER (about 1½ tsp), CAYENNE (about ½ tsp), RED PEPPER (about ¾ tsp), SALT (about 1½ tsp), SUGAR (about 1 Tbsp).
Cap the jar and shake until combined.
Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove. Cool leftovers briefly before they go back in the glass, then refrigerate promptly.

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Cayenne-Pepper BBQ SauceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: CAYENNE BBQ
Red Pepper BBQ SauceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: RED BBQ
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Provenance

South Carolina whole-hog BBQ pitmaster of Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ in Charleston; James Beard Best Chef: Southeast. Hemingway, S.C., pit traditions carried into restaurant form.

Originally published as Rodney Scott Hickory-Style BBQ Sauce.

Adapted from a Rodney Scott recipe (Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ / Serious Eats).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes, with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.25× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ / Serious Eats (published as “Rodney Scott Hickory-Style BBQ Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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