12 BBQ Sauces to Shake Up Your Fall Cookouts

These unique BBQ sauces bring bold flavor to everything from grilled meats to weeknight dinners. With fruity, smoky, tangy, and spicy options, there's a homemade sauce for just about anything you're cooking.

Bold and Spicy Korean BBQ Sauce

Korean BBQ Sauce in a bowl place on a wooden board. — Korean BBQ Photo Credit: Peel with Zeal

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This spicy Korean bbq sauce recipe has the perfect sweet heat and umami flavor. Ready in 15 minutes. Full Recipe: Korean BBQ Sauce

Classic Carolina BBQ Sauce

Spicy Mustard BBQ Sauce in a jar resting on the cutting board. — Yellow Mustard BBQ Sauce. Photo Credit: Peel with Zeal

The perfect balance between tangy, sweet, and spicy flavors. This mustard-based recipe is easy to make in minutes. Full Recipe: Caroline Mustard BBQ Sauce

Apricot BBQ Sauce

Apricot sauce in a glass cup. — Image Credit: Peel with Zeal

Combine fresh apricots with traditional BBQ sauce flavors for a sweet and smoky sauce that is perfect for all your grilled and smoked favorites. Full Recipe: Apricot BBQ Sauce Recipe

Alabama White BBQ Sauce

Grilled chicken is being dipped into a bowl of white sauce with metal tongs; additional grilled chicken pieces are on a plate nearby. — White BBQ Sauce. Photo Credit: Peel with Zeal

Make this Alabama white sauce from scratch with just a few ingredients and just 5 minute of prep. It's creamy, tangy, and gets its signature spicy flavor from horseradish and a good amount of black pepper. Serve it as a basting sauce for grilled meat. Get the Recipe: Alabama White BBQ Sauce

Jamaican Jerk BBQ Sauce

Jerk BBQ Sauce in a bowl served on a platter on top of the table. — Image Credit: Peel with Zeal

Try this one on salmon! or chicken. This mouthwatering sauce blends together a traditional American barbecue sauce with Caribbean heat. Full Recipe: Jerk BBQ Recipe

Asado Flame Sauce

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Doubling as a marinade and a BBQ sauce, this pollo asado sauce is everything your grilled chicken needs to stand out. Full Recipe: Pollo Asado BBQ Sauce

Traditonal Texas BBQ Sauce

Red sauce in a jar. — Image Credit: State of Dinner

This Texas BBQ sauce recipe is a must-have for any barbecue enthusiast. Its combination of sweet and tangy flavors, with just a hint of spice makes it the perfect accompaniment for smoked brisket . Full Recipe: Texas BBQ Sauce Recipe

Fresh Peach BBQ Sauce

Onion tomato pickled sauce in a white bowl. — Image Credit: Intentional Hospitality

A southern flavored sweet and spicy sauce that is the perfect condiment slathered on your grilled chicken, fish, and shrimp or a topping sauce on your crackers and cheese. Full Recipe: Peach BBQ Sauce recipe

Bacon Whiskey BBQ Sauce

Black bean sauce in a glass. — Image Credit: Intentional Hospitality

This sauce dances flavor on your tongue with sweet smoky bacon flavor and punches of whiskey, garlic and maple Full Recipe: Bacon and Whiskey BBQ sauce

Tennessee BBQ Sauce (gluten free!)

Thicken BBQ Sauce in a jar resting on the table. — Image Credit: Peel with Zeal

The best gluten-free BBQ sauce recipe that is the perfect balance of sweet and tangy. Great on your favorite barbecue recipes Full Recipe: BBQ Sauce

Spicy Orange and Coffee BBQ Sauce

BBQ Sauce in a mason jar. — Image Credit: Intentional Hospitality

Sweet and spicy with a punch of coffee flavor will make this Spicy Orange and Coffee BBQ Sauce jazz up all your BBQ meals. Full Recipe: Coffee and Orange BBQ Sauce

Naturally Sweet BBQ Sauce

Pasta sauce in a jar resting on the table. — Image Credit: Southern Bytes

Sugar Free homemade barbecue sauce is the perfect blend of sweet and smoky flavor with a little bit of heat. Full Recipe: Paleo BBQ Sauce