As in all of my posts, if you need to follow a recipe exactly, this blog will frustrate you.  Quit reading it now.  My recipe measurements are only suggestions - please modify the ingredients and amounts as you see fit.  If it works, Great!  If it sucks, that's not my fault - you've been warned....

Sonny's Hot Barbecue Sauce

Growing up in Florida, one of my favorite restaurants was Sonny's Barbecue.  My VERY favorite BBQ joint is BubbaLou's Bodacious BBQ in Orlando- the original one that operates out of an old gas station near John Young Parkway with cheap picnic tables outside (more on that in another post!).

Sonny's is in fact a chain restaurant, but it's a local chain.  They have consistently good hickory-wood smoked BBQ, whether it's chicken, beef, or pork (yeah pork!).  After moving to North Carolina, we found there is only one Sonny's restaurant in North Carolina, about 200 miles away from us. Whenever we drive home to Florida, our first stop is in Jacksonville at Sonny's, even if it's 2am.

Sonny's has some of the best sauces in the world, not the vinegar crap that passes for BBQ sauce in eastern NC - we're talking western NC, Kentucky, Memphis, or Texas BBQ sauce.  Now if you like the eastern NC vinegar crap, that's ok - but this recipe won't be for you.

Sonny's has three basic sauces - sweet, mild, and HOT.  This recipe is for the HOT variety.  Ok, so here is the recipe:

1 bottle of standard Kraft Barbecue Sauce

Put it in a bowl.

Add some white vinegar (yes I know I derated vinegar earlier, but just do it)

There's really not a specific amount of vinegar to add, I would start with 2 cups, you want to make it thin but not "watery" 

Lastly, you want to add the heat.  This can be either Tabasco sauce or Louisiana Hot Sauce,either works fine.

Add the hot sauce until it tastes good.  This may be the whole bottle.  

That's pretty much it.  If you screw up and make it too watery, you can either add more BBQ sauce or some shredded carrots if you feel adventurous