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Originally Posted by RachelandSadie

St. Louis-style barbecue sauce is described by author Steven Raichlen as a "very sweet, slightly acidic, sticky, tomato-based barbecue sauce (usually made without liquid smoke)".

from wikipedia...i'm not really from St. Louis, more used to KC BBQ style. I like the sweet and a little bit of kick bbq sauces.

KC BBQ is more about variety. we'll cook anything BBQ style with many types of sauces to try. we like our sauces with more molasses than tomato and sweeter with a kick. we're famous for burnt ends (burned tips of the ribs)

Kansas City-style barbecue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St. Louis-style barbecue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by kdhawks

I'm a big fan of NC barbecue.

Basically, in NC, there are two different styles of barbecue. Most of the difference is in the sauce. Eastern NC sauce is thinner and vinegar-based. Western NC sauce is thicker and sweeter...more tomato-y. I think there are also some difference in the pork and in the slaw...but I don't exactly what those are. And I don't eat slaw.

I like Eastern NC barbecue better - that vinegar sauce is AWESOME.

I didn't realize it varied so much from north, east, south, west of one state. Shows what I know.

I do tend to like the sweet and spicy sauces. I usually love anything vinegary, but with bbq I like thick, sticky, sweet and hot sauces.

I used to hate slaw, but then started to like it. The first time I liked it was pineapple slaw. Now I love all kinds of slaw. I really like cabbage now. I esp love slaw with a bit of pickled red cabbage, and the rest sweet.