Steve Harvey Easy Homemade BBQ Sauce

Steve Harvey shares his easy homemade BBQ sauce recipe, perfect for slathering your favorite Memorial Day meats.

And bonus—you'll likely have enough leftover sauce to bottle and share or refrigerate for later!

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 30

Instant Pot cook time: 1

Total Time: 35

Course: Sauce

Cuisine: Soul Food, Southern Food

Servings: bastings

Calories: 125kcal

Place all ingredients (apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, sugar, and 2 Rufus Teague BBQ sauces) in a large pot or pan on the stove on warm.
Fill an empty 15.25 oz. Rufus Teague bottle with water 1 ½ times, and add the water to the mixture in the pot.
Stir to combine the ingredients.
Simmer on low heat for about 30 minutes and cover with a lid.
This recipe makes 4 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce.
Approx 2 ¾ cups will sauce a whole chicken or a rack of ribs. You'll have approx 2 cups (a 16 oz. mason jar amount) to save for later.
Use approx 2 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce to coat your desired meat (Steve Harvey slathers his sauce on ribs).
Store the remaining sauce in a mason jar or an airtight container.
Cook your BBQ sauced meat, serve, and enjoy!

Place all ingredients (apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, sugar, and 2 Rufus Teague BBQ sauces) inside the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot.
Fill an empty 15.25 oz. Rufus Teague bottle with water 1 ½ times, and add the water to the mixture in the pot.
Stir to combine the ingredients.
Close the Instant Pot lid and turn on the 'slow cook' setting for one hour.
This recipe makes 4 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce.
Approx 2 ¾ cups will sauce a whole chicken or a rack of ribs. You'll have approx 2 cups (a 16 oz. mason jar amount) to save for later.
Use approx 2 ¾ cups of BBQ sauce to coat your desired meat (Steve Harvey slathers his sauce on ribs).
Store the remaining sauce in a mason jar or an airtight container.
Cook your BBQ sauced meat, serve, and enjoy!