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The Best Black BBQ Menu Ideas

The Best Black BBQ Menu Ideas | Steve Harvey's Homemade BBQ Sauce

A Black BBQ menu is a fantastic collection of recipes featuring mouth-watering soul food dishes like sticky sweet BBQ chicken, ribs, brisket, and pulled pork. This Southern BBQ sauce is perfect for slathering your favorite meats for family cookouts, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Labor Day, or any other occasion!
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Instant Pot cook time: 1 hour
Total Time: 35 minutes
Course: Sauce
Cuisine: Soul Food, Southern Food
Servings: 16 bastings
Calories: 125kcal
Author: Shaunda Necole • The Soul Food Pot®

Equipment

  • Large pot or Instant Pot multi-cooker

Ingredients

  • ½ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 6 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 7 tablespoons pure cane sugar
  • 15.25 oz BBQ sauce Rufus Teague Honey Sweet BBQ Sauce
  • 15.25 oz BBQ sauce Rufus Teague Touch O’ Heat BBQ Sauce

Instructions

Stovetop Instructions

  • Place all ingredients (apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, sugar, and 2 Rufus Teague BBQ sauces) in a large pot 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!

Instant Pot Instructions

  • 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!

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Nutrition

Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 557mg | Potassium: 168mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 121IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg

❤️ Why trust this recipe?

Created + tested by Shaunda Necole, creator of The Soul Food Pot® (real cook, real kitchen). Rooted in African American culinary traditions, with modern shortcuts that don’t sacrifice flavor or legacy. No AI-generated instructions — measurements, timing, and techniques are written, cooked, and verified by Shaunda. Make-it-your-way guidance included, so you can cook confidently with the tools you have.

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