Homemade Slow Cooker Barbecue Sauce
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Homemade Slow Cooker Barbecue Sauce is the perfect blend of sweet, spicy, and tangy flavors. Easy to make and packed with bold taste, itโs your go-to BBQ sauce for any dish!

Slow Cooker Barbecue Sauce
Iโm just going to say it again: if youโre not putting this on everything you eat, you are not living!
Like, seriously! Myย Homemade Slow Cooker Barbecue Sauceย is that good! Lincoln and I made a big batch of the BBQ Sauce for holiday gifts. Itโs so easy just throw everything in the slow cooker and let time and the slow cooker do all the work.
Do you barbecue? Do you bbq just during the Summer or all year? We barbecue, grill, smoke, whatever term you use for it, all year. Itโs one of the activities all four of us get involved in. A lot of our friends grill all year as well. I had a โlight bulbโ moment and thought about making thisย Slow Cooker Barbecue Sauce as gifts. It was kind of a win-win for me. I got to spend time with Lincoln, and we made homemade gifts for our friends!
So. If you decide to make the BBQ Sauce and decide you like it so much you canโt give it away, thatโs totally find too! Enjoy and consider it my gift to you! ๐
Ingredients
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- ย light corn syrup
- ย brown sugarย packed
- cornstarch
- chili powder
- tomato sauce
- apple cider*
- ketchup
- Bourbon
- garlic cloveย minced
- Vidalia onionsย grated
- Cavenderโs Greek seasoning
- water

The longer you let it simmer the thicker the sauce will get. I like a thick bbq sauce.
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Homemade Slow Cooker Barbeque Sauce
Ingredients
- ยฝ cup light corn syrup
- โ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 8 oz tomato sauce
- ยผ cup apple cider*
- ยฝ cup catsup
- ยผ cup bourbon
- 1 Tablespoon garlic clove minced
- ยฝ cup Vidalia onion grated
- 1 teaspoon Cavenders Greek seasoning
- ยฝ cup water
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a slow cooker. Stir to combine. Heat to 200 degrees F. Cook 4 hours. If sauce isnโt desired consistancy remove lid and cook 1 to 2 hours longer. Stir occastional with a whisk. Bottle and store in the refrigerator.
- *For a completely smooth sauce, puree in a blender until smooth. I have left it chunky and I have pureed. Itโs good both ways. When I pureed the sauce, I did so before cooking it.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
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When you called for Apple cider does it mean Apple cider “vinegar”or the stuff you drink?
Ann, I have used both, but most of the time I use vinegar. Thanks for asking, I’m going to clarify that in the recipe.
Just wanted to let you know I featured you today on Share Your Stuff Tuesday! I’m also hosting Five Friday Finds, and I’d love if you shared there too. ๐ (morselsoflife.com/five-friday-finds-119.html)
Oh yes – we love puled pork and I LOVE good BBQ sauce. Thanks so much for sharing at our Best Of The Weekend party! I pinned this already and cannot wait to try it!!
Thanks for visiting and sharing Claire! Have a great week!