BBQ Sauce & Pickles - Why Do They Go Together So Well?

[JSngry]

I mean, they just do.

[Dub Modal]

Vinegar balances sweetness. 

I grew up in a region that basically throws spices in vinegar and calls it sauce, then pours it over pork bbq. Sometimes there's even pickles on those sandwiches. 

[JSngry]

Yeah, that's a different sauce paradigm than what we have here, which is a tomato/ketchup based recipe. But still, yeah, there's that vinegar/sweet push-pull, that explains it. Yin-Yang, ultimately.

All I ask of a sauce is that it be ebullient!

[Chuck Nessa]

Ann prepared a slab of pork ribs last week and I broke out a jar of her curry pickles.

[JSngry]

Oh my!

[Jason Bivins]

I live in the kingdom of vinegar-based 'cue and I have seen the light.

 

Also, Wickles Pickles makes for a delicious garnish.