Barbecue sauce
a piquant sauce often containing vinegar, tomatoes, sugar, and spices, used especially for basting in barbecuing meat.
Contemporary Examples
In a large bowl, stir together the chicken and barbecue sauce.
A Savory Spring Picnic Jamie & Bobby Deen April 18, 2011
You can immerse the portions or you can apply it like a barbecue sauce as you cook everything from birds to pork.
8 Recipes From Norman Van Aken Cookstr.com January 25, 2010
But truly the most annoying part is that the Vine video focuses more on, of all things, barbecue sauce instead of the president.
Cookie Monster, Joe Biden and More of the White House’s Strangest Vine Posts Kelsey Meany June 14, 2013
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