Carnivore Sweet || First Impressions

Fidel · July 2009

Last week Eggin Dawg and I were lucky enough to have lunch with the inventor and purveyor of fine BBQ Sauces, Mr. Todd "Big'un" Carnivore himself. After our lunch I scored a bottle of the new Carnivore Sweet Sauce.

I had fully planned to try it this past weekend on a nice fat slab of baby back ribs. After the ribs had been on about five hours or so I cracked open the bottle of Carnivore Sweet for a taste test. As much as I hate to say it, I was not at all impressed. In fact, I did not like it at all. So much so that I chose to use a different sauce on the ribs. I am used to "sweet" sauces being good right out of the bottle. The Carnivore Sweet was tart - bordering on sour - and it just was not what I expected and definitely not sweet enough for what I prefer on ribs. For this decision, as you will see if you read on, I am truly sorry.

Anyway, tonight I had some simple boneless skinless chicken breasts roasting away direct on a raised grid on the mini - chugging at about 375* with jut a hint of peach wood amongst the lump. The breasts were seasoned with a touch of DP Swamp Venom and it hit me to give the Carnivore Sweet a shot on the breasts. I painted a coating on each side of the chicken as it was at about 130* and let it cruise the rest of the way to 160*, flipping a couple times to be sure to caramelize the sauce a little and expose it to some heat.

Well, color me wrong. The sauce was absolutely phenomenal after cooking for just a few minutes. The flavor changed completely - it got much sweeter and the tart edge I noticed was gone. It still has the nice subtle pepper finish of the robust sauce, but it has a completely different flavor profile. I'm sure if given 30-40 minutes on a nice slab of ribs it would really work some magic. I am going to confirm my theory soon.

Just wanted to share my thoughts and experience. Todd - it looks like you have another winner here buddy.

FlaPoolman · July 2009

Thanks for the report. I'm dying to try it but I guess he ran out of room in the truck when he came down last month :(

. It might have been my fault for not asking for it but I'll blame Todd :laugh: :laugh:Can't wait to give it a run.

CaptainJimmy · July 2009

Wow this review took two abrupt left turns!!

I'm gonna order me a set of his sauces next week - as I've heard awesome things...

Little Steven · July 2009

Rod,

I am close to being out of Carnivore Robust and Chipoltle and I need to order more. I am not a big fan of sweet, or bbq sauces in general, but the Carnivore is so good. Would you reccommend the sweet for an all round sweet sauce? Mikey likes it.

Steve

mikeb6109 · July 2009

i cooked with the new sweet again tonight on chicken and everyone loved it! me on the other hand i find the sauce sweet out of the bottle and that it has a good smoky taste to it as well. but i will agree with Fidel that it does get sweeter after being on the meat for a while on the bbq! :side:

Roudy · July 2009

Rod,

I got fooled by the Robust Carnivore sauce as well. I wasn't initially impressed tasting it out of the bottle, but when used on ribs, pizza, chicken, etc. it is phenomenal. It is my "go to" BBQ sauce, although my kids prefer the sweeter Blues Hog. I guess I'll need to try Todd's newest creation. :woohoo:

EgginDawg · July 2009

Funny you wrote about this as I had the same experience. I first thought that it wasn't that sweet at all, and I prefer not too sweet. After cooking it did get sweeter but not too sweet, for me anyway.
I haven't posted much as I was gone the week leading up to the 4th but I cooked 3 slabs of ribs for the neighbors to enjoy on the 4th and they raved about all of them. I used each of the carnivore's on a different slab to see which one everyone liked best. Robust came in first with sweet a close 2nd. Chipotle came in a narrow 3rd so we have quite a predicament in my neighborhood. :laugh:

Carnivore Sweet || First Impressions

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