Deep red barbecue sauce in a white bowl. - Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock Charcoal obsessives, tong torch holders, and aspiring pitmasters, look away, for today we must discuss the occasional foray into ...

A long time ago I learned how to make a quick barbecue sauce by basically spicing up ketchup. The results were so easy and tasty that I never bothered to learn how to make the real stuff from scratch.

At a recent dinner at Toro Toro restaurant in Miami, one of chef and restaurateur Richard Sandoval’s 50 restaurants worldwide, he talked with me about recipes that have smoked barbecue flavors but are ...