Smokin' Mangoes has been chasing sticky-sweet heat out of South Australia since 2020, a small glaze specialist built around one bold idea rather than a sprawling range.
They hand craft rib glazes designed to caramelise into a glossy, sticky lacquer on the grill — built for the last stretch of a cook, not the marinade stage, and just as at home on beef, pork and chicken as they are on ribs.
There are two to know: the Mango Habanero Rib Glaze, all tropical sweetness with a slow-building habanero warmth rated 3.5 out of 5 on the heat scale, and the Cherry Jalapeño Rib Glaze, darker and tangier with a proper green-chilli bite.
The trick with a glaze this sweet is patience — brush it on low and late so the sugars set into a sticky finish instead of catching and burning. Hand crafted in small batches in South Australia, and bold enough to double as a finishing drizzle over desserts for anyone chasing that same sweet heat off the grill.
Two glazes, endless sticky-fingered dinners. Glaze it and graze.