CROIX VALLEY: Blue-B-Cue™ BBQ Sauce | BBQ Sauce | 355ml (12oz) glass bottle

Barbecue sauce with a berry twist

Croix Valley's Blue-B-Cue swaps the usual tomato base for real blueberry, built by a Hudson, Wisconsin family who's collected nine World Championship BBQ titles between them. It's fruity first, smoky-savoury underneath, and made to glaze low and slow without losing its BBQ backbone.

The flavour

Front: ripe blueberry sweetness hits first. Middle: a tomato-and-molasses BBQ base carries a savoury, smoky undertone. Finish: a gentle tang that keeps it from tipping into jam territory.

How to cook with it

• Brush onto pork ribs in the last 15–20 minutes so the sugars glaze rather than scorch
• Warm the bottle before brushing — it spreads thinner and coats more evenly
• Use as a finishing glaze on pulled pork straight out of the smoker
• Stir a spoonful through mayo for a quick blueberry-BBQ burger sauce
• Left-field: swirl into softened cream cheese for a berry-BBQ cracker dip

In the bottle

Deep purple-red, thick enough to cling to a brush without pooling. Warms up glossy over heat and caramelises at the edges rather than burning if you keep it moving.

Ingredients & Dietary

Ingredients: Full ingredient statement to be confirmed from the physical label.

Dietary: Full ingredient statement not verified for this product — dietary claims to be confirmed from the physical label.

The Rub Smuggler's Verdict

Blueberry in a BBQ bottle sounds like a stretch until it's glazed over warm ribs and the doubts quietly disappear. Brush it thin in the last twenty minutes so the fruit sugars glaze instead of scorching. Season the pork first with SinsQue's Grunt cherry pork rub for a proper cherry-and-berry finish.

Questions answered

Is Blue-B-Cue sauce sweet or savoury?

It's fruit-forward and sweet up front, with a tomato-and-smoke BBQ base underneath, so it reads sweet-savoury rather than dessert-sweet.

Does it contain nuts or gluten?

The full ingredient statement is still to be confirmed from the physical label, so always check the label for allergens before serving.

What size is the bottle?

It's a 355ml (12oz) glass bottle, made in Hudson, Wisconsin, USA.