Review: Michigan Maple Barbecue Sauce

Posted on 24 June 2007 under Barbecuing, Grilling, Ingredients

A few nights ago when serving ice cream, Mary reached into the fridge, opened a jar and was about to spoon the chocolate sauce onto the ice cream … when she caught a wiff of maple. Looking at the jar more closely, she realized what she had in her hand wasn’t chocolate sauce. It was Michigan Maple Barbecue Sauce.

Honestly, we have no clue where this stuff came from or how the still-sealed jar had landed in our fridge. Freaky …

Reading the label on the jar, I found the sauce was made by Sansonetti Gourmet Foods in Holly, Michigan, a little ways south of Flint. You can order their products online, or at a number of retail stores. Looking at the retail store list, we’re guessing one of my sisters had bought the jar at Oliver T’s in Grand Blanc and had brought it down at some point. We just don’t know when.

Last night I planned to grill a few pork steaks, along with some brats and hot dogs. Mary talked me into barbecuing those pork steaks with the Michigan Maple Barbecue Sauce. I seared the steaks over high heat so they’d get decent grill marks, then slow-cooked them over low heat at the other end of the grill. When they were almost done, I slathered on the sauce and let it glaze, over slightly higher heat for a few minutes.

Man, that stuff is good! When you bite into meat that’s been barbecued with Michigan Maple Barbecue Sauce, you get this great maple flavor. After a moment, you then get a bit of a rich and spicy barbecue flavor, but not enough to overpower the sweetness of the maple. I’m sure we’ll be getting more of it.

This jar, though, is a bit odd. It’s obviously pre-2006 as trans fats aren’t listed on the label. And it’s an older label than what’s shown on the manufacturer’s web site.

And even though the “use by” section of the label is blank (?), it’s still good. Yeah, that good!

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  1. 24 June 2007 @ 11:50 am Posted by Kevin

    Thank you for the information, I see that they sell it at St.Julian Winery Tasting Center in Dundee. I am looking forward to trying the Curry Mustard. It sounds tasty.

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