Fifty-seven amazing Southern-style barbecue recipes for your grill, oven, slow cooker, smoker, and Instant Pot.
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Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start.
~ Anthony Bourdain
A few weeks ago, Mr B and I flew down to Tennessee to attend the retirement of one of his old Navy buddies after 37 years of service. (Just when he and I became old enough to have “old >< buddies” is beyond me!) While we were there, we got to attend a fancy Naval “Change of Command & Retirement Ceremony,” experience a little more of the South, and spend some quality time with Mr B’s best friends from his Navy days.
Have you ever met an entire group of people who immediately felt like old friends? I have.
Beverly’s {Super Easy} Slow Cooker Spicy BBQ Recipe
As part of the retirement festivities, Mr B and I were treated to healthy portions of both Southern hospitality and delicious barbecue. The barbecue was so good, in fact, that once we got home to Oregon, I took a big step out of my comfort zone. You see, many of my own family roots are in the South, and I am painfully aware and deeply respectful of how tightly some of those old family recipes are kept. But that barbecue…
So I sent a message to our hostess (who, as you may remember, I had only just met):
Hi Beverly – …I’m starting to get my travel posts together from our Tennessee trip, and decided to include a round-up of BBQ recipes. I’d love to headline it with your delicious slow-cooker Spicy BBQ, and I’m wondering if you would be willing to share the recipe with me. If it’s a secret family recipe, or you just aren’t up to sharing it for any reason at all, I totally understand…
After I hit send, I set back and crossed my fingers that my new friend wouldn’t think I was being too presumptuous. Here is her graciously candid reply:
Hi Renée – …confession is good for the soul lol. My sister cooked a Boston Butt roast overnight in the crockpot. Took it out in the morning, covered it and let it cool, cut it up and eliminated any excess fat and froze it. We took it out of the freezer bags, put it in the crockpot and added Corkys BBQ sauce.
That was it in a nutshell. Sis likes to add a bunch of other stuff like brown Sugar, green peppers, onion, pancake syrup and bbq sauce. I’m not a fan of sweet BBQ so chose not to add the sugar or syrup, just Corkys Spicy BBQ and Regular BBQ in two separate crock pots.
No secret recipe, but since it’s Corkys you can certainly feel free to give a Shout out to a Memphis tradition.
Well then, all I can say to that is: first, thanks to Beverly for her kindness, her sense of humor, her candor, and her recipe. And second – I am totally on board with the Corky’s Spicy BBQ!! Let’s hear it for Memphis tradition!!
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Here are 56 more recipes to scratch your Southern BBQ itch.
Barbecue Round-up
Grill BBQ Recipes
- Beer Brined Spatchcock BBQ Chicken {Lively Table}
- Grilled Chicken Kabobs with Mango Jalapeno BBQ Sauce {Mom’s Dinner}
- How to Make the Best BBQ Baby Back Ribs {My Turn for Us}
- Memphis BBQ Sausage & Cheese Platter {Home.Made.Interest.}
Instant Pot BBQ Recipes
- BBQ Baby Back Pork Ribs {Melanie Cooks}
- Country Style Pork Ribs in Barbecue Sauce {What’s in the Pan}
- Dr Pepper Pulled Pork {One Happy Housewife}
- Fall Off The Bones Beef Ribs {Lara Clevenger}
- Keto Instant Pot Country Style Ribs {Beauty & the Foodie}
- Barbecue Beef {Simply Happy Foodie}
- Baby Back Ribs {Simply Happy Foodie}
- Pulled Pork {Earth Food & Fire}
- Pulled Pork Sandwiches {Nourish Nutrition}
- Under 60 Minute Instant Pot BBQ Ribs {Went Here 8 This}
Oven BBQ Recipes
- Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches {Home & Plate}
- Barbecued Ribs {Older Mommy Still Yummy}
- Easy Oven BBQ Baked Ribs {Butter Your Biscuit}
- Tri-tip with Pomegranate BBQ Sauce and Caramelized Onions {The Organic Kitchen}
- Pork Loin Pulled Pork: Oven Roasted Low and Slow {Delicious Table}
- Smokey BBQ Baby Back Ribs {A Simple Palate}
- Sweet Bar B Barn Ribs {She Loves Biscotti}
Slow Cooker BBQ Recipes
- BBQ Chicken Sandwiches {Butter Your Biscuit}
- BBQ Pulled Pork {The Anthony Kitchen}
- BBQ Ribs {The Rising Spoon}
- Pork Ribs with Killer Barbecue Sauce {Beauty & the Foodie}
- Easy Slow Cooker Pulled Pork {Beautifully Broken Journey}
- Pulled Pork & Homemade Peach Bourbon BBQ Sauce {The Wine Lover’s Kitchen}
- BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders {Go Go Go Gourmet}
- BBQ Ribs {Home.Made.Interest}
- Pineapple Pulled Pork {Go Go Go Gourmet}
- Pulled Chicken {Dancing through the Rain}
- Slow Cooker Ribs {I Heart Naptime}
- Root Beer Pulled Pork {Pinch Me, I’m Eating}
- Smoked Pulled Pork – Finished in the Slow Cooker {Binky’s Culinary Carnival}
- Super Simple Slow Cooker Shredded BBQ Chicken {Lemon & Zest}
Smoker BBQ Recipes
- Barbecued Smoked Ribs {Gonna Want Seconds}
- How to Smoke Ribs {Away From the Box}
- Kansas City-style Smoked Pulled Pork {Sizzingly Mess}
- Smoked Sweet Barbecue Chicken Wings {Sizzling Mess}
- Tender Hickory-smoked Ribs {Garlic & Zest}
- Pork Belly Burnt Ends {BBQ Smarts}
Sauces & Rubs
- Alabama White BBQ Sauce {House of Nash Eats}
- BBQ Sauce {Beyond the Chicken Coop}
- Blackened (Cajun) Seasoning {Earth Food & Fire}
- Carolina Barbecue Sauce (Vinegar-based) {A Fork’s Tale}
- Carolina Mustard BBQ Sauce {A Fork’s Tale}
- Healthy BBQ Sauce {Hungry Healthy Happy}
- Homemade BBQ Sauce {Melanie Cooks}
- Homemade BBQ Sauce {I Heart Naptime}
- Homemade Grill & BBQ Rub {Delicious Table}
- Homemade Grill & BBQ Rub {Served from Scratch}
- Homemade Mustard Dry Rub {Thrifty Jinxy}
- Homemade Texas-style Barbecue Sauce {Lively Table}
- Keto BBQ Sauce {Savory Tooth}
- Low Carb BBQ Sauce {Low Carb Yum}
- Mustard-Based South Carolina BBQ Sauce {Pinch Me, I’m Eating}
- Peach BBQ Sauce {A Girl Worth Saving}
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Suzy says
August 27 atWhat hearty ideas! Not sure which to try first!
Rae says
August 27 atWhat a fantastic roundup of recipes! There are a few of those recipes that made my stomach growl!
Hawnuh Lee says
August 27 atI’ve been looking for some good bbq sauce inspiration for my vegetarian alternatives and this is an awesome resource! Also, is there anything the InstaPot can’t do?
Renée ♥ says
August 27 atI have to admit that I’m still working on my relationship with my InstaPot. Not being able to taste and adjust during the cooking process is a challenge for me.
Catherine @ To & Fro Fam says
August 27 atYes! I love that you haven’t given up on summer yet. It may have rained this morning (yay!) but there’s still plenty of BBQ season left!
Renée ♥ says
August 27 atWe have been gone so much this summer that we are just now getting started!
Lacy says
August 27 atSo many amazing BBQ ideas on here. These look amazing!!!!
Matt @ Plating Pixels says
August 27 atAfter visiting South Carolina barbecue has become a favorite cuisine of mind. So excited about this and pinning to work my way through them!
Renée ♥ says
August 27 atIt’s a whole different world down there, isn’t it, Matt?!?
Mindy Fewless says
August 27 atBBQ is my love language!! There are so many good recipes here!
Danielle says
August 27 atThanks for including me!
Renée ♥ says
August 27 atThank you for sharing with us!
Jenni LeBaron says
August 27 atWhat a huge roundup of delicious BBQ recipes! There’s no way you could get bored working your way through it because everything looks so tasty.
Breona Graper says
August 27 atWhoa, what a great BBQ resource. I think some of these sauces could translate well over to some veggie options also which would be perfect for me! Thank you so much for sharing.
Renée ♥ says
August 27 atBelieve it or not, I’m an off-again on-again pescatarian myself. Sauces are everything!
(This is actually the very first post I’ve personally ever done about Meat here on the blog in over six years. Mr B usually covers it.)
Mary says
August 27 atThis is the most AMAZING Blog post I have seen in a long time! Thank you for so many outstanding recipes! In Texas, we LOVE our BBQ!!!
Renée ♥ says
August 27 atThanks so much, Mary! 😉
linda spiker says
August 27 atThanks for including my Tri-tip! Great collection!
Renée ♥ says
August 27 atThank you for sharing with us!
Sandy says
August 27 atWhat a great BBQ recipe collection! Thank you for including a couple of my recipes! I’m sharing this!
Renée ♥ says
August 27 atThanks os much for sharing your recipes with us, Sandy!
Susie says
August 27 atWhat a great Roundup! Now I’m hungry for some good BBQ!!!
Jade Helm /Tasting Pour says
August 27 atHandsome Hubby is in charge of grilling but the timing does not always work out. As the chief chef in our house it is nice to have some indoor preparations for BBQ. Thanks for the ideas.
Bethany | A Simple Palate says
August 27 atThank you for sharing my recipe! These all look SO delicious – perfect to have all of these for BBQ season!
Renée ♥ says
August 28 atThanks for sharing with us, Bethany!
Kelly Anthony says
August 27 atI love this collection! So much so that the screen is making me pret-ty hungry. Ha! And thank you so much for including one of my recipes in your beautiful roundup!
Renée ♥ says
August 28 atThanks so much for sharing with us, Kelly!
Luci says
August 27 atOMG, all this barbecue is making me hungry. It has to be one of my favorite types of foods. I’m going to have to try some of the recipes.
Patricia @ Grab a Plate says
August 28 atWell now I’m drooling a little on my keyboard! So many great recipes to try!
Renée ♥ says
August 28 at😋
Marlynn | Urban Bliss Life says
August 28 atWhoa. So many different BBQ options. I love it! This is the one and only BBQ recipe round up I’ll ever need to reference over and over again. Thanks, Renee!
Renée ♥ says
August 28 atThanks, Marlynn! 😉
Michelle Goth says
August 28 atI could not agree more. BBQ is such a culturally rich experience; I never miss a chance for it!
Diana Johnson says
August 29 atGreat round up! There’s nothing like really good bbq.
Wanda Lopez says
September 3 atI haven’t met a BBQ dish I don’t love. Now, I have to try and make as many of this recipes as I can. I’m sure we’ll love them all. Thanks for putting this collection of recipes together.
Tim Nelson says
February 2 atThanks so much for including my pork belly burnt ends on this wonderful list!
Renée ♥ says
February 3 atYou are so welcome, Tim – thanks for sharing them with us! They look delicious!