Apple Ghost Pepper BBQ Sauce, 12 oz - Apple Smack
Details
Flavor Your Meat is an Indianapolis, Indiana seasoning and sauce business with roots in restaurant cooking and a later food truck. The company set out to bring bold flavor to everyday meals through rubs, seasonings and sauces. Its story emphasizes recipes developed through practical kitchen use and an interest in helping home cooks bring that approach to their own grills and tables.
Apple Ghost Pepper BBQ Sauce, 12 oz - Apple Smack: Flavor and Uses
Apple Smack combines a spiced apple barbecue profile with ghost-pepper heat. The maker rates it 4 out of 5 and recommends it particularly for chicken and pork. The photographed bottle shows a 12 oz net weight. Its ingredient panel lists applesauce, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, maple syrup, Worcestershire sauce, butter and ground ghost pepper within a ketchup-based formula. The Worcestershire sauce lists anchovies, and the butter lists cream, making fish and milk important allergen details. Choose it when you want apple sweetness and warm spice alongside a stronger pepper finish, rather than assuming a fruit-based sauce will be mild.
How to use it
Taste a small spoonful with a cooked piece of chicken or pork before coating the full dish. If using it as a finishing glaze, monitor it closely because the formula includes several sweeteners. For pulled pork, add it to a small portion first, then decide how much to mix through or serve on the side. Keep a clean table portion apart from any sauce that has been used while working with uncooked food.
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Pairings and Kitchen Tips
Try with grilled chicken, a pulled-pork sandwich or a pork dinner as recipe ideas. Offer the bottle separately when some diners want less heat. The photographed label's anchovy and butter ingredients mean this sauce should not be presented as vegan or dairy-free.
For a useful sauce comparison, taste it with the food you intend to serve, since a spoonful by itself can seem different from the same amount on a burger or a piece of chicken. Add a little first and build from there. Set aside a clean portion before basting or working with uncooked foods, and use separate utensils for cooking and table service. A small dipping bowl also helps keep crumbs and food juices out of the original bottle. If you are serving several sauces, label the bowls so diners can choose deliberately.
Explore more sauces, condiments and marinades and browse the Food & Pantry collection. For choosing between blends, read our guide to spices, dry rubs and finishing salts.
Specifications
Product Specifications
| Product type | Prepared sauce |
|---|---|
| Included | Apple Smack BBQ Sauce |
| Package count | 1 |
| Net quantity | 12 oz net weight shown on photographed front label |
| Heat rating | 4/5; maker scale, not a Scoville measurement |
| Country of manufacture | Unverified for this exact item; Indianapolis business location is not manufacturing proof |
Ingredients and label details
Ketchup (tomato concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, spice, onion powder, natural flavoring), applesauce, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, maple syrup, Worcestershire sauce (distilled white vinegar, anchovies, garlic, molasses, onions, salt, sugar, water, chili pepper extract, cloves, natural flavorings, tamarind extract), butter (cream, natural flavor), onion powder, black pepper, granulated garlic, ground ghost pepper, ground ginger, nutmeg, cloves.
Allergens and dietary needs
Label identifies fish, milk. Check the complete current panel and any recipe ingredients before serving.
The photographed label is a useful starting point, but the current package is the authority for ingredients, serving size, nutrition, allergens and storage directions. Ingredients can differ between flavors in the same range. Do not assume that a mild heat rating means low sodium, or that a spicy product is free of sugar. If you need to avoid a particular ingredient, review the complete current ingredient panel before purchasing. See the FDA food allergy guidance for general label-reading context.
Storage and handling
Follow the storage instructions printed on the current package, including any directions that apply after opening or after mixing. Keep packaging closed between uses and use clean utensils. A specific shelf life, best-by interval or refrigeration requirement for this exact product has not been independently verified here, so no numerical storage life is promised.
Shipping for this product
Flavor Your Meat's shipping-policy page currently contains no substantive shipping terms. Processing time, carriers, transit estimates, service area and any free-shipping threshold are unconfirmed for this item. Delivery pricing and supplier fulfillment terms must be confirmed for a BuyAmerican order before sale; no delivery date or free-shipping promise is made.
Returns for this product
The supplier's published food refund policy states that all sales are final because the products are perishable. It does not specify a separate damaged-item, incorrect-item or cancellation procedure. Those remedies and the policy's application to BuyAmerican orders still require confirmation. Review BuyAmerican return and refund policy for marketplace order information.
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