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Mop sauce is applied with a BBQ mop (or a literal kitchen mop for cuts like Whole Hog) and the sauce is liberally slathered all over meat while it cooks. The sauce helps to keep the meat moist to help it develop a gorgeous bark without drying out. Do I Need to Use a Mop Sauce? Mix all the ingredients in a jar and let them sit for three hours. Overnight is okay, but a week is best. Once you’re ready to cook, apply the mop onto the meat once every hour while cooking.

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You may also consider warming up the brush and mopping sauce if you are worried about cooling the surface of the meat. The main difference between a mop and barbecue sauce is that a mop has more of a thin, watery consistency. This is why you use a miniature cotton “mop” to apply the sauce when you are smoking or grilling. If you are using a little cotton mop, it's best to place some of the mop sauce in a separate dish to use each time. This prevents transferring bacteria to the main container of mop sauce. Using a spray bottle prevents this problem.More about this controversy later. For Grillers or Smokers? A Look At The History of Mopping and Spritzing Mop sauces are definitely worth the small amount of time you put in. They’re simple and fast to make. Regardless of this, don’t over-rely on using a certain mop sauce every single time. Let’s find out more about the technique, and then you can decide for yourself if you want to add it to your toolkit. What Happens When You Mop or Spritz? However, even though it may seem that you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by mopping your meat, not all pitmasters are a fan of this technique.

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This vinegar-based mop sauce has the perfect punch of flavor. It’s tangy, and spicy, and has a nice, thin consistency that makes it perfect for barbecue. Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.) It can be applied to your meat throughout the entire cooking process with no issue. It does not have a high sugar content, so you don’t have to worry about it burning. It is often assumed that one of the main reasons you mop or spritz is to add flavor. But this is not necessarily the case:

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Cooking a certain cut of meat to a specific degree of doneness has a bearing on the answer to this question. Loading... {{SelectedStore.TimeSlot.DayOfWeekString}}, {{SelectedStore.TimeSlotReservation.Day}} {{SelectedStore.TimeSlotReservation.DisplayMonth}} All you need is a bowl of your favorite sauce, a basting brush or mini mop, and some time to cook the meat.