107 Barbecue Sauce, Rub and Marinade Recipes: Plus A Great Jerky Recipe

Since I was a little boy sitting in a barbecue shack, linoleum tiles chipped and curling beneath my feet, each wall painted a different color, voices raised in a shout over the rapid fire chop, chop, chop of a cleaver on a wood block, I have loved barbecue. Not just a sandwich or a stack of ribs, but the - run down your elbow, sop it off your plate with a piece of bread - barbecue sauce.No matter what country, state, county, parish, town or dirt road I'm driving down, if I see a place that serves barbecue I have to give it a try. It's my duty. The sauces I've tried have ranged from bland and barely recognizable to I - don't - care - if - this - is - a - new - shirt, pile it on.Then comes the hard part. The wheedling, begging and pleading to get them to part with the recipe. A recipe that is always considered a family heirloom, a treasure that speaks of kin folk and heritage, and not lightly parted with. Many of them are award winners. As they hand you the recipe, scribbled on the back