BBQ Night Essentials

Everything for a simple barbecue spread

The jars in our BBQ Night Essentials collection are meant to earn their place on a crowded picnic table. We keep the recipes straightforward on purpose. Tomatoes or fruit, vinegar, a measured amount of sugar, and spices that feel familiar in a home kitchen. Amish neighbors and family partners help with the long days of chopping, stirring, and filling, knowing these jars will spend much of their time near hot grills, coolers, and slow cookers across Ohio and the wider Great Lakes region.

Most of the sauces sit comfortably alongside the rest of our Barbecue & Specialty Sauces. Mild, sweet bottles work well for families with younger kids, brushing over chicken drumsticks or turkey burgers without too much heat. Sharper and more peppery jars suit ribs, brisket, or charred vegetables. A smoky sauce painted on in the last few minutes of cooking will cling to the meat, leaving a glossy coat that does not feel heavy. Many people keep one mild and one bolder jar within reach so everyone can choose their own path.

Crowd pleasing crunch comes from our Pickled Vegetables. Bread and butter slices slide under burgers and grilled chicken sandwiches. Spicier pickles and okra land beside sausages and hot dogs. Simple relishes fill in the gaps, spooned over brats, tucked into buns, or dropped onto paper plates next to potato salad and corn on the cob. The brine is clean and direct, with vegetables, vinegar, salt, and spices you would recognize, which makes it easy to bring these jars out again later in the week for sandwiches and salads.

When you want a ready made mix of flavors for the grill, the Grilling Sauces Trio offers an easy way to cover a lot of ground. One jar might lean fruit forward, another more smoky or tangy, and a third somewhere in between. The Grill Glaze Sauces are made to be brushed on during the final minutes of cooking, where they can bubble and set without burning. They suit pork chops, shrimp, chicken thighs, and even skewers of vegetables or halloumi when you want the whole platter to carry the same gentle sheen.

These same jars slip neatly into the wider Summer Cookouts selection, where they sit next to salsas, snackable pickles, and spreads that can handle a full afternoon by the grill. Some bottles end up near slow cookers full of shredded pork or chicken, where people can build their own sandwiches with buns and sliced cheese. Others stay by the grill for last minute glazing. Whatever is left after the last burger leaves the platter usually moves straight into the fridge, ready to help with weeknight leftovers.

Graduation parties, family reunions, church picnics, and quiet Sunday cookouts all ask for the same thing: food that tastes like someone paid attention, without feeling fussy. That is the work these BBQ jars are meant to do. They keep ingredient lists short, honor the produce from Ohio and Great Lakes farms, and make it easier to gather people around the grill without worrying whether the sauce, pickle, or relish will hold up its end of the meal.