Sweet Baby Ray’s New Buff-a-Cue Sauce, Our Honest Review

Some people worship at the feet of political figures. Others obsess over pop culture stars. But still others belong to a condiment cult—like the folks who are ardent followers of Sweet Baby Ray’s. (Those are our kind of devotees.) And we’ve got good news for those people: Sweet Baby Ray’s has a new sauce. It’s called Buff-a-Cue. It’s Buffalo-barbecue sauce. And we tasted it. Here’s our review.

New Sweet Baby Ray’s!

Sweet Baby Ray’s Buff-a-Cue

Sweet Baby Ray’s

Pros: They really did it. This truly is a Buffalo-barbecue sauce hybrid. It has the smoky, sticky sweetness of a McDonald’s-style barbecue sauce and the buttery tang of a Buffalo sauce. It’s Buffalo in the front, barbecue in the back—like some sort of condiment mullet. And it is spicy! It packs way more heat than I expected. It would be a great dipping sauce for chicken nuggets or slathered onto a fast food-esque fried chicken sandwich.

Cons: While it does taste like Buffalo sauce and barbecue sauce together in one sauce, I’m not sure that’s a great thing. The two sauces don’t totally go together. Buttery barbecue sauce? It’s kind of strange. I’m sure this will be someone’s favorite Sweet Baby Ray’s sauce. And I love the name Buff-a-Cue. But this won’t be nabbing the top spot on our ranking of all of Sweet Baby Ray’s sauces any time soon.

Credit: Liv Averett / Sweet Baby Ray’s

Rating:

5/10

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About the Author

Justine Sterling is the editor-in-chief of Sporked. She has been writing about food and beverages for well over a decade and is an avid at-home cook and snacker. Don’t worry, she’s not a food snob. Sure, she loves a fresh-shucked oyster. But she also will leap at whatever new product Reese’s releases and loves a Tostitos Hint of Lime, even if there is no actual lime in the ingredients.

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