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Small Batch • Ocean Springs, MS

CA Cola BBQ Sauce

The sauce that goes on the pulled pork, bottled the way we make it.

Cola-Built
Real cola in the pot. That is where the caramel depth and the dark gloss come from.
Sweet Then Sharp
Brown sugar and molasses up front, vinegar on the back end so it never turns cloying.
Kitchen Proven
Not a licensing deal. This is the recipe running on our line every day.
CA Cola BBQ Sauce poured over grilled wings

What It Is

Every barbecue sauce worth keeping has one idea holding it together. Ours is cola. It goes in early and cooks down with brown sugar and molasses until the whole pot turns dark and glossy, and it brings a caramel note that you cannot fake with sugar alone.

Then the vinegar comes in. That is the part most sweet sauces skip, and it is why they coat your mouth and quit. This one finishes clean and sharp enough that you go back for the next bite.

CA is Cash Alley. The cola callback is on purpose, because this tastes like the bottled soda that used to sit in a cooler by the register at every filling station on the coast.

Close-up of the CA Cola bottle cap label

How To Use It

Built for pulled pork first, and that is still where it does its best work. It also belongs on wings, ribs, brisket, burgers, and a fried bologna sandwich.

Because of the sugar content, brush it on in the last few minutes rather than at the start. Sugar burns before meat finishes, and this sauce has enough of it to matter.

The Specs

Net Volume 16 fl oz (473 mL)
Container Glass bottle, screw cap
Flavor Sweet, smoky, sharp finish
Best For Pulled pork, wings, ribs, burgers
Made In Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Storage Pantry until opened, refrigerate after

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Tallow Cooking Oil
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Where the cola comes in

Cola in barbecue sauce is a Southern habit with real history behind it — the story of RC Cola explains why a garage in the rural South had an RC sign on it and not a Coke sign. The sauce goes on a fried bologna sandwich and on loaded totchos.

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CA Cola BBQ Sauce
  • Rendered in small batches

    Beef tallow rendered slow and clean, the way the kitchen has always done it. No seed oils, no fillers, no shortcuts.

  • Straight from the Garage

    Everything we sell is what we actually cook with at 1025 Government St in Ocean Springs. Try it here, then take it home.

  • Questions? Holler at us.

    Catering, wholesale, large orders or just curious about the oil - email info@cashalleygarage.com and we will get back to you.