Cherry BBQ Sauce
 

1 slice bacon rendered, 1/2 small onion diced and added, 1 small bag cherries pitted and added... when soft, 1 cup apple juice, 1 small can tomato paste, 1/2 cup maple syrup, 1/4 cup brown sugar, dash garlic and onion powder, dash cinnamon, 1 whole vanilla bean, 3 caps liquid smoke... dash black pepper and pinch salt. simmer on low 1 hour, take out vanilla bean and use hand blender to blend.

into the refrigerator for 3 days. pull out and put on stove, on low add 1 small bag pitted cherries, simmer 1 hour...

think this is pretty good stuff the measurements are close I think...

I prefer just salt and pepper but that doesn't sound bad at all.

What about without the cherry

hard to make cherry BBQ sauce without cherries IMOH.. LMK if it works out :2 cents:

I mean to make normal BBQ sauce

now I have some chicken breast for the grill ready to go.... pinch of smoked salt, black pepper, drizzled with a splash whisky maple syrup, VOO, and basaltic vinegar...

and my fav: a 'slight' dusting of chocolate habanera powder... gotta be careful that stuff for sure :thumbsup

I'll let that sit for a few hours and then put it on the grill, not directly... on some foil with a splash of fruit juice... and mostly bake the breast off to the side...

sure if you want but I would add more spices without the cherries, it's easy to overwhelm the cherry flavor so you need to pull back on stuff... :2 cents: