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Carson City BBQ
Bottles of Carson City BBQ sauce and the BBQ rub standing at dusk outside The Depot wedding venue, string lights running along the building behind them

Sauces & Rub

Award-Winning Sauces& Rub

More than 50 Best Sauce wins at rib cook-offs across the country — Original, Hot & Spicy and the famous Chipotle Sin Sauce.
  • 50+

    Best Sauce wins

  • 12,000+

    Bottles sold a year

  • 30+

    Years in business

The sauces

We pride ourselves on our award-winning sauces and rub! We have won Best Sauce more than 50 times at rib cook-offs across the country. We use only the freshest ingredients and try to source all our ingredients locally. Try them on beef, chicken, pork, and vegetables to enhance the flavor of any dish!

  • A bottle of Carson City BBQ Original BBQ Sauce with a yellow cap, standing on a dark wood surface. The label shows the Carson City BBQ pig mascot in a cowboy hat above flames.

    Original BBQ Sauce

    The Sunday-night recipe that started it all

    The sauce Phil and Duane Felker built one Sunday night at a time in the mid 90s — and landed on by accident, after putting in too much of one ingredient and liking it too much to change it back. Made with the freshest ingredients, sourced locally wherever we can. Try it on beef, chicken, pork and vegetables.

  • A bottle of Carson City BBQ Hot & Spicy BBQ Sauce with a red cap, standing on a dark wood surface. The label shows the Carson City BBQ pig mascot in a cowboy hat above flames.

    Hot & Spicy BBQ Sauce

    One of the Best Sauce winners, with heat

    Part of the award-winning lineup that has taken Best Sauce more than 50 times at rib cook-offs across the country. Try it on beef, chicken, pork and vegetables to enhance the flavor of any dish.

  • A tall five-ounce bottle of Carson City BBQ Chipotle Sin Sauce with a black cap, labelled Rippin Hot Sin Sauce, standing on a dark wood surface.

    Chipotle Sin Sauce

    Our famous one — look for the black-capped bottle

    The famous one, and part of the lineup that has taken Best Sauce more than 50 times at rib cook-offs across the country. It ships in a tall, slim black-capped bottle whose label reads Rippin' Hot Sin Sauce — same sauce, that is the one you want.

A gloved hand basting sauce onto a rack of ribs laid across the grill bars of the cooker

History ofour sauces

In the mid 90s, Phil and Duane Felker would get together every Sunday night and make BBQ sauce. We bought BBQ books and experimented on making sauces. We took what we liked from each recipe and mixed them together. One time we made a mistake and put in too much of one ingredient. We liked it so much that it became our award-winning sauce.

The rub

Take any dish to the next level with our award-winning BBQ Rub. We've been crafting this all-purpose premium seasoning for more than 25 years to tantalize every taste bud! Savory with a dash of yumminess, there's a reason this rub wins hearts and taste buds year after year! Rub it on beef, chicken, pork, and vegetables prior to cooking to enhance the flavor of any dish!

A shaker of Carson City BBQ all-purpose BBQ Rub on a dark wood surface, the coarse orange-red seasoning visible through the clear lid.

BBQ Rub

1997The first Best Sauce win

Proven on the judging table

The first win came at South Lake Tahoe’s Horizon Resort in 1997 — Best Sauce. More than fifty Best Sauce wins have followed since, and the same sauces go on the ribs at every event we cater.

Read the full history

How to order

Bottles of sauce and shakers of rub are sold by phone through Postal Annex, who handle packing and shipping for us. Call them, tell them what you want, and they will take it from there.

Catering customers: our sauce comes with your event — no need to order separately.

All four Carson City BBQ products together on a wooden table: the BBQ Rub shaker, the red-capped Hot & Spicy BBQ Sauce, the yellow-capped Original BBQ Sauce, and the tall black-capped Chipotle Sin Sauce labelled Rippin' Hot Sin Sauce.

Want it on your ribs?

The sauces and rub are on every plate we cater. Tell us your date and headcount and we’ll put a quote together.

20-person minimum for drop-off & pick-up · 40-person minimum for full-service catering