Flint's BBQ Sauce, The Legendary Sauce Kindle Edition

I have been hunting for this sauce for ever. I lived in West Oakland many moons ago. Most of the bbq sauces in Oakland are pretty similar. And to this day Oakland California has the best BBQ in the world. I have eaten BBQ all over the states. Its all different. But nothing compares to West Oakland BBQ. Flints is the "Gold Standard" in BBQ sauce. Its not like anything you have had. With a little knowledge you can make a sauce that is pretty dang close. I mean when the guests are asking for my white bread to soak up the extra sauce really says "I am REALLY Close with this sauce" Thanks for posting this. Its worth every cent if you like BBQ sauce that taste like it was supposed to "Marry to Meat" Tweak it a little, there are some basic BBQ measurement to work from go from there.

Wanted an authentic recipe not guesstimate and dreams

As a kid a kinda grow up eating these ribs out in Oakland on Est14 st and Seminar L&A motors then doritto brothers .

I had to put ‘stars’ up to write this review. I chose 3 stars for now because their are no directions for one of the recipes. I will of course add more stars, hopefully, after I make the sauce and taste it.I have been to Flint's hundreds of times. I personally knew one of the gals that worked at the Berkeley Flint's. She told me the recipe was very guarded and none of the employees knew how to make it. It was always made off-site only by the owner. This is the reason Flint's was so good; it was the sauce all the way, you could have put it on a shoe.In my early 20s, back in the mid 80s, I was shopping for ribs in a grocery store in Oakland, CA. I must have looked confused (I was) because this very kind, older gentleman approached me and asked if I was looking for ribs. I said 'yes’, and he began to school me on the best meats, the best ribs for what I was looking to accomplish. All this advice after he asked me many questions about whether I was grilling or barbecuing, he even taught me I was actually barbecuing and not grilling. lol After he taught me how to pick/cook the meat, he asked if I was going to sauce the ribs. When I said ‘yes’ to that, he asked what sauce I was going to use. When I replied I was going to grab a bottle of BBQ sauce, the look he gave me is still with me. This kind gentleman told me to wait a second. He went and got some paper and pen and wrote down a barbecue recipe for me, including directions. I have always thought it tasted like Flint's. God bless that gentleman!I just purchased this recipe. I plan on making it soon. I will have to follow the directions I received back in the mid 80s, because this recipe DOES NOT come with directions. What I just purchased are two recipes. The first recipe is basically the Flintroy recipe, “as told to (me) by Willie Flintroy”, it has ingredients only, no amounts of the ingredients; however, it does come with directions. The second recipe (the reversed-engendered recipe) has both ingredients and amounts, but it has NO directions.I will make this reversed-engendered recipe and let you all know how it turns out. My recipe is very close but does have differences . . . for instance, the recipe I got so long ago has no ketchup. Oh, wow! I was just looking at the first recipe “as told to” and it has no ketchup, either. Maybe I’ll make both and let you all know.By the way, when I’ve made the recipe given to me, and gave some to family and friends, I have walked in on some of them putting it on some crazy foods. The craziest was someone dipping a banana in the sauce. Of course I asked why, he replied, “It’s that good”. That’s what we’d say about Flint’s sauce.Stay tuned . . .

On point. Everyone that tested my bbq sauce said “ it taste like flints bbq sauce. I asked only the people that had flints bbq in the past, to try it. After soo many years, finally was able to taste the best bbq sauce in the yay area!

What you get in this booklet is two recipes. One is an ingredients list with no amounts (“...It is basically the Flintroy recipe as told to (me) by Willie Flintroy while sitting at the”Bosn's Locker” (An Oakland Bar on Shattuck Avenue) one Sunday afternoon." and the second is a "reverse engineered" recipe with ingredients and amounts. "This formula, although different from the original as told by Flint, did manage to capture the flavor of the original very well."Time and testing will tell how accurate the recipes are. Will update the rating when testing is done.