Editors' Picks: Gourmet Barbecue Sauces

Saw's Sauce hails from Alabama, but its spirit belongs to the Carolinas, where vinegar-based sauces reign supreme. Made with apple cider vinegar, clean-tasting evaporated cane juice and touched with a hint of tomato paste and red pepper, this combination won our tasters over. One declared it a "good classic–I'd buy for tonight," and another said, "I love everything about this!"