Barbecue Basting Sauce
- Title
- Barbecue Basting Sauce
- Subject
- vinegar
- tomatoes
- red pepper
- black pepper
- salt
- butter
- Description
- Ans. Here's an old-timer and a mighty
good one. Kephart borrowed it from Frank
Bates, and we are borrowing it from Kep-
hart: "One pint vinegar, a half can toma-
toes, two teaspoonfuls red pepper (chop-
ped pepper pods are better), a teaspoonful
of black pepper, same of salt, two table-
spoonfuls of butter. Simmer together until
amalgamated. Baste the meat continually so
long as it remains on the fire."
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# Barbecue Basting Sauce
*Recipe from the kitchen of Frank Bates, via Kephart*
## Ingredients
- 1 pint vinegar
- 1/2 can tomatoes
- 2 teaspoonfuls red pepper (chopped pepper pods are better)
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp butter
## Instructions
1. Combine all ingredients together.
2. Simmer together until amalgamated.
3. Baste the meat continually so long as it remains on the fire. - Creator
- Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka
- Source
- RCA0006 - The Yetka family collection that started the project (eBay)
- Date
- 1950s
- Contributor
- Frank Bates
- Kephart
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Clipped recipe
- Identifier
- RCA0006-20260609-0365
- Coverage
- Oregon, US
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Citation
Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka, “Barbecue Basting Sauce,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed June 28, 2026, https://recipecardarchive.com/items/show/1748.