Bourbon Marinade

I've found that Mike's BBQ Sauce can help make a pretty wicked marinade.  It's a great way to get flavor and smoke on meats that will go on the gas grill, crock pot or oven.  Only YOU will know you didn't smoke it on a wood fired grill! ;)

I've found a bit of bourbon in a marinade or sauce goes very well with beef.  From burgers to tenderloins.  I even have a recipe for a bourbon sauce that I make from time to time to sell that can be used as a marinade itself or a sauce, although it's a bit thinner than my regular sauces.

Or you can marinade with this variation:

1/2 cup Mike's Smokey Sweet BBQ Sauce
1/2 cup water
1 oz shot of Bourbon
1 tblsp course Black Pepper
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp sea salt (optional)

Mix well, pour into container and marinate overnight, unless you have a vacuum marinading system (which I highly recommend, within 15-30 minutes you can have a deep marinade and start grilling.)

I often make variations, substitution and changes to recipes.  One variation is to mix Mike's Smokey Sweet BBQ sauce with Mike's Hellfire sauce, percentages vary depending on your taste and how hot you like it, from 1% to 100%.