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    Home » Cookouts » Best Condiments for Summer Cookout Season

    Best Condiments for Summer Cookout Season

    Published: May 20, 2019 · Modified: Jun 24, 2021 by Eric Samuelson

    Make your cookouts better this summer with this selection of condiments that will wow your taste buds.

    The list includes no sugar ketchup and low sugar BBQ sauce from True Made Foods. Find out who makes the best bacon condiments that will make your grilled burger outrageously good. At the end a organic strawberry syrup rec that you will love on your ice cream!

    A collage featuring No Added Sugar Ketchup, Organic Strawberry Syrup, Uncured Bacon Jam, and Zanzibar Black Peppercorns. The box in the middle says "Best Condiments for Summer Cookout Season"

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    We love talking about seasons around here.

    Seasons make life more fun. More special. Seeing the trees blossom wouldn't be as special if I saw it 365 days a year.

    Most of the seasons have definitive beginnings and ends.

    Summer cookout season runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. I think most of us would agree on that.

    It's the time of year to head outside and fire up the grill.

    When most people prepare for a cookout they are usually focused on the main course, whether that is steak, hot dogs, hamburgers, or even that potato salad.

    What I think often gets overlooked is the condiments. That is missing an opportunity to take the cookout to something fun to something memorable.

    We are going to help you find the best condiments for your cookout this summer season.

    For this post we are defining condiment as anything that you add after cooking in order to increase the flavor of your food. This can include sauces, spreads, syrups, spices, and finishing salts.

    Jump to:
    • 🚫 Low or No Sugar Condiments
    • 🍅 Vegetable Ketchup
    • 🍖 Low Sugar BBQ Sauce
    • 🔥 Vegetable Sriracha
    • 🥓 Bacon Condiments
    • 🧂 Cookout Spices
    • 🍓 Organic Syrup
    • 🍴 Recipes

    🚫 Low or No Sugar Condiments

    Are you looking for low or no sugar condiments. My suggestion is to check out True Made Foods.

    True Made is all about making yummy condiments that will enhance your food without having to consume a ton of sugar. Did you know many condiments contain as much or more sugar than ice cream (source)? Yikes!

    True Made Foods No Added sugar Vegetable Ketchup in front of a wood board with a red/white checkered cloth underneath.
    A ketchup without added sugar but definitely not without added flavor!

    🍅 Vegetable Ketchup

    What cookout doesn't have a bottle of ketchup? The issue with nearly all the ketchup on the market is that it is full of added sugars. Those tomatoes aren't bringing enough sweetness for our palates so everyone adds in more sugar.

    An easy way to reduce your sugar consumption at this year's cookouts is by giving True Made Foods Vegetable Ketchup a try. They offer a no sugar added ketchup. The sweetness comes from apples and a vegetable puree made of spinach, butternut squash, and carrots. So not only are you getting a ketchup sweet enough for your tastes, your getting more veggies.

    My wife was incredibly impressed by this ketchup. In fact, she called it the best she ever had. So does sugar have to be in ketchup? No, it doesn't!

    True Made Foods Vegetable Ketchup is a great choice for those following a Paleo or Whole 30 program/diet.

    True Made Foods Lower Sugar BBQ Sauce in front of a wood board with a red/white checkered cloth underneath.
    A Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce sweetened with tomatoes, butternut squash, carrots and spinach. This one I was so excited to try and I didn't get a picture of it before I opened it. Oops!

    🍖 Low Sugar BBQ Sauce

    Made in the Kansas City style, True Made Foods Pitmaster BBQ sauce is amazing and has 70% less sugar. They use the vegetable puree for sweetness again, so they can reduce the amount of brown sugar in the sauce.

    The sauce has a strong tomato flavor with the right amount of sweetness and a subtle, not too strong smokey flavor. The consistency is not too thick or too thin.

    I do love making my own BBQ sauce (like this peach one) but if I am going to with a pre-made one this would be at the top of the list.

    True Made Foods No Sugar Adeed Vegegtable Sriracha in front of a wood board with a red/white checkered cloth underneath.
    Even Sriracha can contain quite a bit of sugar. This Veracha doesn't.

    🔥 Vegetable Sriracha

    Another place you might be getting extra sugar in your diet is from Sriracha. You may not think of it as containing sugar but look at the ingredient list of a lot of bottles and you'll find it there.

    True Made Foods calls their Sriracha - Veracha. Clever.

    Veracha has a medium level of heat, not as much of a punch in the face like Sriracha can. I personally like to be able to taste my food, not just be hit with heat, so it's alright with me.

    🥓 Bacon Condiments

    The next couple items on our list are from TBJ Gourmet. They are going to help add bacon to your cookout without needing to cook any actual bacon.

    TBJ Gourmet Classic Uncured Bacon Jam in front of a wood board with a red/white checkered cloth underneath.
    The hamburger's new best friend.

    Bacon Jam

    Let's get any lame puns out of the way. This is my jam.

    TBJ Classic Uncured Bacon Jam is what you'll want to spread on a burger this cookout season. It's the convenience of the bacon flavor without the added step of cooking bacon.

    The bacon used is uncured which means it doesn't contain added nitrates or nitrites except those naturally occurring.

    TBJ Gourmet Smoked Bacon Finishing Salt in front of a wood board with a red/white checkered cloth underneath.
    A fantastic finishing salt that makes it seem like you added bacon.

    Smoked Bacon Salt

    Another way to add the flavor of bacon is with this Smoked Bacon Finishing Salt. Have a jar of it on had at your cookout for people to add to their meat or even veggies..

    I love the smokey flavor of this salt and it does taste like bacon.

    🧂 Cookout Spices

    Our next two items are great for adding heat or spice to whatever is coming off your grill.

    Flat Iron Pepper Company Shakers from left to right - Dark and Smoky, Hatch Valley Green, and Four Pepper Blend in front of a wood board with a red/white checkered cloth underneath.
    These pepper flakes from Fiat Iron are the perfect way to add a little heat to your food, as well as adding flavor.

    Flat Iron Co. Pepper Flakes

    These are pepper flakes worth having! Flat Iron Pepper Company has created these signature blends that don't just provide heat but have great flavor as well. Great to have on hand for your guests that want the heat.

    You can see right on the label what type of pepper is being used which I really like.

    Check out the recipe for a creamy pepper flake sauce for chicken I made with these pepper flakes.

    Burlap & Barrel Zanzibar Black Peppercorn grinder in front of a wood board with a red/white checkered cloth underneath.
    These black peppercorns from Tanzania are the best I have had.

    Burlap & Barrel Zanzibar Black Peppercorns

    Don't leave the peeper in the kitchen when you have a cookout. People can grind it on to their burgers before adding the rest of the condiments.

    I am recommending this Zanzibar Black Pepper as I am super excited about it right now. Its the best black pepper I have tried. Really nothing you are going to find at the grocery store is going to match up.

    The Zanzibar Black Peppercorns have a robust, fruity flavor. It's sold by Burlap & Barrel who are in the business of single origin spices. They deal directly with the growers and have some of the most unique spices you can find.

    🍓 Organic Syrup

    It's summer. Its hot. You are going to want ice cream. And now that I saved you from eating ketchup full of sugar, you can feel better about having that ice cream. The ice cream needs it's condiment too. Here is a favorite:

    Jessica's Organic Strawberry Syrup in front of a wood board with a red/white checkered cloth underneath.
    This is how strawberry syrup should taste. Great in your milk, but even better on top of ice cream!

    On this blog I have talked about Jessica's amazing granola and her great gluten free flour. Now I want to mention her Organic Strawberry syrup. It's the best out there.

    Never tasted anything that comes close to the true strawberry flavor of Jessica's syrup. Why? Because it contains real strawberry, not artificial flavoring.

    And it's even made with organic berries. Get some good vanilla bean ice cream, put the syrup on top and call it a day - add some nuts and it's a sun-day!

    🍴 Recipes

    Now that you know some of these must have condiments, here are some recipes they would be good with:

    • Flat Iron Steak
    • Brined, Grilled Pork Chops
    • Turkey Burgers

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