The BBQ sauce lab and unit was created to give students a hands on approach to the history of BBQ sauce and to allow them to compete in a BBQ sauce competition.
This is a really fun lab that is great to do when you are at the end of the year or close to a break. It gives students a chance to look at things different and EAT! Which everyone loves! You can purchase it here individually, or it can be found as a bundle in my Food Science First Semester Bundle.
Objectives:
Explore the history of BBQ sauce and create a timeline to show when it was created.
Explain the difference between the different type of bases for sauces.
Create their own line of BBQ sauce with a new name, bottle, label and slogan.
This Resource includes:
Teacher Directions
Videos
Pre-Lab, Lab & Post Lab Activity Guide with Answers
Projects
Materials Needed:
Samples of different BBQ flavors- I like to use three different ones in the different styles
Tomato sauce and various other ingredients for students to create their own tomato sauce based flavor
meatballs or another item to test the different flavors out with.
Virtual Option
For the virtual option there are several different alternatives –
Taste Testing: You can choose to omit the taste testing or have students taste what they have in their fridge or go to a BBQ restaurant and do taste testing.
If you have questions, please reach out! I use these lessons in my own classroom, so feel free to look at my Instagram or Facebook page to get more ideas and inspirations for this lesson and future ones!
