We're talking about a long time. Like 12-16 hours for beef brisket or pork shoulder. No wonder so many people try to take shortcuts, but there simply is no substitute for time. Well, not all real barbecue has sauce on it. Properly cooked barbecue has incredible flavor without sauce.
Some purists even turn their noses up at the very idea of putting sauce on real barbecue.
We happen to like sauce and have developed one that we feel enhances, not masks the flavor of our barbecue. Having grown up here, we are proud of the State of Arizona. It is a state like no other and, particularly when one looks at the Arizona Highways from the 1940's you get the feeling that this was a very special and exotic place. With the influx of people to the state, much of that culture has been diluted. We felt it was important to create a place that honors that culture, rather than one that honors Texas or Tennessee or any other state.