At Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, chef Chris Lilly butterflies a whole chicken, smokes it, then dunks the bird into a vat of tangy white barbecue sauce. Home cooks can grill pieces of chicken until ...

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But Alabama’s regional sauce, with its white, creamy appearance, stands out from the crowd. We have Big Bob Gibson, the pit master behind what became Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur ...

When Gibson opened his first restaurant in Decatur in 1925, the white sauce was there from day one. Big Bob moved locations frequently in the early years, in and just outside of Decatur ...

In the summer, Alabama white sauce is fresher and brighter.” This creamy, mayonnaise-based sauce was made famous in the 1920s by Robert Gibson, the original pitmaster of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q ...

mayo-based condiment first popularized in 1925 at Big Bob Gibson’s Bar-B-Q in Decatur, one of the oldest smoke joints in the country. Today, you’ll find Alabama white sauce served with grilled ...

Alabama’s unique white barbecue sauce. The place was Decatur, Ala., where “Big” Bob Gibson, a railroad man and barbecue buff, began selling barbecued chicken from his backyard in the 1920s.

Of course, I'm talking about the Alabama white sauce invented by Big Bob Gibson of Decatur, Alabama, in 1925. Three years ago, I had the pleasure of writing about it and the variety of Alabama's ...