Gates BBQ Sauce (Kansas City)

Kansas City institution since 1946. Thick, tangy, legendary.

Since 1946, Gates Bar-B-Q has greeted every customer with "Hi, may I help you?" and then poured this thick, tangy, molasses-heavy sauce on everything in sight. The Gates Original is Kansas City barbecue distilled into a bottle — sweet, complex, and absolutely unapologetic about how much of it you are supposed to use.