Instructions: To make barbecue sauce, melt bacon drippings in a heavy, 3-quart or larger pot. Add maple syrup, onion and garlic and cook 3 minutes. Add ketchup, vinegar, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, beer, mustard, liquid smoke, pequin and jalapenos. Stir well, cover & simmer 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400. Place chicken pieces, skin side up, in 2 large, shallow roasting pans. Bake 30-40 minutes or until skin in parched, turn over, reduce oven to 350. Generously baste each piece with sauce, using 3 cups of sauce; bake 15 minutes longer. Turn; baste skin side with pan drippings and 1 cup more sauce. Bake 20 to 30 minutes longer, until sauce is glazed and tips of chicken are browned.

Makes 8-12 servings. For really
hot sauce, increase pequin up to 1 tablespoon and jalapenos up to 3 tablespoons!

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