Barbecue Sauce is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -20 and gives 980 calories. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -20 and gives 980 calories. It weighs 0.2.
Food in Build 42 has a hunger value, calories and a shelf life. Fresh food goes stale and then rotten, so eat perishables first and keep tins and dry goods for later. Cooking raises the value of many ingredients.
More: Cooking guide · Food list.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.BBQSauce | Food |
Barbecue Sauce is on 18 loot tables in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher Spices | Butcher (box, shelves); Butchery (box, shelves); Knox butcher (box, shelves) | 27% | 4 |
| Gigamart Sauce | General Store (box, crate, shelves); GigaMart (shelves); Grocers (shelves); and 1 more place | 18% | 4 |
| Gigamart BBQ | GigaMart (shelves); Grocers (shelves); Grocery (shelves) | 14% | 4 |
| Burger Kitchen Sauce | Arena kitchen (cupboard); Burger kitchen (cupboard); Restaurant (cupboard) | 13% | 4 |
| Crate Condiments | Arena kitchen (box, crate, shelves); Burger kitchen (box, crate, shelves); Restaurant (shelves); and 4 more places | 9.9% | 4 |
| Store Shelf BBQ | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 9.5% | 4 |
| Western Kitchen Sauce | Western kitchen (cupboard) | 7.3% | 4 |
| Hotdog Stand Toppings | Hotdog stand (cupboard) | 6.4% | 4 |
It is on 10 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
Base.BBQSauce.
980 calories, and it changes hunger by -20.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.