Hey Bobo, I experimented with a few recipes a couple months ago. I was looking for BBQ pickled egg recipes.
This recipes was tasty. The link to the website no longer works. I'm sure I adjusted the ingredients to my liking when I made it but this is what I started with.
1 cup Apple cider vinegar
1/2 water
1 cup brown sugar
1 T Sriacha sauce or other hot sauce
2 tsp crushed red pepper
1/2 tsp cumin
2 tsp kosher salt
2 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon
4 garlic cloves crushed
1/2 fresh jalapeno sliced with seeds removed
black pepper to taste
2 T Liquid smoke
You'd want to bring all the above ingredients to a boil for at least 5 min as you would other pickled egg recipes then let cool before you put in jar with eggs.
I used this for refrigerator pickled eggs. I didn't do the true canning(non refrigerated)
I also made some that have been in the fridge for about 10 days now. I used my favorite BBQ sauce "Show-Me" from Missouri. I made sure to use 1 cup apple cider vinegar for the pickling and added as much sauce as I could to fill the jar. They have a nice flavor to them if you like BBQ flavored eggs.