Bill’s Best BBQ makes organic barbecue sauces from a family recipe William “Bill” Fehon developed for backyard barbecues in the early 1990s. After Bill could no longer make the sauce, the Fehon family took over the recipe and began selling it, with a portion of proceeds donated to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. Based in Glenside, Pennsylvania, the family business keeps Bill’s original tradition alive in its Kansas City-style Original sauce and related varieties.
PCO Certified Organic
Que 42 BBQQue 42 BBQ makes sauces and rubs in Buffalo and Western New York, turning a shared love of backyard tailgates, long smokes, and hot-coal conversation into a local food brand. Its small-batch Carolina-inspired mustard sauce was ranked No. 6 in the world by the American Royal World Series in 2014, and the company builds its recipes around natural ingredients without fillers, high-fructose corn syrup, or preservatives. Que 42 also puts community at the center of its work, partnering with local producers and donating part of every Grills Mafia rub sale to a supported veterans’ charity.
Duncan’s Code 3, LLCDuncan’s Code 3 makes bottled barbecue sauce from a family recipe passed down to Anthony Duncan by his father, Edward, whose sauce was a fixture at railroad company picnics and family gatherings. Anthony founded the company to carry on his father’s generous legacy, bringing the recipe into a new era with four flavors, including the low-sugar, low-net-carb Rescue Down. The company describes its experience as spanning three generations and 20 years.TOLEDO, OH
Brooks' Bottling Co., LLCBorn from the sauces of upstate New York’s Brooks House of Bar-B-Q, Brooks’ Bottling Co. develops and bottles private-label and co-packed food products for brands, restaurants, and retailers. The separate business was created in 2013 after Brooks began bottling its signature recipes by hand in 1951, and it now draws on more than 60 years in the barbecue business, a third-generation family-owned operation, and more than 300 bottling clients. Its capabilities include certified organic production through CCOF and a private-label line of more than 100 recipes.ONEONTA, NY
Boar City BBQ LLCBorn in 2017 from a request for sauce to go with chicken nuggets, Boar City BBQ makes homemade Vonnie B’s sauces and smokes whole hogs for catering. Its original sauce brings together Kansas City sweetness and Carolina vinegar tang, while the company’s Greencastle smoker turns out hogs cooked for 14 hours and serves 50 to 60 guests per half hog. Boar City uses natural ingredients sourced from local suppliers and makes its sauces without added preservatives.RIVA, MD