Mitchell Foods LLC is the New York-based parent company behind Uncle Clarence BBQ, developing clean-label food products centered on the brand’s signature small-batch blueberry barbecue sauce and seasonings. Founded by Clarence C. Mitchell around a family legacy of cooking, work and community, the Farmingdale company is building a broader family of culinary ventures while supplying retail and wholesale partners.
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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
Uncle Jammy's Sauces & SeasoningsBorn from a late-night kitchen experiment in 2005, Uncle Jammy’s makes Pittsburgh-made BBQ sauces, hot sauces and rubs in small batches. Founded by Jamal Etienne-Harrigan, the brand pairs chef-developed recipes with a playful Steel City identity, from its signature avocado-jalapeño Area 51 sauce to an IPA collaboration created in just eight days. Its standard lineup uses real ingredients without high-fructose corn syrup, MSG or artificial fillers, and the flavors have earned multiple Scovie Awards.PITTSBURGH, PA
Private Label FoodsPrivate Label Foods began in 1989, when Bonnie Lavorato hand-bottled her BBQ sauce in a Rochester home kitchen. The company has kept that kitchen-table character while growing into a 125,000-square-foot, SQF-certified facility that helps brands bring recipes from early development into dependable production. It works with grocery programs, foodservice operators, and emerging brands that need a consistent manufacturing partner.ROCHESTER, NY
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.