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Head's Red BBQ Sauce

Heads Red BBQ sauce is a product of Head’s Red BBQ which is based out of Roselle, Illinois.

Bill Mehilos developed Head’s Red BBQ Sauce when he got involved in BBQ competitions in the Midwest area in 2002. He had always enjoyed cooking authentic slow cooked BBQ at home and decided to try his luck competing with other BBQ cooks from across the country in these competitions.

Bill formed a cooking team with two other BBQ cooks from the area and and they named themselves the Chi-Town Smokers. In order to set their food apart from the other teams Bill tried to come up with a sauce that was a bit unique from what other cooks were using. Although the use of commercial BBQ sauces are allowed in competitions he was never completely happy with these sauces mainly because they all tasted pretty much the same and most were overly sweet.

That’s when Bill created Head’s Red BBQ sauce. He took the homemade sauce that he always used for his home BBQ and after some trial and error in the kitchen he came up with what turned out to be a wonderful combination of a slightly sweet yet tangy flavor that would complement the meat it was used on instead of overpowering it like most of the commercial stuff does.

The sauce was a big hit and worked well his team on the competition circuit garnering them several calls in different area BBQ competitions including Grand Champions in Racine Wisconsin in 2006.

Besides the awards we were winning in the competitions, he still kept getting calls from friends, family and neighbors asking for “more of that Head’s Red” so he figured it was time to take it from the kitchen to the store shelves and here it is ready for you to buy.

Price: $7.95