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Top 25 Barbecue sauce makers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 251 barbecue sauce makers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,486 professional contacts across them, including 407 with verified work emails. Birmingham is the largest hub.
This list covers barbecue sauce makers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest barbecue sauce makers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 238 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1946, World War II Navy veteran John Kinder started his own butcher shop in a small storefront in San Pablo, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 204 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pepper Palace - The Planet's Number One Hot Shop Pepper Palace opened as a kiosk in 1989 in the Fox River Mall in Appleton, Wisconsin, offering a variety of Hot Sauces, Salsas…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Custom Pizza & Marinara Sauces, Salsa, Hot Sauces, BBQ Sauces, Ethnic Sauces, and More.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Back in 1929, a 16 year old Thad W.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OWS Foods was founded in 1988 to provide the highest quality food ingredients to restaurants and food manufacturers throughout the Midwest.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Stubb's Legendary Bar-B-Q, the No.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Country Bob, Inc is a sauce manufacture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lola's Fine Hot Sauce is a company that sells generational family recipes of hot sauces, salsas, seasoning, and snacks throughout restaurants, grocery stores, and retail stands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Trusted by world-class pitmasters, acclaimed chefs, and top restaurateurs, Blues Hog Barbecue Sauce continues to earn its title as the “Award-Winning Choice of Champions.” With…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are manufactures of a full line of salad dressings and sauces( BBQ, Salsas, Pasta, Marinades, Wing, Mustards, etc.) to include all of the staple flavors as well as many custom…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Famous Products is a market leader in retail BBQ Foods sold under the Famous Dave's brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pitmaster Aaron Franklin and his wife Stacy first started selling their barbecue from a trailer on the side of an Austin interstate in 2009, and nowadays folks start lining up…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are determined to delight every backyard pitmaster with our sauces and rubs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Like all good stories, this one unfolds over a bed of glowing embers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Torchbearer Sauces, founded April 2005, develops recipes, manufacture condiments, and sells by wholesale, retail, and private brand channels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Meat Mitch is a competitive BBQ team and BBQ sauce supplier to Kings and Queens, hailing from the home of the world's best BBQ, Kansas City!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Heath Riles BBQ brings championship-level flavor to everyday cooking.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Rub Bar-B-Que in Olathe strives to give every customer 100% tastebud satisfaction with its award-winning recipes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lillie’s Q and its lineup of sauces, rubs, chips and proteins pay homage to the deep-rooted barbeque traditions of specific Southern regions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hoff & Pepper is a Chattanooga based business that produces Hoff Sauce, your everyday hot sauce™.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bland food got you angry?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “North Georgia's Premiere Barbecue Restaurant, catering as well as our Nationally Award Winning Seasonings and Sauces.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Official Hot Sauce and Seasoning Company of Springfield, Mo” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hot Sauce Harry's - The Hot Sauce Headquarters since 1995 - hot sauces, salsas, sauces, seasonings, grilling sauces for the gourmet fiery food head and chili head.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: barbecue sauce makers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names barbecue sauce makers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of barbecue sauce makers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name barbecue sauce makers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Barbecue sauce makers based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 251 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among barbecue sauce makers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “barbecue sauce makers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names barbecue sauce makers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among barbecue sauce makers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 407 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names barbecue sauce makers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many barbecue sauce makers are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 251 barbecue sauce makers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Kinder's Premium Quality Seasonings & Sauces, headquartered in Walnut Creek, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most barbecue sauce makers?
Birmingham leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Kansas City (5) and Austin (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 407 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 251 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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