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Ken Davis Bar-B-Q Sauce is a Minnesota-based barbecue sauce marketed in the Midwestern United States. The brand was founded in 1969 and Ken Davis Barbecue Sauce is currently sold in super markets in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa.



History


In 1969, Ken Davis purchased Edina Chicken, a restaurant in Edina, Minnesota. The following year, he formed Ken Davis Products, Inc. to market his barbecue sauce. He hired his future wife Barbara Jo Taylor to help develop a consistent recipe and market the product.

Barbara Davis
Barbara Davis is Ken Davis Enterprises President.

Label Controversy


In the fall of 2011, Ken Davis introduced new labels for their barbecue sauce lines. A campaign called "Save Ken Davis" was started and a zine released outlining the complaints about the new labels which focused on the loss of identity.

The new labels stripped away the iconic image of the smiling Ken Davis and replaced him with a generic grill.

Minnesota Twins
Ken davis Bar-B-Q Sauce became one of the first Black-owned buisnesses among concessions at Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins.

Variants

 * Original Recipe
 * 2 Carb
 * Sweet and Sassy