- Rich Davis
Richard E. Davis (born in 1926) founded
KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce .Davis, born in
Joplin, Missouri , graduated fromTopeka, Kansas high school in 1944 and served a year and a half in the army. AfterWorld War II , he attendedWashburn University ,Columbia University andColorado College . While at Washburn, he was initiated into the Kansas Beta Chapter ofPhi Delta Theta . He received a medicine degree from the University of Kansas in 1954.Specializing in
child psychiatry he helped found theEastern Virginia Medical School and served from 1975-76 as Dean of the North Dakota School of Medicine.In 1977, he moved to Kansas City and began marketing various culinary concepts including "Muschup" (a combination of
ketchup and mustard),Dill ed Muschup and K.C. Soul Style Barbecue Sauce.His original barbecue sauce started with only 5 ingredients. While Muschup and Dilled Muschup sold well, the barbecue sauce was the most popular selling 3,000 cases of it in Kansas City. He changed its name to KC Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce.
In 1986, he sold the sauce to the Kingsford division of the
Clorox company, which took the barbecue sauce nationwide. Presently it is claimed by the manufacturer to be the number 1 selling premium barbecue sauce in the country. He retained rights to use the sauce at restaurants he was to develop. Of the seven that eventually opened, only the one inOverland Park, Kansas remains, but is no longer owned by the Davis family.He and his sons prepared a barbecue for
George H.W. Bush in 1992 andGeorge W. Bush in 2004.Books
Wild About Bar-B-Q Kansas City Style(1997) (ISBN 0-925175-11-0)All American Bar-B-Q (1988)All About Bar-B-Q Kansas City Style (1985)
External links
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