KC Masterpiece

Infobox Brand
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name=KC Masterpiece


type=barbecue sauce
currentowner=Clorox
origin=flagcountry|USA
discontinued=
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markets= world
previousowners=1977 - Rich Davis
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website=http://www.kcmasterpiece.com/

KC Masterpiece is a barbecue sauce which has been claimed by its manufacturer to be the number 1 premium barbecue sauce sold in the United States.

The sauce was test marketed by Rich Davis, who was a child psychologist, in 1977 in Kansas City, Missouri as "K.C. Soul Style Barbecue Sauce."

The sauce, which originally started with only five ingredients, sold more than 3,000 cases. Davis renamed it KC Masterpiece. During this same time, he also test marketed "Muschup" (a combination of ketchup and mustard) and "Dilled Muschup".

In 1986 he sold the sauce to the Kingsford charcoal division of the Clorox company, which took the barbecue sauce nationwide. Currently it is 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 five restaurants opened, only the one in Overland Park, Kansas remains.

Most Kansas Citians would not consider KC Masterpiece to be Kansas City style, but more Memphis style having large amounts of molasses. Kansas City style has no molasses, prime examples being Gates and Rosedale. However they do frequently have small amounts of sugar to aid in caramelization.

External links

* [http://www.kcmasterpiece.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.kcmasterpiece.net/ Restaurant Website]
* [http://www.americanroyal.com/Default.aspx?tabid=247 American Royal biography]