Bone Suckin' Sauce

Phil Ford, a real estate appraiser and father of four in Raleigh, North Carolina, developed his sauce around 1987 while trying to copy his mother's recipe for a western North Carolina-style barbecue sauce.

Today the firm exports to 80 countries.  Ford's Gourmet Foods plans are to develop an organics line, and broaden the range of gourmet foods offered.