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Bark & Bite
The Ultimate BBQ Experience
Welcome to The Ultimate BBQ Experience: Bark & Bite! The products, accessories and original recipes in this box are all the work of our team of expert pitmasters. Join us on our BBQ journey this month, as we explore several exciting flavor profiles across a wide array of proteins, using a wonderful selection of small batch BBQ products. We hope you’ll enjoy this month’s products, tips and recipes as much as we do!
Croix Valley's Sweet n' Smokey! Competition Barbecue Sauce: This sauce has been developed and perfected through years of professional BBQ competitions across the nation, with winning teams coming back for more. Not only does this honey BBQ sauce create a delicious glaze on your meats, but it's also versatile enough to pair perfectly with a variety of grilling fare, including ribs, burgers, chicken, pork, vegetables, brisket, and even seafood. The possibilities are endless!
Spicy BBQ Sweet Heat Seasoning by Sauce Goddess: This brown sugar rib spice rub has a nice garlic flavor. It’s been used in BBQ competitions around the west coast. Cook like a champion with this spice blend! It’s superb dusted on pretty much anything: ribs, steak, pork, fish, shrimp, tempeh, potatoes, and vegetables. It’s also versatile enough to use in place of red pepper flakes on your favorite dishes.
Maple Espresso BBQ Sauce by Southern City Flavors: An Old-Fashioned Flavor with the sweetness of maple and a subtle hint of coffee. Per for brisket, pulled pork or any type of meat!
Smoked Chipotle Salt by African Dream Foods: This smoked salt is the perfect blend of smoked African jalapeno peppers from small-scale South African farms, and natural sea salt harvested from the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the African West Coast. When what you need is more than just salt and heat, the Smoked Chipotle Salt is the MVP and will become your new pantry essential.
Grill Masters Club Silicone BBQ Mop Brush: Smooth, flexible bristles make applying sauces and marinades a cinch! It’s made of food-safe silicone, making cleaning easy. It’s durable in high temperatures, so it’s the perfect tool for your grilling exploits!
Happy grilling,
The Grill Masters Club Team
Pitmaster Pro Tips
How to Pick the Right Wood for Smoking (coming soon!)
Featured BBQ Sauce: Croix Valley's Sweet n' Smokey! Competition Barbecue Sauce
Vendor: Croix Valley Foods (Hudson, WI)
Size: 12 oz plastic bottle
Ingredients: Natural Tomato Concentrate (tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, spice, onion), Organic Tapioca Syrup, Honey, Vinegar, Water, Sugar, Dried Garlic, Natural Flavor, Spices. Vegan & Low Sodium
Amazing on: Ribs, burgers, chicken, pork, vegetables, brisket, and even seafood
About: Looking for a BBQ sauce that's sweet, smoky, and brings the heat? Look no further than Croix Valley's Sweet n' Smokey Competition BBQ Sauce! This sauce is like a flavor explosion in your mouth, with the perfect blend of sweetness and spice that's sure to please any palette.
Not only does this honey BBQ sauce create a delicious glaze on your meats, but it's also versatile enough to pair perfectly with a variety of grilling fare, including ribs, burgers, chicken, pork, vegetables, brisket, and even seafood. The possibilities are endless!
Use Sweet n' Smokey as a dipping sauce or finishing glaze to take your grilling game to the next level. Trust us; this sauce has been developed and perfected through years of professional BBQ competitions across the nation, with winning teams coming back for more.
With an expertly crafted blend of spices and seasonings, Sweet n' Smokey is sure to be a hit with your family and guests. So fire up the grill, slather on some of this sauce, and get ready to blow their minds with flavor!
Featured Recipes: Recipes are available immediately for Grill Masters Club subscribers on the 12-page recipe booklet inside your box. These recipes will be shared soon! They are available immediately with a Grill Masters Club subscription!
About the Vendor: Croix Valley's seeds were sewn in a small kitchen in the Northwoods of Wisconsin in 1996 when our family opened a steakhouse and began serving every meal with a side of our homemade steak sauce. After a decade of requests to bottle and sell it for home use, we began packaging our Original Steak Sauce for the retail market in 2009 and brought Croix Valley to life working out of a tiny leased space in the back of a meat market in our home town of Hudson, Wisconsin.
Croix Valley Foods moved beyond that first steak sauce to include marinades, barbecue sauces, dry rubs, Bloody Mary Seasonings and more. We have continuously outgrown our production spaces after our first year and a half in business, constantly trying to keep up with demand. In 2022, we broke ground on a shiny new 20,000 square foot production facility in Hudson and moved into the new World Headquarters in March of 2023 that will serve us for years to come.
As one of the fastest-growing BBQ Brands in the country, Croix Valley products can be found in BBQ Supply shops, hardware & home improvement stores, meat markets, specialty food shops and grocery stores across the globe.
Croix Valley products can be found across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and we are working on expansions in South and Central America, Asia, the Middle East and beyond. Our products are continuously finding acclaim and winning awards and we invite you to find out what's turning the backyard barbecue enthusiast into the seasoned Pitmaster at the helm of grills and smokers from coast to coast.
Damon & Lu Holter - Owners
Special Offer: Use promo code GRILLMASTER10 for 10% off at CroixValleyFoods.com.
Featured Dry Rub: Spicy BBQ Sweet Heat Seasoning by Sauce Goddess
Vendor: Sauce Goddess (San Diego, CA)
Size: 5.3 oz plastic shaker
Ingredients: Organic brown sugar, salt, red pepper flakes, dehydrated onion and garlic, paprika, cayenne, and spices. No MSG.
About:
HANDCRAFTED PREMIUM DRY RUB: Perfect meat rubs, add mouthwatering flavor to your favorite beef, chicken, pork, seafood, lamb and other dishes everyone can love.
Sweet Heat Spice brings a powerful punch of brown sugar, spices and garlic. This is not your ordinary BBQ rub. It is superb dusted on pretty much anything: ribs, steak, pork, fish, shrimp, tempeh, potatoes, and vegetables. This tempting blend is also versatile enough to use in place of red pepper flakes on your favorite dishes. Cook like a champion with this spice blend! We’re proud of this award-winning seasoning!
Sweet Heat Spice has no junk! Low sugar! Low sodium! Fat Free! No additives or flavorings, No MSG, No GMOs, No anti-caking. Vegan friendly. Medium to Spicy heat.
Amazing on: Pretty much anything: ribs, steak, pork, fish, shrimp, tempeh, potatoes, and vegetables; versatile enough to use in place of red pepper flakes
Featured Recipes: Recipes are available immediately for Grill Masters Club subscribers on the 8-page recipe booklet inside your box. These recipes will be shared soon! They are available immediately with a Grill Masters Club subscription!
About the Vendor: Sauce Goddess is based in San Diego CA. Beginning in 2001 with 2 flavors of smoke-free BBQ sauce, based on a family recipe from the founder's Dad, Keith.
Our obscenely delicious food products are anything but ordinary. The Sauce Goddess story started with a top-secret family recipe passed down from our founder Jennifer’s Dad, Keith, over 21 years ago. The love for that sauce grew as we shared our love for cooking with friends and beyond. And we’ve never looked back.
The story began with one recipe and continues growing to include a range of tasty and award-winning products. Using fresh, real, clean ingredients, we take flavors to new heights on more than two dozen sauces, spice rubs, dips, spreads, and snack foods.
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No Junk. All Sauce Goddess products are made from the highest quality ingredients around. Vegan. Certified Gluten-Free. Non-GMO. You won’t find any additives or preservatives in our stock.
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Only Real Ingredients. The flavors are so powerful because they come from the real stuff. Real food with real ingredients made by real folks. Because you deserve the best.
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Award-Winning Flavors. Our competition track record speaks for itself. Thanks to our wide variety of tempting food products, you can experience the taste of victory however you’d like.
Grill Masters Club Celebrates Women and Women-Owned Businesses like Sauce Goddess!
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Special Offer: Use promo code GRILLMASTER for 15% off at SauceGoddess.com. Valid thru 3/31/24.
Grill Master's Choice: Maple Espresso BBQ Sauce by Southern City Flavors
Vendor: Southern City Flavors (Franklin, TN)
Size: 15 oz plastic bottle
Ingredients:
Amazing on: Brisket, pulled pork or any type of meat!
About: An Old-Fashioned Flavor with the sweetness of maple and a subtle hint of coffee. Perfect for brisket, pulled pork or any type of meat!
Featured Recipes: Recipes are available immediately for Grill Masters Club subscribers on the 8-page recipe booklet inside your box. These recipes will be shared soon! They are available immediately with a Grill Masters Club subscription!
About the Vendor: Mamaw & Papaw (grandparents to our patriarch, Mike Weeks) were no strangers to hard work. Every day at 3am, well before the sun had a chance to slip a few rays over the horizon, Mamaw & Papaw would meander through the farm to their cows. Diligently milking each & every one. Once the day's early morning job was almost complete Mamaw would without fail, head back to the house to cook breakfast. Most days it was bacon, eggs and homemade biscuits & gravy. A daily breakfast meant for so much more than just nourishment. Memories were made, hard work was rewarded and family time was cherished.
Then, there's Nana's love for serrano peppers, Dad's (name) passion for serving up delicious BBQ to his church family, and friends encouraging joy filled cooking competitions. All little, but impactful instances that Mike (affectionately named G-Daddy by our family) would unknowingly be formed by.
More than 20 years ago, Mike made the rounds at a few BBQ competitions. Enjoying time spent with friends, devouring some of the best BBQ and making memories that would last a lifetime. His delicious BBQ sauce recipe would eventually earn him the coveted title of Memphis in May World Grand Champion. The award mixed with a little encouragement from friends gave Mike the nudge he needed and just months later Southern City Flavors was born.
Southern City Flavors had small beginnings, serving up just 6 finger-licking good BBQ sauces. But, throughout the years, Mike's genuine passion for making high quality foods allowed him to see all of delicious recipes from family and friends that he had unknowingly stored in the back pocket of his worn jeans.
It was the desire to share those cherished recipes while also producing the best products possible that let Mike expand his product line and to cultivate authentic relationships with his customers - turning them into family, not just another number. It was those same customers that lovingly named Mike "The Grit Man" because of Mike's ability to make what they deemed the best tasting grits around. Today Mike looks back on those memories and early customers fondly, striving to create just as many wonderful relationships with his customers as he did then.
As a family we could not be any prouder of our origins. What stemmed from a love of good eats and good memories has turned into an even bigger desire to share Southern made products based on family recipes and natural food the way it was meant to be enjoyed.
It's our desire to help you enjoy time at home with your family, creating memories that will impact generations to come.
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Special Offer: Use promo code SALSA at SouthernCityFlavors.com for 25% off your next order! Expires 4/30/24
Featured Bonus: Smoked Chipotle Salt by African Dream Foods
Vendor: African Dream Foods (Vancouver, WA)
Size: 3.5 oz glass grinder
Ingredients: Sea salt (91%), Smoked Red Jalapeno Peppers (9%)
Amazing on: Steaks, chicken, salads, just about any dish when you want to add natural smoke flavor that comes from the red jalapeño peppers which are smoked for about 48 hours!
About: When what you need is more than just salt and heat, the Smoked Chipotle Salt is the MVP and will become your new pantry essential.
With a few twists, you have added some natural smoke flavor to any dish you are cooking. The distinct natural smoke flavor comes from the red jalapeño peppers which are smoked for about 48hrs. This salt packs a delicious punch of heat and smoke. Who doesn't love the perfect balance of salty, smoky, and heat?
This Smoked Chipotle Salt is the perfect blend of smoked African jalapeno peppers from small-scale South African farms, and natural sea salt harvested from the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the African West Coast.
Featured Recipes: Recipes are available immediately for Grill Masters Club subscribers on the 8-page recipe booklet inside your box. These recipes will be shared soon! They are available immediately with a Grill Masters Club subscription!
About the Vendor:
African Dream Foods, a purpose-driven specialty food brand, was established in 2021. Through our African Hot Sauce and Seasonings, we aim to spread true African flavor around the world. More significantly, we're a committed, international group of photographers, wildlife enthusiasts, hot sauce connoisseurs, and businesspeople who are enthusiastic about delicious food and the preservation of animals. We came together because of our shared appreciation for African flavors and animals, and we're dedicated to offering products that are not only delicious but also ethically and morally sound.
We are bringing a premium fair-trade product to the global market by using authentic farm-grown ingredients to produce small-batch artisanal African hot sauces and spices. Our current collection of 8 savory sauces, 3 spicy salts and one Safari Smoke Seasoning are lovingly crafted using ingredients that are downright au naturel—we’re talking preservative free, non-GMO, wholly natural and 100% vegan.
A chilli’s flavor, aroma and heat is uniquely influenced by the soil and climate that produced it—and no place on Earth has the soil conditions or climate of Africa. That’s why we source all the peppers, lemons, herbs and other ingredients featured in our recipes directly from small farms in South Africa. Our product’s starring ingredients include locally grown African Ghost Peppers, African Birds Eye Chillis (aka Peri-Peri Chillis), Habaneros, Jalapenos, Paprika and several other varieties of cultivar pepper. These peppers bring a true African flavor to our African hot sauce.
The bottom line? African Dream Foods is more than a specialty foods company—it’s an impassioned, collaborative movement seeking to craft all-natural African hot sauces and spices while simultaneously inspiring awareness. When you purchase one of our spices or seasonings, you’re not just opening the door to authentic African flavor—you’re investing in ongoing, sustainable conservation efforts that will continue advocating for the continent’s wildlife long after you’ve emptied your first bottle.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is simple: we’re committed to crafting all-natural, irresistible products that give hot sauce and spice enthusiasts around the world the opportunity to experience authentic African flavor while simultaneously fighting to protect the continent’s most at-risk wildlife.
OUR PROMISES
From our conservation mission to our ingredients and production practices, we’re all about the good stuff at African Dream Foods. Buy any bottle from our small-batch artisanal lineup and we promise your purchase is:
Supporting Wildlife Conservation — between .10 and .40 cents of every single bottle sold will land in the pockets of Africa’s best wildlife organizations that are working to protect habitats, further education, stop poaching and help the continent’s endangered wildlife. LEARN MORE
Produced Using Fair Trade Policies — we pay fair prices for the work of our production companies in South Africa.
Preservative-free — our products’ natural acidity and pasteurization mean ADF sauces boast an extended shelf life of at least 24 months without the need for artificial preservatives.
Non-GMO — when it comes to ingredients, we like it au naturel—the genetic makeup of the plants used in our products have not been altered and we use nothing artificial. That means no preservatives, no colorants, no MSG, and no pectin.Links & Social Media:
Special Offer: Coming soon!
Featured Bonus #2: Grill Masters Club Silicone BBQ Mop Brush
Vendor: Grill Masters Club
Size: 8.5"
About: Smooth, flexible bristles make applying sauces and marinades a cinch! It’s made of food-safe silicone, making cleaning easy. It’s durable in high temperatures, so it’s the perfect tool for your grilling exploits!
