Meet Andre, Mona, and AJ Cooper, the daddy, mom, and son who’re the homeowners of Legacy Gold BBQ, a Black-owned model that’s now a family identify in Northeast Florida and past. Their merchandise, that are formulated primarily based on distinctive Southern recipes and can be found in 4 variations, at the moment are accessible in Ace {Hardware} shops throughout 5 states – Florida, Georgia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Their sauce is freed from MSG, freed from excessive fructose corn syrup, and made with gluten-free substances.
Bob and Liz Cooper have been the proprietors of a number of BBQ eating places in Jacksonville, Florida starting in 1965. Their high quality smoked meats and signature sauce quickly turned the focus of household, neighborhood, social, and church gatherings throughout the town. Whereas serving as a baker on business oil tankers, Bob developed the tasty southern recipe, and after retiring as a service provider marine he parlayed his culinary abilities right into a string of family-owned companies serving the best of BBQ fare. “My father was acclaimed for his pleasant and interesting character and his abilities serving open-pit, hickory wood-fired BBQ, slathered with this candy, tangy, and smoky sauce,” states Andre.
As his companies thrived, he was approached with a proposal to supply his premium line of sauces in retail shops, however as a busy entrepreneur and patriarch of a giant household – he handed on the provide. Later, upon reconsideration of such an amazing alternative – the provide to take action was not accessible.
He continues, “Due to this closed door, I used to be armed with an insatiable need to assist prolong my dad’s legacy of providing distinctive customer support and premium BBQ merchandise to the general public, so essentially the most pure technique of carrying out this was to share his distinctive recipes with the world. Our retail partnerships with Ace {Hardware} shops in Florida, Georgia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, have been the success of a dream come true and we consider it rightly honors my dad’s legacy.”
Bob handed away in 2007, however in January 2023, the primary batches of Legacy Gold BBQ sauce have been bottled and now many retail partnerships are forming to supply this treasured recipe to the plenty simply as he had all the time dreamed!
At present, the merchandise can be found on-line at LegacyGoldBBQ.com and in additional than 100 retail places throughout the U.S.
