Sweet Baby Ray's Original Barbecue Sauce

Sweet Baby Ray's is a renowned brand of barbecue sauce that originated in the United States. The brand was developed in the early 1980s by Chicago brothers Dave and Larry Raymond, who named the sauce after a nickname Dave had earned as a basketball player. In 1982, they entered their sauce in a Chicago barbecue competition for the first time. In 1985, their fourth year of competition, Sweet Baby Ray's won second place out of a field of 700 competitors. The following year, the brothers incorporated as a business and began selling the sauce to consumers. In 2005, they sold the business to Ken's Foods for $30 million. Despite selling the sauce business, Dave Raymond retained the rights to the name 'Sweet Baby Ray's' and currently operates two restaurants under the name located in Chicago. Today, Sweet Baby Ray's offers a variety of barbecue sauces and related products, maintaining its status as a favorite among barbecue enthusiasts.