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Old Arthur’s Barbecue Products: Family recipes born in bondage, perfected in freedom

Old Arthur’s Barbecue Products is a family-owned business that sells rich barbecue sauces and rubs that are over 160 years in the making. “Our barbecue sauces and dry rubs were originally crafted by ...
Chicago Tribune

Arthur Watts’ barbecue helped him build a new life after slavery. Nearly 160 years later, his recipes are helping his family build a business.

Arthur Watts knew his way around an open pit barbecue from the time he was just 6 years old. Born into slavery in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, his job was to manage the cooking fires throughout ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Old Arthur's Barbecue sauce, rubs become booming BBQ business after recipe passed down generations

It's a family recipe that is now being sold in local grocery stores and is winning competitions. Old Arthur's Barbecue Sauce is named after Arthur Watts, who was a slave assigned to man the barbecue ...
Daily Herald

Made in the Suburbs: Old Arthur's Barbecue Sauces and Dry Rubs

A Q&A with Eudell Watts IV of Old Arthur's Barbecue Sauces & Dry Rubs. Q: Describe your company. What product(s) do you make and what are they used for? A: Old Arthur's manufactures award-winning ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Mariano's kicks off Black History Month with program featuring local artisans

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mariano's is kicking off Black History Month and celebrating with local partners through a unique program that gives local artisans a chance to pitch their products to the team ...