At a Barbeque cookoff at the State Fairgrounds a few months back, I ran into Rusty Painter of Summerville, SC. who created Monkey Boy’s BBQ Sauce. Rusty has extended family who live in Columbia.
“Tastes Good on Monkey-Better on Pork!” – according to the label. Actually, it also tastes fantastic on chicken, beef, seafood and almost everything else! Painter says he even sprinkles it over his vegetables.
The thin robust sauce is based on the famous Southern vinegar and black pepper barbeque sauce but with ketchup added. According to Lake E. High, Jr., President, South Carolina Barbeque Association, this type of sauce came about after tomato ketchup became readily available around the turn of the last century, around 1900. “Ketchup adds a touch of sweetness to the mix.” Lake High explains, “vinegar and pepper sauce is especially popular in the Piedmont region of North Carolina and in the upper middle part of South Carolina and in the South Carolina Pee Dee region which is the upper coastal plain area of the state.”
The sauce just the right amount of zing for really great barbecue and is a hit with everyone who tastes it. Monkey Boy’s Barbeque Sauce has become a favorite at my house. It is great for gift-giving too.
Painter says the product should soon be available in supermarkets. At present, it can only be ordered through the internet at,
http://www.monkeyboysbbq.com/
(843) 813-2843
Monkey boy’s BBQ Sauce is $5.00 for a 16 oz bottle/ 3 Bottles for $12.00
Here is Rusty Painter’s list of 2006 Barbeque competitions in South Carolina. He is a certified judge with the South Carolina Barbeque Association and the Kansas City Barbeque Society.
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Look for future posts on Rusty Painter and his barbeque sauce.
Lake City BBQ Cook-Off
May 19-20, 2006
Downtown Lake City, SC
18th Annual Carolina Children’s Home BBQ Festival
May 19-20, 2006
SC State Fair Grounds, Columbia, SC
Boone Hall BBQ Cookoff
June 23-24, 2006
Boone Hall Plantation, Charleston, SC
SC Festival of Discovery
July 14-15, 2006
Greenwood, SC
Flying Pig Festival
July 2006
Port Royal, SC
Smoke on the Beach
September 1-2, 2006
Myrtle Beach, SC
10th Annual Uniquely Union BBQ Festival
September 15-16, 2006
Union, SC
Greenway Barbeque and Bluegrass
September 16, 2006
Fort Mill, SC
Bamberg Antique Treasure Fest
September 2006
Bamberg, SC
Berkeley BBQ Cook-Off
September 29-30, 2006
Moncks Corner, SC
Carolina Q Cup & Folk Art Festival
October 6-7, 2006
State Farmer’s Market in Columbia, SC
Squealin on the Square
October 6-7, 2006
Laurens, SC
13th Annual Octoberfest Southern Style
October 12-14, 2006
Dillon Park – Sumter, SC
Kershaw Hog Jam
October 13-14, 2006
Kershaw, SC
Kingstree Pig Pickin
October 21-22, 2006
Kingstree, SC
Edgefield Heritage Festival Jubilee
October 20-21, 2006
Edgefield, SC
Pig on the Ridge
November 3-4, 2006
Ridgeway, SC
S.C. BBQ Shag Festival
April 21 & 22, 2006
Hemingway, SC
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