Get Your Barbecue On With Black Owned Brands

A family enjoying an outdoor barbecue — By Cathy Yeulet

Summertime especially is the season for barbecue festivities among family and friends. In this post, you will find just about everything you need to host and enjoy a barbecue with goods from black owned brands. Click and go directly to any of the following products.

Barbecue Ribs and Meats
Plant Based Meat
Beans
Bread
Cold Beverages
Condiments
Plates, Cutlery, and Grilling Utensils
Produce (Fruits and Vegetables)
Snacks

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Barbecue Ribs and Meat

Big Shake’s Hot Chicken (advertisement) has a selection of prepared chicken dinners that include hot wings, family meals, chicken tenders, and sandwiches. Shrimp burgers and hot sauces are also available.

Bludsoe’s BBQ (advertisement) has a diverse selection of ready made barbecue rib dinners (e.g., rib tips, briskets, combos) that include 6 to 12+ servings. Ready made hot links (12 to a pack) are also available.

Goon With A Spoon offers beef and chicken sausages in several flavors.

Warrior Creek offers a variety of premium meats including sausages.

Plant Based Meat

Always Bean has navy bean burgers in 6 or 12 packs, and navy bean hot links in 6 or 12 packs.

Legendary Burgers has plant based veggie burgers in packs of 8 and 16. Lightly seasoned plant based ground is also available.

Beans

A Dozen Cousins (advertisement) offers ready to eat beans (e.g., red and pinto). Variety packs are also available.

FLOWS Grocery (advertisement) offers a diverse selection of beans including dry beans (e.g., red kidney, black eyed peas).

Bread

Black Bread Co. offers a selection of sliced bread that includes premium white and honey wheat.

Glory Loaves offers a variety of bread loaves such as keto, banana, and zucchini among others.

Beverages

FLOWS Grocery (advertisement) offers a variety of cold beverages that include lemonade, iced tea, and cold press juices.

Ellis Isle offers diverse cold teas made with hibiscus. Ellis Isle is also available at Target (advertisement). You can also buy 12 bottle packs on Amazon (advertisement).

Element Beverage Co. offers 6 packs of lemonade in diverse flavors (e.g., strawberry pineapple).

Me & The Bees offers lemonade drinks in several flavors (e.g., classic, mint, prickly pear). Ten bottle packs are available.

Shwen Shwen offers a selection of fresh juices including lemonade based on traditional recipes and flavors from Sierra Leone.

Condiments (Spices and Rubs)

FLOWS Grocery (advertisement) has a selection of barbecue sauces, marinades, and spices.

Charleston Gourmet Burger has a large selection of marinades for burgers.

Flavour De La Baye has a Chipotle Tamarind BBQ sauce, and jerk spices.

Heritage Fare offers a savory soul BBQ sauce that also comes in “hot” or “mild.”

Jones BAR-B-Q offers barbecue sauces in “sweet and tangy” and “coconut pineapple.”

Joyce’s has a variety of sauces including a “smokin BBQ sauce.”

Keith Loren offers a “country BBQ rub” that reflects a secret blend of 15 ingredients.

Num Num Sauce has a selection of sauces for southern style grilling. Hot and mild sauces are available.

Scott’s Barbecue Sauce offers their sauce in a variety of sizes (e.g. single, 2 pack, gallon, case).

Sienna Sauce products can be paired with pork, beef, or seafood. A variety of flavors are available (e.g., sweet & tangy, lemon pepper).

Stubb’s Barbecue has a diverse selection of barbecue sauces (e.g., smokey mesquite, hickory bourbon, reduced sugar) as well as rubs.

Plates, Cutlery, and Grilling Utensils

Goodee (advertisement) has a diverse selection of BBQ and grilling utensils that include tongs, spatulas, and carving forks.

The Awkward Afro (advertisement) offers a large and diverse selection of thematic party supplies that includes paper plates, straws, and cups. Complete party sets include paper dinner plate chargers, cups, straws, and napkins for 10 people. Select items are sold individually.

Party Dash offers a selection of colored plastic and wooden cutlery sets (10 forks, 10 knives, 10 spoons).

Produce, Fruits and Vegetables

Spanky’s Gourmet Pickles offers a wide variety of pickled vegetables (e.g., asparagus, okra, dill pickles) as well as pickled olives.

The Better Buggy offers a selection of shippable fresh produce boxes (14 to 18 pounds). They also ship fresh greens.

Snacks

FLOWS Grocery (advertisement) offers a variety of snacks and candies.

Partake Foods (advertisement) has a variety of soft baked cookies. These include triple chocolate, carrot cake, and chocolate chip among others. Cookies are designed to be delicious and accommodate those with dietary restrictions. Baking mixes are also sold.

Pent Up Cookie Company (advertisement) has a large and diverse selection of thematic cookies that come in packages of 12, and can be made according to the Keto diet when specified.

Rap Snacks (advertisement) has a variety of potato chips.

Symphony Potato Chips offers a selection of gourmet, all natural potato chips in 7 ounce bags that are available at Target (advertisement).

True Pop (advertisement) has a selection of flavored popcorn in 6 and 12 packs. Bags of popcorn are 4 ounces each.

Creamalicious Ice Cream is available at Walmart (advertisement) in several flavors such as sweet potato pie, peach cobbler, and pecan pie.

In reviewing these products for your barbecue, I hope you find one or more that work for you.

Happy shopping! Happy grilling!

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