Box Overview: Backyard BBQ Bliss
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Backyard BBQ Bliss
The Ultimate BBQ Experience
Welcome to The Ultimate BBQ Experience: Backyard BBQ Bliss! We’re turning up the heat (and the flavor) with a seriously exciting lineup! This box brings together bold, bright, and downright addictive flavors that will keep your grill busy and your taste buds guessing. We’ve sourced from some of our favorite craft brands to create a flavor journey that’s smoky, spicy, sweet, and absolutely irresistible. As always, we’ve paired these premium products with 6 brand-new original recipes and 2 expert pro tips. Are you ready to fire things up?
Croix Valley Foundry Series Sweet Peach BBQ Sauce: Croix Valley’s brand new Foundry Series Sweet Peach BBQ Sauce blends the natural sweetness of ripe peaches with a tangy barbecue base for a smooth, fruity kick. This vibrant sauce adds a deliciously sweet and savory flavor to your BBQ, making it perfect for those who love a fruity twist on classic grilled dishes.
Jamaican Jerk Seasoning by Sauce Goddess: Get ready to explore the delicious flavors of the Caribbean! Sauce Goddess combined the spices of jerk seasoning and chile to up the flavor level of any dish with a nice kick. A tasty blend of thyme, garlic, allspice and chile peppers, it adds heat and complexity to chicken, pork, fish, shrimp, grilled vegetables, and even pineapple. You’re going to love this clean, bold blend that’s low in sugar and sodium, fat-free, vegan-friendly, and made without additives, MSG, GMOs, or anti-caking agents.
Chile Lime Aioli Squeeze by Terrapin Ridge Farms: This creamy, zesty aioli is a vibrant fusion of chili peppers, savory spices, and tangy lime that instantly elevates any dish. It’s a natural match for grilled chicken, fish, and shrimp skewers, and makes a bold, flavorful drizzle for tacos. You can even stir it into a corn, black bean, tomato, and avocado salad for a fresh, spicy twist. Wherever your grill takes you, this aioli delivers the perfect kick of flavor!
Smoky Pecan Rub by The Spice Lab: If you like it sweet with a touch of smoke, this mouthwatering seasoning is for you. With a taste and an aroma that evokes the southern Sunday potluck and the backyard barbecue, this versatile rub will have your guests asking for seconds, thirds and a doggy bag. A great addition to any pantry, it's the perfect seasoning for chicken and pork chops. Oil and season chicken, pork, and beef to create sweet, smoky, sizzling’ BBQ fare hot off the grill or smoker.
Sun Valley Musty Nuts: The newest release from Sun Valley Mustard, Musty Nuts are a great snack for all occasions! Pecans are roasted in their spicy sweet mustard and tossed with their proprietary Musty Dust seasoning for an absolutely delicious result.
Happy grilling,
The Grill Masters Club Team
Pitmaster Pro Tips
Low‑and‑Slow on a Kettle Grill: Expert Smokehouse Techniques Without a Big Smoker
Jerk 101: Bringing Caribbean Flavors to Your Backyard Grill
Featured Sauce: Croix Valley Foundry Series Sweet Peach BBQ Sauce
Croix Valley's new Foundry Series Sweet Peach BBQ Sauce blends the natural sweetness of ripe peaches with a tangy barbecue base for a smooth, fruity kick. This vibrant sauce adds a deliciously sweet and savory flavor to your BBQ, making it perfect for those who love a fruity twist on classic grilled dishes.
Vendor: Croix Valley Foods (Hudson, WI)
Size: 14 oz plastic squeeze
Amazing on: Ribs, pork butts, chicken, burnt ends, fish (especially salmon), burgers and more
Ingredients: Tomato Paste, Corn Syrup, Water, Sugar, Peach Puree, Vinegar, Spices, Salt, Natural Flavor, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Ground Mustard.
Featured Recipes: Recipes are available immediately for Grill Masters Club subscribers on the 8-page recipe booklet inside your box. These recipes will be shared soon! They are available immediately with a Grill Masters Club subscription!
About the Vendor:
The Croix Valley Story
Picture a small kitchen, a sizzling steakhouse, and the birth of our award-winning recipes that would soon captivate taste buds worldwide. It all started with the irresistible aroma of our homemade steak sauce, served with every meal, and the persistent requests from patrons to bottle and share the magic.
Responding to the clamor for our delectable creations, we officially entered the retail market in 2009, introducing the world to our iconic Original Steak Sauce. Fast forward to the relentless pursuit of culinary excellence, and Croix Valley Foods has evolved far beyond that initial steak sauce, expanding our repertoire to include over 40 mouthwatering marinades, tantalizing barbecue and wing sauces, savory dry rubs and seasonings, and even our signature Bloody Mary Seasonings.
Our Growth
Beginning our production journey in a 100 square foot space in the back of a meat market in our hometown, our all-natural, gluten-free products were embraced locally and quickly expanded regionally. As consumers discovered that our products were versatile items to embrace during any meal, our line expanded, our customer base flourished, and we began to find international acclaim for our innovative products, building relationships and gaining new fans across the globe.
Fueling this fiery success, we built and unveiled our state-of-the-art 20,000 square foot production facility in Hudson, WI in 2023 (that's right, we make every bottle of Croix Valley product ourselves, in our own facility, with our own team, and have done so since we started 15 years ago). This cutting-edge facility is the epicenter of our culinary innovations, ensuring that the irresistible essence of Croix Valley products continues to grace grills, smokers, and kitchens across the globe. From BBQ supply shops to hardware stores, from meat markets to specialty food shops and beyond, our delectable creations have found a home, delighting taste buds in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South American, and beyond.
Championship Products
Croix Valley Foods has emerged as a culinary powerhouse, playing a pivotal role in catapulting individuals worldwide to victory in food sport competitions. Renowned for its exceptional line of gourmet sauces and seasonings, the company has become a go-to choice for competitive chefs and grillmasters aiming to elevate their dishes to award-winning heights. The company's commitment to quality and innovation has not only revolutionized the culinary landscape but has also positioned itself as an indispensable ally for those striving for excellence in food competitions on a global scale. We are proud to say that our products have not only helped countless champions win over discerning judges weekly in competitive arenas across the globe, but have been integral to the success of helping competitors win numerous World Championships at the World Food Championships, the American Royal World Series of Barbecue, the ICS World Chili Championships, and the SCA World Steak Championships.
Our accolades don't start and stop with just the competitive food sport scene. We're not only humbled and grateful for the pro barbecue, steak, and other food sport competitors who use our products routinely to help win, but we're also equally proud of our own accomplishments with professional industry awards recognizing Croix Valley as the top of our game for culinary excellence and business savvy. We're the proud recipients of over 100 product excellence awards from the National Barbecue Association, National Barbecue News, the Scovie Awards, Fiery Foods Awards, and others. We're also most delighted and appreciative to be recipients of the U.S. Presidents 'E' Award of Excellence for Exporting, the Wisconsin Governor's Export Achievement Award, the Small Business Administration's Exporter of the Year Award, the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council's Product Innovation Award, and many more.
Join us on our journey
Croix Valley Foods invites you to experience the allure of our award-winning recipes, and to understand why our products are turning backyard barbecue enthusiasts into seasoned Pitmasters at the helms of grills and smokers from continent to continent. We believe no matter what you're cooking or whether you prefer a grill, stovetop, air fryer, or toaster oven, we've got game-changing products that will help you create the most mouth-watering food with ease that you can share with friends, and family, or even food sport judges alike.
"We'll See Ya' Around the Grill!" — Damon & Lu Holter, Owners of Croix ValleyFoods.
After spending 10 years in the legal field, Lu put her efforts behind Croix Valley Foods to manufacture and market the award-winning product line full time. Together with Damon, Lu formed the Croix Valley Sauces Competition Cooking Team, where her mastery of the art of barbecue thrust her into the arena of competition cooking.
As an avid food sport competitor, Lu has won numerous awards nation-wide in professional cooking competitions, including Kansas City Barbeque Society competitions, Steak Cookoff Association contests, Culinary Fight Club events and the World Food Championships. Lu has been found competing on television programs such as Food Network’s “Family Food Showdown” , "BBQ Brawl" and "Guy's Grocery Games".
In addition to her role as a Croix Valley owner and barbecue expert, Lu also loves to be outdoors, cultivate the koi in her backyard pond and spend time fishing and kayaking.
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Special Offer: Use promo code GRILLMASTER10 for 10% off at CroixValleyFoods.com.
Featured Dry Rub: Jamaican Jerk Seasoning by Sauce Goddess
Fiery Jamaican Jerk Seasoning by Sauce Goddess welcomes you to the flavors of the Caribbean. We combined the spices of jerk seasoning and chile to up the flavor level of any dish with a nice kick. A tasty blend of thyme, garlic, allspice and chile peppers, it adds heat and complexity to chicken, pork, fish, shrimp, grilled vegetables, and even pineapple.
You’re going to love it! Our fiery Jamaican Jerk Spice is the best seasoning for chicken. You can use it on chicken thighs or breasts with or without the skin. It's as simple as sprinkling on some jerk spice and cooking. Nothing easier than that. We've also used it on shrimp and pork chops. A cast iron pan for the pork is a great way to sear it and them cover and let it cook on low for a very short time.
Low sugar! Low sodium! Fat Free! No additives or flavorings, No MSG, No GMOs, No anti-caking. Vegan friendly. Spicy heat.
Vendor: Sauce Goddess (San Diego, CA)
Size: 5 oz plastic shaker
Amazing on: Chicken, pork, fish, shrimp, grilled vegetables, and even pineapple
Ingredients: Spices including Habanero Chili Pepper, Sea Salt, Brown Sugar, Paprika, Dehydrated Garlic and Onion
Featured Recipes: Recipes are available immediately for Grill Masters Club subscribers on the 8-page recipe booklet inside your box. These recipes will be shared soon! They are available immediately with a Grill Masters Club subscription!
About the Vendor:
We’re bringing Epic Flavor to your meals!
Food has an uncanny ability to connect people, evoke memories, and create lasting bonds. In my family, there’s one recipe that stands out as the epitome of togetherness and joy: My Dad’s recipe for BBQ sauce. Over the past 50 years, this mouthwatering dish has not only tantalized our taste buds but has also brought our family closer together. Let me tell you how it all started.
When I was a very small girl, my Dad began to make his own barbecue sauce (now known as Sticky Sweet) because he really disliked what he found at the store; a sauce was full of liquid smoke. What he made was simple barbecue sauce and it was delicious!
I grew up not knowing it was different. The love for that sticky gooey sauce for ribs and chicken grew as we shared our love for cooking with friends and beyond. I took the sauce in jars from home to college and cooked for my roommates. They were hooked.
One day my parents announced they were moving. I panicked, yes I would miss them, but what about the sauce? I had to get the recipe. His response was, “What recipe?” So we began a funny journey to get him to use actual measuring cups and I created a recipe.
Then my friends threw down a challenge and said the words I will never forget, “Jen don’t get old and wonder what if you ever did something with that recipe for barbecue sauce”.
I started the company a month later with one recipe and added a spicer version (Sweet & Spicy) and went to market. I knew a retailer, Ron, that might give me a solid opinion about the product. So I took samples to him. A few weeks later (the middle of December), I received a voicemail from Ron. He said, “I never call prospective vendors in the middle of December, but we all loved your product, can you have it ready for an event in our store January 20th?” I said yes and then figured out a way to make it. A few years ago, I jokingly told him it was all his fault I started down this road.
One thing that has always been important to me is that the product itself is not bad for you. So I started out using real food and as a company, we still use real food. Our products have always been Vegan, back before anyone but vegans knew what that was. We changed to a gluten-free recipe about 15 years ago and now test and certify our products as gluten-free. We’ve always known that it’s very important to us to use fresh, real, clean ingredients. We all deserve to eat proper food.
With all these delicious ingredients we bring amazing flavors to all our sauces, spice rubs, and dip & spread mixes.
Why is it important to eat real food?
Yes, it is very important we keep it simple, with no additives and nothing but recognizable ingredients. Why is that a big deal to have real food in our sauces and spices? Because we care about what we feed our bodies.
Well, do you know what silicone dioxide is? It’s sand. Do you want an anti-caking ingredient like that in your food? Didn’t you eat enough dirt and sand as a toddler?
How about Xanthan Gum, do you know what it is? It’s derived from the mold that grows on corn. When the sugar from corn starts to ferment, you get a gooey substance that some manufacturers add to food. Yummy. Seriously companies use it to stretch ingredients to make products cheaply. They do this instead of using real food.
Eat Well, Live Better.
- No Junk. Our products are made from the highest quality ingredients around. Vegan. Certified Gluten-Free. Non-GMO. You won’t find any additives or preservatives in our stock.
- Only Real Ingredients. Our flavors are so powerful because they come from the real stuff. Real food with real ingredients made by real folks. Because you deserve the best.
- Award-Winning Flavors. Our competition track record speaks for itself. Thanks to our wide variety of tempting food products, you can experience the taste of victory however you’d like.
It’s been more than 20 years and we are still very proud of everything we put in our products and purposeful in everything we leave out. We know people want to recognize what’s in their food. We do too!
Our Company
Sauce Goddess is a woman-owned business and community member. We are still not a huge company. We still answer the phone ourselves, mostly. We like to give back, so we partner with local and national organizations to help challenged adults with disabilities to perform jobs that are specific to their special skill set. We donate to Rotary, Ovarian Cancer Research and other causes that resonate with our lives.
Everyone who cooks with our products contributes to the Sauce Goddess story.
Keep on cooking and creating with our sauces and spices because you know “if you don’t lick your fingers, someone else will!”.
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Special Offer: Use code GrillMaster for 15% off your order at SauceGoddess.com.
Featured Rub: Smoky Pecan Rub by The Spice Lab
With a taste and an aroma that evokes the southern Sunday potluck and the backyard barbecue, The Spice Lab's Smoky Pecan Rub will have your guests asking for seconds, thirds and a doggy bag. A great addition to any pantry, it's the perfect seasoning for chicken and pork chops.
If you like it sweet with a touch of smoke, this mouthwatering seasoning is for you. Oil and season chicken, pork, and beef to create sweet, smoky, sizzling’ BBQ fare hot off the grill or just out of the oven. Shake it on kale and air-fry for 3 to 5 minutes for a crispy, enjoyable, good-for-you treat.
Made in our SQF-certified facility in the USA, this all-natural poultry rub seasoning for smoking is non-GMO, kosher and gluten-free.
Vendor: The Spice Lab (Pompano Beach, FL)
Size: 5.3 oz plastic shaker
Amazing on: Chicken, pork (especially ribs), and beef, grilled vegetables and more
Ingredients: Sugar, Salt, Brown Sugar, Spices, Paprika, Natural Smoke Flavour, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, not more than 2%: Lemon Oil, Natural Flavours
Featured Recipes: Recipes are available immediately for Grill Masters Club subscribers on the 8-page recipe booklet inside your box. These recipes will be shared soon! They are available immediately with a Grill Masters Club subscription!
About the Vendor:
Welcome to The Spice Lab – the world’s premier supplier of sea salts and seasoning blends.
We are a woman-owned and family-run business with an extensive product line of salts, award-winning seasonings and rubs, premium spices, peppercorns, natural sugars and unique gourmet gifts. Our seasonings are all natural, OU Kosher and most are gluten-free. We also offer numerous Himalayan salt products including our widely acclaimed Himalayan salt tequila shot glasses, salt plates and more.
How we started
A homemade Christmas gift in 2009 sparked the start of The Spice Lab. Technology entrepreneur Brett Cramer wanted to share his newfound fascination with gourmet sea salts with his family and friends. Enjoying woodworking as well as being an avid gourmet cook, he handcrafted a wooden base out of scrap lumber to hold test tubes filled with exotic sea salts from around the world. His wife Jennifer, an interior designer, wanted to start a company and thought that Brett’s creation would be an ideal way to enter the gourmet gift business.
Production
Products are packed in our 125,000 square foot SQF certified facility in Pompano Beach, Florida that includes a design department, research and development kitchen with full-time chef, business offices and product showroom. With twelve production lines, the company can produce 150,000 units per day.
Awards
Our gourmet products have received extensive media coverage – from O, The Oprah Magazine, NBC’s TODAY show, Cosmopolitan and many others, earning numerous industry awards and accolades for innovative products and packaging. Awards include two Silver Sofi™ Awards from the Specialty Food Association, The Gourmet Retailer, Progressive Grocer and Store Brands Magazine Editors’ Choice Awards and numerous Scovie and Fiery Foods Awards. See more awards.
Featured Sauce: Chile Lime Aioli Garnishing Squeeze by Terrapin Ridge Farms
This creamy aioli is a bright and flavorful combination of chili peppers, savory spices and tangy lime. Grilled chicken, fish, and shrimp skewers were made for this mouth-watering condiment. Makes a great dressing for tacos or add to a corn, black bean, tomato and avocado salad. Add this aioli whenever you need a flavorful kick.
- Keto-Friendly
- Low-Carb
- Gluten-Free
Vendor: Terrapin Ridge Farms (Clearwater, FL)
Size: 8.25 oz plastic squeeze
Amazing on: Sandwiches, chicken, fish, shrimp, dip, tacos & more
Ingredients: Canola Oil, Vinegar, Whole Egg, Sugar, Chili Peppers, Lime Juice, Salt, Garlic, Water, Spice and Spice Extractives, Xanthan Gum. Contains: Egg. Made in the USA.
Featured Recipes: Recipes are available immediately for Grill Masters Club subscribers on the 8-page recipe booklet inside your box. These recipes will be shared soon! They are available immediately with a Grill Masters Club subscription!
About the Vendor:
The heart of Terrapin Ridge Farms comes from my love of entertaining. I grew up in a family that loved to host parties – our annual Holiday Open House was legendary. My friends loved to hang out at our house and everybody was extra excited when it was Aunt Rosie’s (my mom’s) turn to host the holiday party. She made it look so easy. Her secret was a laid back style and effortless, great-tasting food. The spread looked and tasted like she fussed for days.
I discovered early on I inherited this love of entertaining and ultimately this love is what has drawn me into the world of specialty food. After 10 years in the specialty food industry, I ventured out to buy a small specialty food brand with budding potential. I reached out to a friend of 22 years, and fellow Cleveland native, Brian Coughlin, in July of 2010 and together we purchased the Terrapin Ridge Farms brand. Our brand has grown from a handful of items to over 84 great selling products including savory jams, garnishing aioli squeezes, mustards, dips, dressings, sauces, and now grill and wing sauces. We have developed a reputation as a truly original, high quality food creator. Our team is made up of passionate foodies with the goal to deliver on creating a memorable and positive experience that can be shared with loved ones, turning simple into unforgettable.
Condimentally Yours,
Mary O’Donnell
CEO/Owner Terrapin Ridge Farms
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Special Offer: Use promo code GRILLMASTER20 for 20% OFF at TerrapinRidge.com
Featured Accessory: Sun Valley Musty Nuts
Sun Valley's newly released mustard roasted pecans are a great snack for all occasions. Featuring pecans produced by City Peanut in Boise and coated in Sun Valley's "Musty Dust" mustard seasoning
Ingredients: Pecans, Mustard Seasoning
Vendor: Sun Valley Mustard
Size: 1 pack
About the Vendor:
Lois Allison founded Sun Valley Mustard in 1984 to bring her special recipe to the people. To this day, we continue to craft and spread her mustard.
We are a locally owned and operated company, and our mustards are crafted in small batches using all-natural, nutrient-rich ingredients. We never use artificial flavors, colors or preservatives.
Using a proprietary cooking process, we blend unique flavors and produce the superb texture that makes Sun Valley Mustard the most versatile product for sandwiches, sauces, dips, marinades and dressings.
And yes, those are in fact mustard stains on that old archival photo of Lois from circa ~1984.
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Special Offer: Use promo code Grillmasters for 10% off sitewide at SunValleyMustard.com.
