Partner Highlight: CrazyGood BBQ

In 2012 the owners of CrazyGood BBQ bought the Junction Cafe in Bedford, Iowa. They added smoked meats to the menu and started crafting their own specialty barbecue sauces. They are another small business in Iowa making a big splash, with just fifteen people on their team!

CrazyGood BBQ launched their two sauces, Frog Spit – yes you read that correctly – and Carolina Gold, in late 2019, because so many of their restaurant customers were wanting to use their sauces at home. Since then, everything has snowballed. You can now find CrazyGood BBQ sauce in 372 locations in Iowa, and in the surrounding nine states!

You might be wondering, why Frog Spit? It’s one of their favorite stories to tell! Frog Spit began when the owner’s granddaughter, Jillian, would take the sauce to school. Her classmates would ask what the secret ingredient was in her nana’s BBQ sauce. To be funny, they came up with “Frog Spit” and it stuck! All of their sauces are bottled in Shenandoah, Iowa by Triple K Manufacturing using their own secret recipes.

Jeannie created the recipes for both sauces, originally Frog Spit was created for smoked meats and Carolina Gold was designed for wings, but both prove to be very versatile. Frog Spit is an excellent, all purpose, sauce that’s on the sweeter side. Whereas the Carolina Gold is a unique and tangier, mustard-based sauce with multiple uses. It won 2nd place in the 2024 American Royal World Series BBQ Sauce Contest (Mustard Category)! It’s perfect on wings, brats, pork chops, but we think it is the best fry sauce around!

You can find Frog Spit and Carolina Gold bbq sauce at Dan and Debbie’s Creamery and you can even get Frog Spit on your home delivery order!