"Richard E. Davis" founded KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce.

Davis, born in Joplin, Missouri, graduated from Topeka High School in 1944 and served a year and a half in the army. After World War II, he attended Washburn University, Columbia University and Colorado College. While at Washburn, he was initiated into the Kansas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta. He received a medicine degree from the University of Kansas in 1954.

Specializing in child psychiatry he helped found the Eastern Virginia Medical School and served from 1975-76 as Dean of the University of North Dakota/North Dakota School of Medicine.

In 1977, he moved to Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas City and began marketing various culinary concepts including Muschup (a combination of ketchup and Mustard (condiment)/mustard), Dilled Muschup and K.C. Soul Style Barbecue Sauce.

His original barbecue sauce started with only 5 ingredients. While Muschup and Dilled Muschup sold well, the barbecue sauce was the most popular selling 3,000 cases of it in Kansas City. He changed its name to KC Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce.

More Rich Davis on Wikipedia.

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