By Nick Kindelsperger
From Chicago Tribune
Another Illinois barbecue legend has been inducted into The American Royal Association’s Barbecue Hall of Fame.
While Dave Raymond might not be immediately recognizable to most people, you’ll likely know his nickname: Sweet Baby Ray. The sauce company he helped found in 1986 is one of the most popular barbecue sauce in the country, with an estimated 84 million Americans slathering it on dishes in 2020, ranking behind only A.1. Sauce.
The association applauded Raymond for crafting a great product with a catchy name, noting that what he might have lacked in classic chef training, he “made up for in sweat, hard work, (and) trial and error.”…