Cattlemen's
Champion's Choice

OUR HERITAGE

With over 30 years of expertise, CATTLEMEN'S® is the #1 BBQ sauce used by restaurants. In addition, CATTLEMEN'S® has been the secret ingredient in the winning recipes of every Grand Champion at the World Championship BBQ Cooking Contest at Memphis in May* for the past 14 years. Great Ingredients = Great Taste.

CATTLEMEN'S® offers four distinct flavors:

Made with the finest ingredients:

Tomato Paste — CATTLEMEN'S® Barbecue Sauces use only rich, dense tomato paste with 26% tomato solids, unlike other brands that are made with tomato puree, which is watered down and contains as little as 8% tomato solids.

Quality Ingredients — Unlike most other brands, CATTLEMEN'S® contains no starches or fillers for naturally thick barbecue sauce that seals in the flavor and resists skinning over.

*Memphis in May is a registered trademark of the Memphis in May International Festival, Inc.

PIT PIRATE BBQ TEAM

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Team Members

Mike Hedrick

Michael Miller

Team Bio

Mike Hedrick [aka Pirate Mike] started the Pit Pirate BBQ Team after only cooking BBQ for just three years. Mike is from North Carolina and tapped into his old school roots for recipes and methods he still uses to this day. Mike's mentor is the one and Only Baron of Barbecue Chef Paul Kirk and Chef Paul taught Mike to understand all of the variables in BBQ and to learn just which one to tweak to get the desired taste.
"Keep it basic, slow and low" Mike always says.

In his first two Competitions Mike has been awarded Three Top Ten Awards. In State Championships™ in Richmond Virginia Mike took 8th Place Ribs in the State. His Pulled Pork made it to 14th. In the National Capital BBQ Battle™ and Safeway National Pork Challenge™ in Washington DC on Pennsylvainia Mike went away with a 3rd Place Pork and a 10th Place Ribs. Mike cooked that weekend while a record 9" of rain fell. Wow!

Mike is married and he and his wife Michele have grown children from previous marriages and attend Calvary Baptist Church in Woodbridge Virginia.

Awards
  • 8th Place RibsVirgina State Championships™
  • 14th Place Pulled PorkVirgina State Championships™
  • 3rd Place Ribs National Capital BBQ Battle™
  • 10th Place Ribs Safeway National Pork Challenge™