The NBBQA Awards of Excellence are a long-running award series that recognizes excellence in the commercial side of the barbecue industry. Only products available in stores and on-line are eligible to enter. NBBQA was founded in 1991and helps start-ups, established businesses, and industry partners succeed faster and make fewer mistakes through regular peer-to-peer Special Interest Groups (SIGs), networking, education, events, publications, advocacy, and involvement. NBBQA is the only not-for-profit 501(c)(6) trade association focusing on all key segments of the barbecue and grilling industry, including restaurants, catering, food trucks, product manufacturers, retailers, suppliers, distributors, and manufacturers.

This year was our first time to enter the Awards of Excellence and we are very fortunate to get recognized with a Second Place Award in the Best Pork Rub category and a Third Place Award in the Best Video Series category.

Press Release - WPPO Ovens - Big Swede BBQ Available on the Culinary Channel

(Conklin, NY)  Culinary-TV is excited to announce that March 1st, a new series produced by WPPO Ovens will be available on the Culinary Channel on Roku.  The new series is called WPPO Ovens - Big Swede BBQ.

 "This is a truly an inspired series," exclaims Culinary-TV's Executive Producer Bill Rogers.  "This multi-camera, high-end production will take a home or professional chef from beginning to end, resulting in some bold flavors and crowd-pleasing cuisine.   Each segment is approximately 3 to 5 minutes in length and showcases the abilities of WPPO's line-up of ovens.  When you have the right tools, you can create some mouth-watering signature tastes.

WPPO, LLC has launched a revolutionary line of Wood Fired Ovens, Karma! This slim-lined, low profile, fast heating oven with interchangeable colored heat shields, have rocked the pizza world and will change how you view cooking in a Wood Fired Oven.

"We're very excited that our Big Swede BBQ segments will be shared with the masses," states Dan Johnson, President of WPPO LLC.   "The series will showcase the many flavors and recipes that can be cooked in our ovens, from pizza, to roasted chicken to cedar-planked salmon. We develop, design, test, and manufacture all of our ovens to meet the demanding needs of each of our customers.  From portable to professional ovens, we use high-quality materials, advanced technology and the most talented people in the industry to build the best wood-fired oven you can buy."

The James Beard Foundation identified wood-fired cooking as one of the most popular trends in America. WPPO Ovens is the fastest-growing Wood Fired Oven Manufacturer in the United States. Their ovens range from backyard models to professional restaurant-grade wood-fired ovens.

The Culinary Channel set multiple records for November Roku Ratings, drawing record numbers of Men, Women and Households with an average of 3.1 million viewers each month in the United States, over 400,000 in Canada and 250,000 viewers in the UK.   Wood-fired inspired cuisine will continue to lead the way.

"This new line-up of content is certain to ignite the air waves with wood-fired excitement, say Rogers, "and turn the age old problem of What's for Dinner, into a successful masterpiece the entire family will enjoy.  We're honored to be working with WPPO Ovens in bringing this new content to our viewers and delighted to showcase their ovens exclusively on Culinary-TV's Great American Pizza Party coming this spring."

​WPPO Ovens - Big Swede BBQ is available on the Culinary Channel beginning March 1, 2021.

After some polling of our Badassbooster Community, we have made the decision - our next rub will be the Big Swede BBQ Badass Burger Boost.

It is different from our previous rubs because it is a seasoning that you mix into the ground beef to elevate the savory flavors in the meat. We want meatballs to taste like meatballs, but like meatballs 2.0.

Our new Big Swede BBQ Badass Burger Boost injects an explosion of savory flavors into your burgers, meatballs, and meatloaves. It is packed with mushrooms, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, spices, and rich butter. It is perfectly balanced to enhance and boost the beef flavors without overpowering the meat. A burger should still taste like a burger!!

The instructions are simple:

1. Mix thoroughly 1 ½ Tbs of rub per 1 lb Ground meat
2. Shape your burgers, meatballs, or meatloaves
3. Season again gently
4. Cook and enjoy!!

The seasoning mix is finalized and now we are waiting for our partner Old World Spices to do the filltest and produce nutritional labels. Then we will finalize the design of the label and start production.

We hope that the rub will be on the market around mid-November - just in time for Christmas shopping!!

Our Big Swede BBQ Badass Boosts are now available in Australia through our manufacturer Old World Spices and their Australian partner Hark BBQ.

HARK is one of the fastest growing Australian brands covering all things Grill, Roast & Smoke.
Formed in 2003, they design, manufacture and wholesale a wide range of outdoor BBQ cooking units and accessories throughout Australia.
​HARK also sources and distributes a range of premium BBQ products from the USA.

They have along partnership together with Old World Spices and Seasonings and we are happy to announce that the following rubs will be available in Australia this year:
Big Swede BBQ Badass Beef Boost
Big Swede BBQ Badass Bird Boost
Big Swede BBQ Badass Pork Boost
Big Swede BBQ Badass Veggie Boost

For wholesale inquires in the US, please contact:

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For wholesale inquires in Australia, please contact:
sales@hark.com.au

WPPO is in the business of bringing new, innovative products to market. They have been in the outdoor power equipment industry since 1989 and in 2016 they started to change their focus to the outdoor patio and recreation industry.

They own shares in their manufacturing facilities and are the exclusive manufacturer, importer, and exporter of WPPO Brand Products World Wide. This includes great Outdoor Wood and Charcoal Fired Ovens. They are also launching a revolutionary 18 V Ash Vac. They are able to custom build, brand, and private label all of their products as well.

Big Swede BBQ will shoot videos, create recipes and participate in events, highlighting the range of WPPO Pizza ovens and other WPPO products.  We are very excited for this opportunity to help people make great food outdoors using wood fired pizza ovens of great quality AND a great price point.

For more info about WPPO's Pizza Ovens - contact Dan Johnson at WPPO LLC
www.WPPOLLC.com

The line of Big Swede BBQ rubs wants to welcome our latest member - our Badass Seafood Boost!! The rub is now available on our online store!! Remember, if you buy three rubs or more - shipping is FREE!!!

The Big Swede BBQ Badass Seafood Boost elevates both fish and shellfish through a symphony of herbal notes like Tarragon and Dill perfectly balanced with a citrus tang and an underlying savory base.                       

In short, it is delish on fish!!

This is how you use the rub:

1. Gently oil your seafood
2. Lightly season with Seafood Boost
3. Don’t overcook the seafood
4. Again, never overcook seafood!!

We hope all our customers love this rub!! 

Old World Spices and Seasoning is a one-stop shop representing over 50 SKU's of BBQ rubs and seasonings with numerous contest Grand Champions. Instead of buying rubs from many different companies instead you can buy several famous BBQ brands from one supplier. 

Last year, Big Swede BBQ was represented through our Beef and Bird Boost but for 2020 we have no expanded our footprint in the program which now includes the Badass Pork Boost and the Badass Veggie Boost as well.

We are very appreciative of the partnership with Old World Spices and Seasonings.

Thanks to our collaboration with our manufacturer and their Competition Rub Program the Big Swede BBQ Badass Beef Boost and Badass Bird Boost is now available in over 60 Sportsman's Warehouse store all across the US. 

We are so appreciative of our partnership with Old World Spices and Sportsman's Warehouse. To order online:

https://www.sportsmans.com/hunting-gear-supplies/wild-game-processing-equipment-supplies/rubs-spices/big-swede-bbq-basass-beef-boost/p/1537407

​https://www.sportsmans.com/hunting-gear-supplies/wild-game-processing-equipment-supplies/rubs-spices/big-swede-bbq-badass-bird-boost/p/1537411

Great things are happening with our BBQ rubs and the collaboration with our manufacturer, Old World Spices. We are happy to announce that every Ace Hardware store in the US can now order our Badass BBQ Boosts through their Ace Hardware system. 

They might not have the rubs on the shelves, but if you ask your local Ace Hardware store they can order it and have it available to you in a couple of days.

We are sending out info to let the stores know about these news as well.
​So far, every Ace Hardware store in AZ, NM, UT and NV have received the information.

We are very appreciative of this partnership with Old World Spices and Ace Hardware. 

Unfortunately our highly anticipated Big Swede BBQ Badass Texas Boost will be delayed a couple of weeks due to two production issues. The first issue was the labels - the wood background which should be light brown/beige came back dark gray/green from our printers. Tabco has recognized the issue and will be reprinting all the labels.
The second issue is some unexpected caking in the fill-test. We received 50 bottles from our awesome manufacturer Old World Spices and Seasonings and in all of these we could notice severe caking.

The caking does not affect the taste or the flavor of the rub in any ways but we only want to put out a high-quality product. Production is therefor delayed until we have identified the root cause of the issue.

We will keep all our #badassboosters updated with a new delivery date.