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THE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PRODUCTS STORY
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Treloar's Restaurant - Best Ribs!!!
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Rocky Mountain's first sauce (BBQ) is based on a recipe that owner, Todd Goodew’s Uncle Hoppe spent his lifetime trying to duplicate from his childhood memories in Fort Dodge, Iowa. A restaurant, Treloar’s, just around the corner from where he lived, produced the aroma of roasting ribs and provided the mouth-watering taste of their sauce slathered on the ribs so generously. The ribs were so popular that if you didn’t order by 9 a.m. you missed out on ribs for lunch. As time passed, the restaurant closed down, but the memory of those wonderful ribs and how they tasted never lost their impact on Todd's Uncle Hoppe.
Todd Goodew remembers how long and hard his Uncle Hoppe worked to recreate the recipe but never quite got it “just right”. Hoppe told Todd the ingredients and shared with him what he was trying to do. From the first taste, Todd knew it was a winner, but that it needed additional development and testing to make it really great. Todd started mixing and experimenting with the recipe during his tour of duty in the Air Force eventually developing the basic formula during that time. When he returned home to Colorado, he treated his family to a barbecue dinner they would never forget. Hoppe said, “Son, I believe you have done it. You finally mastered it!” From then on Todd knew the sauce would always be a very special part of his life.
“I told my uncle that someday I would market the product. Twelve years later, we finally launched into stores with that elusive brand. Unfortunately, Uncle Hoppe died before we got to that point. It’s in his memory I dedicate to him, keeping the name I told him we would use - Rocky Mountain Sauce. The name seemed fitting since the journey began in Colorado. The mountains you see in our logo are the profile of Mt. Hood in Oregon as we are now based in central Oregon where we have beautiful mountain views all around us. It is also where Uncle Hoppe passed away. He was a proud man who liked to cook and entertain his friends, as do I and in this we pass on his legacy through our sauce. Once the taste is experienced, Rocky Mountain Products create that lasting desire for more.”
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