Rich Davis is the creator of KC Masterpiece, one of the most commercially successful barbecue sauces in American history. A child psychiatrist turned sauce entrepreneur, Davis proved that a great sauce could cross over from the competition circuit to every grocery store shelf in America.
Michael Quessenberry cites Rich Davis as a major influence on his father and the broader barbecue world. Davis's success with KC Masterpiece helped pave the road that Sauce Beautiful would later travel — proving that a regional sauce could become a national brand.