About Redhead Seasoning

My Dad, a farmer at heart, would often share tales of his childhood filled with hard work, agriculture, and good times gathered around chicken rotisserie BBQ’s. 

These tales carried on through my adolescence and the family chicken rotisserie tradition not only continued, but evolved. In order to keep up with the demand from others who craved our carefully seasoned chicken, we crafted a 10 foot by 5 foot cinderblock fire pit equipped with 12 foot long stainless steel poles to hold 10 plus chickens at a time. 

As a kid, I was oblivious to what stood behind the flavor of my family’s infamous rotisserie chicken, but one thing was certain, everyone loved it!  One day, on my way home from my College Summer break, I realized what we truly had.  I made this discovery as I was passing through a small town and stopped at a local BBQ event to buy a plate of chicken. Let’s just say, something was missing.  

At that point, I believed that what my family had was special; an incredible flavor not to be taken for granted.  With a rich entrepreneurial spirit, limited funds, and lack of insight, I did what any young, wise business man would, I sought mentorship.  Reluctantly, my Dad agreed to help and the chicken business was born. The humorous part of this story is that my Dad wanted nothing to do with the business until he saw our success on day one and asked, “We are partners, right?” Ha!

The business tables turned and shortly after the launch, my Dad suggested we start selling the seasoning separately. My reply was, “Old man, you’re crazy, how much demand can there be for chicken seasoning?” He got up from his rocking chair on the front porch and walked over to the garden to pluck a fresh tomato and cucumber from the vine. When he brought theminside and sprinkled the seasoning on both, he handed them to me to try. I’ll never forget that first taste. My Dad replied, “This seasoning goes great on everything from chicken to hamburgers, steak, eggs, vegetables, fish, salad, soup, popcorn and so much more!” I was sold. 

From that moment, the idea to share the flavors across borders became real and Redhead Seasoning was born. The flavor combination of Redhead Seasoning compliments all foods from something as simple as a fresh sliced tomato to an elegant, southern comfort tetrazzini.