PLANT PROTEIN: Get to Know Players in the Plant Protein Market: Barvecue 

‘Plant-based’ and ‘barbecue’ may not go hand in hand yet, but a bold and tight-knit team of innovators are making changes in the barbecue belt. "In September, we will open the world's largest plant-based smokehouse, Barvecue's Carolina Smokehouse," says Lee Cooper, founder, and CEO of Barvecue. Since its inception in 2017, Barvecue has been a family affair, nestled in the lush greenery of North Carolina developing plant-based barbeque meats. The mission? “To create the best tasting plant-based barbecue on the market while building a company that cares about people, animals, and the planet," says Cooper.

Barvecue offers chopped and pulled plant-based barbecue meat, lovingly smoked using a fragrant blend of local woods. The chopped Barvecue variety is gluten free while the pulled is not, and both varieties are...

Fourth of July Cookout Cost Stable Compared to Year Ago

U.S. consumers will pay just a few cents more for their favorite Independence Day cookout foods compared to last year, including cheeseburgers, pork chops, chicken breasts, homemade potato salad, pork & beans, strawberries, potato chips, fresh-squeezed lemonade and vanilla ice cream with chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

Farm Bureau analysis reveals the average cost of a summer cookout for 10 people remains affordable at $59.50, or less than $6 per person. The cost is up just 16 cents (less than 1%) from last year, but...

Sadler's Smokehouse Introduces Authentic Ready-to-Eat Pit-Smoked Texas Barbeque

Sadler's Smokehouse is introducing ready-to-eat beef brisket, pulled pork, pulled chicken and St. Louis Ribs at select retailers this summer. The new line of Sadler's Smokehouse® products is pit-smoked low and slow, using butcher-quality cuts of meat, no artificial ingredients, Texas hardwoods and 65 years of family barbeque tradition.

"First and foremost, these products come already prepared in the tradition of real Texas barbeque, giving home barbeque enthusiasts and cooks the freedom to enjoy more time together while experiencing...