Amkico has been making the best carolina bbq sauce made in the US until they were bought out by a Carolina Kitchen outfit a few months ago, now the Kitchen Caro prand has no flavor at all. It taste like they use kerosene as their base ingredient. I've found a new brand called Stubbs, hot and spicy, it's the closest to the old stuff. I wish Amkico would have never sold their east coast branch to those Carolina Kitchen Purveyors