T.W. Garner married Mildred Louise Barbee on April 11, 1937.
Just out of high school, T.W. decided to use his college money to purchase a local BBQ restaurant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Great Depression saw the restaurant close but the Garner's continued to make the then popular BBQ sauce in their home kitchen. Soon folks were asking for a spicier sauce and T.W. began to experiment with a cayenne pepper sauce. Time came to name the product and the family agreed the name should be "American". Combining Texas (a place in the US known for spicy food) with his younger brother's nickname, Texas Pete was born.
In 1949 the three brothers and their father incorporated as the T.W. Garner Food Company in Winston-Salem. The company is till active today making one of America's favorite hot sauces, as well as other products.
Just out of high school, T.W. decided to use his college money to purchase a local BBQ restaurant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Great Depression saw the restaurant close but the Garner's continued to make the then popular BBQ sauce in their home kitchen. Soon folks were asking for a spicier sauce and T.W. began to experiment with a cayenne pepper sauce. Time came to name the product and the family agreed the name should be "American". Combining Texas (a place in the US known for spicy food) with his younger brother's nickname, Texas Pete was born.
In 1949 the three brothers and their father incorporated as the T.W. Garner Food Company in Winston-Salem. The company is till active today making one of America's favorite hot sauces, as well as other products.
T.W. Garner married Mildred Louise Barbee on April 11, 1937.
Just out of high school, T.W. decided to use his college money to purchase a local BBQ restaurant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Great Depression saw the restaurant close but the Garner's continued to make the then popular BBQ sauce in their home kitchen. Soon folks were asking for a spicier sauce and T.W. began to experiment with a cayenne pepper sauce. Time came to name the product and the family agreed the name should be "American". Combining Texas (a place in the US known for spicy food) with his younger brother's nickname, Texas Pete was born.
In 1949 the three brothers and their father incorporated as the T.W. Garner Food Company in Winston-Salem. The company is till active today making one of America's favorite hot sauces, as well as other products.
Just out of high school, T.W. decided to use his college money to purchase a local BBQ restaurant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Great Depression saw the restaurant close but the Garner's continued to make the then popular BBQ sauce in their home kitchen. Soon folks were asking for a spicier sauce and T.W. began to experiment with a cayenne pepper sauce. Time came to name the product and the family agreed the name should be "American". Combining Texas (a place in the US known for spicy food) with his younger brother's nickname, Texas Pete was born.
In 1949 the three brothers and their father incorporated as the T.W. Garner Food Company in Winston-Salem. The company is till active today making one of America's favorite hot sauces, as well as other products.
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