By Lisa Capobianco Staff Writer For years, salon owner Todd Zurell brought homemade barbeque sauce for friends and family at pig roasts. Guests felt so amazed at Zurell’s creation that they suggested he find a way to bring his sauce from the stovetop to the shelves at the local supermarket. “I’d always bring my barbeque sauce that I made myself, and people couldn’t believe that I made it,” said Zurell, the co-owner of Salon Zurell in Plantsville. “They would always say, ‘you need to bottle this.’” After hearing the suggestions enough times, Zurell decided to look into establishing his own barbecue sauce company. Zurell found a website called bbqsaucereviews.com, and after submitting his recipe online, the reviews gave his sauce four out of five stars. At that point, Zurell decided to take his creation to the next level, and discovered how to move his sauce from the stovetop to a real bottle. After tweaking the recipe, finding a factory in New Haven to manufacture the product, working with a graphic designer on the package label and having the product tested in a lab for nutritional facts, Zurell now has an official bar code displayed on a glass bottle—a bottle he [...]
By Lisa Capobianco Staff Writer For years, salon owner Todd Zurell brought homemade barbeque sauce for friends and family at pig roasts. Guests felt so amazed at Zurell’s creation that they suggested he find a way to bring his sauce from the stovetop to the shelves at the local supermarket. “I’d always bring my barbeque sauce that I made myself, and people couldn’t believe that I made it,” said Zurell, the co-owner of Salon Zurell in Plantsville. “They would always say, ‘you need to bottle this.’” After hearing the suggestions enough times, Zurell decided to look into establishing his own barbecue sauce company. Zurell found a website called bbqsaucereviews.com, and after submitting his recipe online, the reviews gave his sauce four out of five stars. At that point, Zurell decided to take his creation to the next level, and discovered how to move his sauce from the stovetop to a real bottle. After tweaking the recipe, finding a factory in New Haven to manufacture the product, working with a graphic designer on the package label and having the product tested in a lab for nutritional facts, Zurell now has an official bar code displayed on a glass bottle—a bottle he [...]