Published: 6/29/2010

Gertie's Premium BBQ Sauce is working on the recipe for success

Kyle Baker, a Toledo entrepreneur and the primary JETTA FRASER Enlarge

Viveca Crews, Mr. Baker's sister, prepares brown sugar for the sauce. JETTA FRASER Enlarge

Gertie's Premium BBQ Sauce is sold locally for $5.99 for a 27-ounce jar in some local meat shops. JETTA FRASER Enlarge

Kyle Baker, a Toledo entrepreneur and the primary owner of Gertie's Premium BBQ Sauce, helps make up a new batch of the sauce at the Center for Innovative Food Technology, a food company incubator near Bowling Green. Mr. Baker found the initial 1,000-jar batch of his barbecue sauce sold out quickly, so a second batch — twice as big — was in production yesterday.

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