Award-winning competition barbecue cooker Rod Gray of the Pellet Envy team has launched a line of rubs and sauces that are sold at select area Price Chopper stores.

The brand name, Eat Barbecue is straightforward enough. But the product names will kindle inspiration in backyard pitmasters everywhere: The Next Big Thing barbecue sauce, IPO barbecue sauce, The Most Powerful Stuff rub and Zero to Hero rub (all $4.99).

The sauces have a nice heat-sweet balance, and the rubs add complex layers of flavor to meat without being too salty or too garlicky.