GIFTS TO MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER: RIBS, BARBECUE, SAUCES

October 15, 2007 | CHARLESTON, SC, Oct. 15, 2007 - It happens every year: the holiday gift idea slump that dares shoppers to check off family, friends and the hard-to-buy-fors on every list without resorting to tube socks or clown art. For saucier options this season, Sticky Fingers delivers authentic, Memphis-style ribs, pulled pork, wings, barbecue sauces and slow-smoked suppers anywhere in the country.

Fans of the Charleston-based restaurants (from regulars to celebrities) crave gift packages from a five-sauce sampler ($19) to a full year of The Barbecue of the Month Club ($585). New for the holidays are side dish and dessert combos. Each feast is slow cooked over aged hickory wood until fall-off-the-bone tender by Sticky Fingers’ southern pit masters, then flash frozen and delivered Fed Ex with simple directions to reheat and eat.

Sample packages include:

Barbecue Sauce Gift Pack – All five of Sticky Fingers’ acclaimed barbecue sauces: Memphis Original, Carolina Classic, Tennessee Whiskey, Carolina Sweet and Habañero Hot. ($18.99)

Grill Guru Gear – 1 bottle of Memphis Original barbecue sauce, 1 bottle of Habañero Hot barbecue sauce, 1 bottle of dry rub seasoning and Sticky Fingers baseball cap. ($18.99)

Pit master Set - All five signature sauces, Sticky Fingers apron and sauce mop. ($29.99)

Sticky Fingers Sampler – 1 slab of fall-off-the-bone hickory-smoked ribs, 1 lb. of pulled pork, 1 bottle of Memphis Original barbecue sauce, 1 bottle of dry rub spices. ($49.99, serves 4)

Send A Supper - 2 lbs. of hickory-smoked pulled pork, mac-n-cheese, cinnamon baked apples and 1 bottle of Memphis Original barbecue sauce. ($39.99, serves 4-6)

Southern Delight – 1 slab of hickory-smoked ribs, 25 hickory-smoked chicken wings, Savannah Dip, cinnamon baked apples, whole homemade pecan pie, 1 bottle of Memphis Original barbecue sauce, 1 bottle of Carolina Sweet barbecue sauce. ($89.99, serves 4-6)

Barbecue of the Month Club – A selection of hickory-smoked ribs, pulled pork, wings and barbecue sauces delivered every month. Bonus five-sauce pack for the gift giver. ($584.44 for 12 months; $309.53 for six months; $132.97 for three months.)

Shoppers can order via www.StickyFingers.com or 1-800-STICKYS.

Started by three childhood pals who made good on a childhood pact, Charleston, S.C.-based Sticky Fingers is at home in the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.

For Sticky Fingers mail order gifts, locations, menu and more, visit www.StickyFingers.com.

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