My Uncle Joe Zsadanyi is the one who developed the original red sauce recipe. It was after World War II, in the 1940's. He was in the Army during the war as a sharp shooter and a trainer. As so many in that war he was a first generation American. After the war he returned to his hometown of Hialeah where he developed the recipe. He did not share it with anyone except his sister, Frieda Gaylord, my mother. We do not share the recipe with anyone other than family. I remember as a little girl, eating ribs cooked with the sauce. They were wonderful! Sometimes at home with my Dad doing the barbecue or at Uncle Joes's when he did the cooking. They were party animals!"       Ann Carol Nelson

Ann Nelson
This website and Tillman's Red BBQ sauce are all in memory of my beautiful Grandmother Ann Carol Nelson 12/5/1937 to 4/16/2014