For 50 years, Gates' Bar-B-Q Sauce has been a family recipe. Since the inception of the Original Barbecue Sauce by the founder, George W. Gates, the one barbecue sauce has grown to a family of four barbecue sauces - "Classic" Original, Extra Hot, Sweet and Mild, and Mild; the extended family of barbecue sauces was developed by Ollie W. Gates, president.