and their families. Davis and his sons twice prepared barbecues for the Congressional Picnic, once for George H. W. Bush in 1992 and then for George W. Bush in 2004. Unfinished business Food World: An Idea With Global Proportions For Kansas City. The Kansas City Star. Dirck Steimel. February 28, 1990. Music A child prodigy on the piano, Davis composed many jazz and blues numbers. He created the words and music for the Youth Volunteer Corps of America's anthem. He also composed Two Piano Sonata on Themes, transcribed by Wally Bradford and performed at several Midwestern universities. In 1992 Davis recorded a two-piano jazz session with Grammy nominee Jay McShann. Honors and awards UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management Regional Entrepreneur of the Year 1995: Rich Davis, K.C. Masterpiece Barbecue Founding chairman of the board of the Youth Volunteer Corps of America. Founding chairman of the Alliance for Epilepsy Research board. Davis was awarded the Distinguished Service Citation from the University of Kansas in 2002. Stop the Violence Coalition award, the Kindest Kansas Citian Award. 1991. Dr. Davis and wife Coleen were honored with the Salvation Army William Booth Award in 1993. American Royal Barbecue Hall of Fame Legacy Inductee KC Masterpiece won the prestigious “Best Sauce on the Planet” award at the American Royal Barbecue Sauce Contest in 1980. Books and articles The All American Barbecue Book (1988) Rich Davis & Shifra Stein, Vintage Books, Random House All About Bar-B-Q Kansas City Style (1985) Rich Davis & Shifra Stein, Barbacoa Press Grill Wars, Forbes Magazine, June 16, 1986 Best Barbecued Ribs, Ladies Home Journal, August, 1984. (Rich Davis) Kansas City Styled Barbecue Ribs, Playboy Magazine, August 1985. (Rich Davis) People Magazine, August 19, 1985. Vol. 24, No. 8. Dr. Rich Davis Gave Up Psychiatry to Put His Own Brand on Kansas City's Best Barbecue Sauce Dr. Rich Davis, the Sauce Doctor—R.I.P. Barbecuebible.com. By Steven Raichlen. The Kansas City Star. Rich Davis, founder of KC Masterpiece and barbecue legend, dies. Legacy.com. References External links KC Masterpiece television commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H61GBmxFR_I American Royal Hall of Fame Biography http://www.barbecuehalloffame.com/p/getconnected/legacy-inductees/236 KC Masterpiece founder Rich Davis passes away at 89. Fox 4 Kansas City. 1926 births 2015 deaths American psychiatrists People from Kansas City, Missouri University of North Dakota faculty