BBQ Wayfinder press fact sheet
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Find out what barbecue you’re standing in: 41 smoke regions, mapped by GPS.

Developer: Fouled Anchor Safety LLC
Location: Northern Virginia
Label: Flavor Trek
Founder: Nicholas Schnaufer, CIH, CSP
First released: May 30, 2026
Current version: 1.4
Platforms: iPhone and iPad
Requires: iOS 17.0 or later
Category: Food & Drink
Price: Free to explore; Pro: $4.99 one-time; Optional tips: $0.99 to $9.99. US prices. Prices vary by country.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bbq-wayfinder/id6767419861
Website: https://www.fouledanchorsafety.com/flavortrek/bbq-wayfinder.html
Press contact: support@fouledanchorsafety.com

About
BBQ Wayfinder uses GPS to tell you which of 41 American barbecue regions you’re in, from Memphis dry rub to Lowcountry mustard, with the sauce, wood and pit style behind each one. Big Five Nearby finds five independent smokehouses close by, and a passport collects check-ins and badges as you eat your way across the map.

Key features
- 41 hand-mapped barbecue regions, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
- Your local style, sauce and history the moment you open the app
- Big Five Nearby: five independent smokehouses via Apple Maps
- Passport check-ins and region badges
- Smoke-trail road-trip planner
- No account needed; your passport stays on your device

About the founder
Nicholas Schnaufer, CIH, CSP, is the founder of Fouled Anchor Safety LLC. He served 20 years as an Industrial Hygiene Officer in the U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps, with two deployments aboard USS Carl Vinson, including the opening strikes of Operation Enduring Freedom, and a ground deployment with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in Al Asad, Iraq. He holds a BS in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Georgia and an MSPH in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of South Carolina, and has more than 25 years of occupational health experience. He had the idea for field safety apps in 2010 and began building them in 2025. He took up stand-up comedy through the Armed Services Arts Partnership in 2024, which led to the Punchline Foundry apps. A foodie who loves regional differences in food, he also built the Flavor Trek Wayfinder apps.

About Flavor Trek
Flavor Trek is the food-travel label of Fouled Anchor Safety LLC. Its Wayfinder apps (BBQ Wayfinder, Sandwich Wayfinder and Pizza Wayfinder) use GPS to match where you are to hand-mapped regional food territories across the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, explain each region’s style and history, find the five nearest top-rated spots, and keep an on-device food passport. No account needed. Founder Nicholas Schnaufer is a foodie who loves regional differences in food, and Flavor Trek maps them.

Updated October 18, 2026.