Object: Bottle of A-1 Steak Sauce

Good morning, boys and girls. Why is something great referred to as "A-1?" According to Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things both the phrase and the steak sauce date back to the 1820s in England. At that time, Lloyd's of London began classifying ships numerically for insurance purposes. "A Number 1" was the highest rating, and quickly caught on in English society as a way to signify any person, place or thing that was of sup…