Desperado team – Grand Champion (photo courtesy of Brenda Magee) Congrats to Steve Botkin of Desperado for GC and Taylor Jonason of RoosterQue … Read More
Invitation to First Annual Harry Soo Groovin BBQ Backyard Cookoff 2013
<Completed. See Contest Blog> You are personally invited on Saturday, December 14, 2013, to attend the 1ST Annual Harry Soo Groovin Backyard Cook-off benefiting Michelle’s Place, a Breast … Read More
Five KCBS Entries on One Mini WSM. . . . . . . A new world record?
Pitmasters are a passionate and quirky lot. We treat our pits like loving family members and give them pet names. Some teams like … Read More
A true wild boar story
I often start off my barbecue classes with a tongue-in-cheek statement that my students can cook a zebra in a hole in the ground … Read More
Great American Cookoff, Woodlake, California, July 27, 2013
Whenever I’m at BBQ contests, I get a lot of visitors. Some are my devoted fans of Season One of TLC’s BBQ Pitmasters and ask … Read More
2013 Hilo Bay BBQ Cook-off, Hawaii State BBQ Championship, Hilo, HI
Hilo Bay BBQ Cook-off, Hawaii State BBQ Championship, Hilo, HI Independence Day July 4th, 2013 was my third trip to the Big Island of Hawaii … Read More
Happy Barbecue Pitmaster with Sous Vide Supreme Water Oven
I have a confession . . . I’ve been suffering from water-oven envy for several years. As an enthusiastic home cook and nationally … Read More
Memphis In May 2013
Memphis In May 2013 It’s hard not to tear up as I write this story en route home from Memphis. The past three days was … Read More
Kingsford Factory Tour, Belle, Missouri
Most of my fellow competitors on the competition circuit know I’ve been using Kingsford briquettes exclusively since my rookie days in 2008. I continue … Read More
Austin Barbecue Crawl Weekend, Part 4 of 4, December 2012
“Meat, smoke, and fire always makes me happy and lifts my spirits” In this last installment of my December 2012 Texas barbecue crawl weekend, … Read More