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Bullhog
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 Posted - 01/30/2008 : 12:18:07
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I was born and raised in Nashville TN, now live in Hendersonville which is about 20 miles east of Nashville.
I work for the TN Dept of Labor in the Unemployment Division as a Supervisor, been there for 11 years.
I have been cooking all my life with my mom and grandmother and started cooking bbq about 6-7 years ago in the backyard. Then about 3 years ago a couple of friends and me started Bullhogs BBQ team and cooking in comps, catering parties and vending when possible.
I am 38 years old and have 3 kids; 14 year old boy, 9 year old boy and 7 year old girl all of whom love to cook with dad when they can. Being recently divorced has cut down on our cooking together but still do every chance we get.
I love sports especially baseball, football and golf. Go Vols!!!
Bullhogs BBQ
Hendersonville, TN
"Never grab a pig by the horns!"
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Wood Fire
Member
USA
2542 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2008 : 14:04:01
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Raised and reside in the flat lands of NW Ohio, a "North Country Hick".
Have had the fortune or maybe misfortune to have seen much of this big blue marble traveling 30 some odd weeks a year in the bridge construction business for the last 19 years. I keep saying this will be one of my last years in a climbing harness but then somehow I get drug back in. I sure don't like heights quite as much as I used to.
Cooking most of my adult life in one capacity or another professionally for the last 8 years, taking the show on the road in the last five or six. Forty two years young for now.
You would think with all that I have seen and all the interesting food people I have met and all that I have tried on my own pits that a person could pretty well say they have this whole BBQ thing down, nope, learn something new every time. Or it might be that I am getting old enough that I have begun to forget what I had been taught once already.
Now, where was I? Oh yea. Raised and reside in the flat lands of NW Ohio..........
L Durain
Jr's Wood Fired BBQ
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tmogg
Member
USA
182 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2008 : 05:27:59
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Where are you from -
grew up in coleman MI. small farm, pigs, cows,
chickens... currently live in shelby twp. MI. a
nothern suburb of detroit.
What do you do -
currently an automotive designer - seatbelts,
air bags, steering wheels.. before that, auto
mechanic.
How long have you been cooking -
if you mean bbq,,,, 7-8 yrs.
How old are you - 42
And anything else you wouldn't mind sharing -
i eat sleep and dream bbq. have several smokers/grills
recent purchase is a lang model 84. love hiking and jeep
off road/camp trips. survival type camping. winter snow
shoe hiking/snow cave camping.
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Big Bear
Member
2837 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2008 : 21:54:52
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I have lived in Hillsdale,Mi. since early high school. Learned to grill from my father. Been real serious the last 5 years buying my Lang 3 yrs ago. First rib comp took 1st place 2005 and 2006 we did peoples choice. Were going to Silver lk. Mich. this Sept for a pro comp.
Sprint cars are my favorite and even got to race one a couple of times. Pit crewed on a top sprint car team and even run with the World of Outlaws. Nascar is the 3 car and now the 88 car.
My wife and best friend is my best helper doing the BBQ and I have a small posse on board.
Have 5 Grandsons their all great and the one in high school is an outstanding wrestler. We do alot of camping,racing and family things and then work the BBQ in.
38 yrs in law enforcement, 28 yrs with the sheriff dept. I'm a captain in charge of investigations,have 2 det.s an evidence unit and a drug unit I supervise. Retirement is very CLOSE.
Love to hunt, fish, and be outdoors. As for fishing I think ice fishing is the best.
We love going to Eldora Speedway and watching the World of Outlaws run.
Have a lot of good family, 2 sons ,nephews and nieces, and the list could go on.
Have a Lang 60D,WSM,Weber,Char offset,and my main posse guy has a Primo .
And I have a lot great friends on this forum.......
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phattboy
Member
USA
3857 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2008 : 14:48:22
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Montezuma Ohio-born and raised here, live in my parents house I bought 16 years ago. Learned a lot about cooking from an old hog farmer and my years in the military from survival training-liked it so much I spent 11½ years including three years as a DI. Had my own smoking/catering business for almost 12 years-sold my Lang to DaPig due to upcoming surgeries for knee replacement. Ain't out of it completely, made several offers on some business's that fell thru. Going to sit around this year and do nothing-nothing but travel like I have been wanted to for years. Plan on following the BBQ circut and enjoy life. Bad part is some of the people I only know on here will actually meet me and be impressed/dissapointed.........    
Phattboys BBQ & Smokehouse
"Have Smoke-Will Travel"
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Big Bear
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2837 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2008 : 15:09:15
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Hey phattboy sorry to hear about the knee and the busness was looking to forward to doing a BBQ with you at Franks. We'll be down in April so I'll be calling ya and stop by the hang out.....
Big Bear's BBQ |
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gordo
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340 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 03:43:00
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I was born in Houston...lived in Albuquerque,NM for 12 years,.. Boulder,Co 1 year... Boca Raton,Fl 1 year...then back to Houston
Retired from IBM in 2004 after 33 years... customer service tech..Now do contract work for NCR on special projects..
Have always been a backyard cook..in 1996 traded for a homemade stick
burner, and started cooking cookoffs..I got hooked!!!
60 years old with a wife and two grown KIDS, son and daughter..
Have had many hobbies, raced a old 66Vette, street and strip..
had a couple of boats, spent alot of weekends fishing, just being 30 minutes from the gulf..enjoyed deer and bird hunting, ...wife said I couldn't afford both hunting lease and cooking BBQ contest, so I went
with BBQ!!
Greatest thrill was cooking the Jack in 2004, came in DAL.
But with all my past hobbies, BBQ is the best..and its not the cooking...but the people you meet and make friends with..
BBQers are the best group of folks Ive ever met..fun loving, street wise, good common sense, and a little Crazy!!
Smokers Inc.
Bates Custom
Houston, Texas
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DaChief
Member
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 05:54:28
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Where are you from: Born and raised in Jacksonville, FL. Following 21 years in the Air Force roaming the world, I now live in Melbourne FL.
What do you do. : I am a Program Manager for a company installing Remote Control Systems on Locomotives. My current program is in Helsinki, Finland so I will be spending quite a bit of time over there the next 3 years.
How long have you been cooking? Grew up cooking as a kid, dragged a grill around the world with me while in the AF and started real Q'ing about 5 years ago.
How old are you? 53
And anything else you wouldn't mind sharing.: Been married to a wonderful wife for 26 years that never complained once about following me around the world. I also golf every chance I get.
DaChief
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Against The Grain
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - 02/07/2008 : 07:26:48
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Jim, Galveston Texas, started bbq cooking as a kid with grand parents
I now cook with a team we don't compete
www.lighthousecharityteam.com also key word lighthouse charity team on you tube |
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JDeSimone
Member
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 14:32:03
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Born and raised in Modesto CA. Left there in 1972 when I joined the Navy. Left Navy in 1977 and then followed Navy wife for her 22.5 year career. We moved to St Petersburg FL and she retired in 2000.
I work as an information technology specialist(geek) for the federal government.
Been cooking since I was a kid but just started cooking Q.
Will be 54 in May.
Celebrating 32 years of marrige in May. Have two boys. Both in the US Navy. I guess were a Navy family.
I have really learned alot here and appreciate all the help I have gotten. Thanks folks!
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WaywardSon
Starting Member
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Posted - 02/07/2008 : 23:42:21
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Born & raised in Kentucky, left at 18 and spent most of the next 10 years in New England (Boston & N.Y.C) followed by a year in France. Been back in Kentucky since 1977. Was in the restaurant biz for several years (fish place) but have sold maintenance chemicals for the last 25 yrs. Married to the lovely and talented wife for 23 years, we have two sons...22 & 21, both in college.
I am staring 60 in the eye and have been cooking for as long as I can remember...have been part of a local competition BBQ team for the last three seasons...stickburners all the way.
Looking to get back into the food business & undecided as to restaurant or concession trailer...but leaning towards the mobile option. Currently looking for a concession trailer/smoker & trying to decide exactly what I want. Learning by lurking at the moment
Currently have a stupid number of grills & smokers (8?)...largest of which was custom made from a 300 gal. tank with a cooking surface of about 3'X5'....need to replace the lot of them with a Stumps or BWS.
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HalAC
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - 02/08/2008 : 19:13:55
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I currently live in Metropolitan Moore county, Tennessee. Previously lived in Florida for 37 years on the Gulf Coast and before that central Ohio.
I calibrate test equipment for a living.
I started doing serious BBQ when the wife and I moved to Tennessee back in July of 2006.
I'm a few years past fifty.
Since we moved, I've been smoking pork and chicken with pretty good results. I haven't developed my own rubs and sauces yet, but hope to one of these days. This spring/summer I hope to try and enter some local competitions, including the amateur division at Jack Daniels.
Right now I have been smoking on a Char-Griller Super Pro. I've been mulling over in my mind of making my own cooker out of a old propane tank or find me a large diameter pipe to fabricate one.
Hal C., Dry County Barbecue Team
"No Matter Where You Go, There You Are!"
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bbqinbrad
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Posted - 02/09/2008 : 07:05:11
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Here Goes
I am from Sherwood, Arkansas
I am a Commercial Paint Contrator, I am one of three owners spent my time in the field now I get to run things.
I've been cookin' for.... well I can't remember not cookin' have always been in the kitchen. Q'in the real thing for a couple of years.
I am only 38.
I am one of 5 guys that do all the cooking at church and going to have a busy week this week Sweet Heart Banquet on Sunday evening and a Chili Feast next Saturday a fund raiser for your College Grant Program.
Brad
OK Joe Longhorn
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The Pigman
Member
USA
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Posted - 02/10/2008 : 02:10:54
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Where from: Born and Raised in Cincy...SW Ohio
What do you do: 30 years at the Cincinnati Enquirer ..Journeyman Mailer.
How long Cooking: Since I was a kid with my Dad at the big festivals in Cincy he did the Brats, Metts and hotdogs. At home we built a brick pit when I was young that my dad and I used alot. At the age of 18 started cooking whole pigs first over open fire then in roasters. Going thru Scouts then with my sons in Scouts I have a love of outdoor open pit cooking, dutch ovens, deepfrying, been playing with BBQ the last couple years and got serious about it last year when I bought Phattboys Lang 84 Longneck.
How Old: 56
Raised 2 sons by myself (29 and 28) no grandchildren unless you call 3 huskies, 1 english bulldog and a American Eskimo grandkids. ( Im always babysitting dogs).
Nothing to Hide, Sauce on the Side
Lang84Longneck
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lee_s
Member
USA
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Posted - 02/11/2008 : 21:35:31
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Where are you from.
Born in Macon, GA but lived most of my life in Savannah, GA
What do you do.
I build solid surface acrylic(Corian), quartz, and granite countertops
How long have you been cooking?
I've been cooking bbq about 10 years.
How old are you?
43 this month
And anything else you wouldn't mind sharing
It's easy to over complicate or over think this bbq thing. From all of the stuff we do to a piece of meat before it ever hits the smoker to all of the high tech gadgets and smokers that we use to cook with. Is it all too much? Just try to keep it simple and always enjoy cooking bbq.
Lee
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