Sad news: our Pit friend from the early days, Ernest, passed away...

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Sad news: our Pit friend from the early days, Ernest, passed away...

January 28, 2025, 11:25 PM

With a sad heart I have to share that our Pit friend from years past, Ernest, a.k.a Ernest Mtawali, sadly passed away back on October 13, 2024.

I do not have any info other info. A search led me to his obituary here: https://www.nuevavidafh.com/obituaries/ernest-mtawali I've verified by name of course, appearance, and birth date, that this is our Ernest.

Ernest was around from the early days of the Pitmaster Club (he literally joined in the first week or so) and was a genius with eggs and all manner of cooking. His family was sure lucky to have his culinary skills, and from the many picture in his obituary video, they were above all lucky to have him in their life as a wonderful father of 2 and a husband. Not to mention he also was a great Pitmaster, using his PBC, his 2 WSMs and his KBQ creations to make us all drool. He's been missed here for a long time, and will continue to be missed.

Here are a few of his pics he shared in SUWYC, the boy could COOK and he knew how to display it! To see more, browse back in the 2022 SUWYC topics and prior....
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#2

January 28, 2025, 11:30 PM

Thank you, Huskee.

McAfee advised me that the obituary website was risky.
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Huskee commented

January 28, 2025, 11:39 PM

Editing a comment

It's not, the link I shared is the funeral home website.
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#3

January 29, 2025, 12:09 AM

*sniff*

we had a few personal messages back and forth….. damn *sniff*
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January 29, 2025, 01:09 AM

Well damn! Really sad to read this. Ernest helped me out a few times with some cooking questions.
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January 29, 2025, 04:46 AM

So sorry to hear this news.
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#6

January 29, 2025, 05:25 AM

Gosh, that's tough to take in. Ernest was incredible.
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#7

January 29, 2025, 05:30 AM

His kids are so young. What a profound loss for them.
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January 29, 2025, 06:13 AM

RIP Ernest.
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January 29, 2025, 06:28 AM

Besides just being a great cook, the man had style. You could tell it was an Ernest photo of a dish from across the room.
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#10

January 29, 2025, 06:44 AM

Holy smokes, yeah that sucks. He certainly had an eye for presentation. So sad to hear this.

And 45 years old! Jeez!
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#11

January 29, 2025, 06:49 AM

This was sad news..
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January 29, 2025, 06:58 AM

Eff. I’ve missed seeing his creations and it sucks knowing this is the reason why.
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#13

January 29, 2025, 07:21 AM

What a beautiful family. Thank you Huskee Ernest is most certainly missed. He had an ability to put together a beautiful presentation of food. RIP my brother.

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January 29, 2025, 07:29 AM

Like said above. That guys could cook and present his creations. RIP.
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#15

January 29, 2025, 07:29 AM

Sad news indeed. My thoughts go out to his family.
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