THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1: Zoom Happy Hour @7:30pm CT
TOPIC: Smoking and Grilling on Stick Burners
A discussion on the use of stick burners (i.e. wood fired smokers/grills) including tips, techniques, and more featuring hosts Meathead and Clint Cantwell, as well as our resident smoker and grill expert Max Good, and a few very special guests including Ben Lang of Lang Smokers (bio below), Bill Karau of Karubecue (bio below), Pitmaster Club member "Ahumadora" (bio at the end), and special guest, John Markus, producer of the original BBQ Pitmasters TV contest.
ABOUT BEN LANG AND LANG BBQ SMOKERS
For more than two centuries the Lang family has been providing service to lovers of barbecued meat. From the early smoked meat business to the current day business under the direction of Ben Lang, Lang's BBQ Smokers cookers have been recommended by the best chefs in the world. They will attest that the food "gets better when you cook it on a Lang BBQ Smokers". Ben Lang, owner and operator of Lang started a revolution in the barbecue industry with his unique design. His design and line of smoker cookers remains the industry standard today. With new product development at the forefront at the Lang BBQ Smokers production site, the future will continue to see the Lang family tradition of excellence maintained and surpassed.
ABOUT BILL KARAU AND KARUBECUE (KBQ)
KBQ was founded in the Summer of 2004 by inventor Bill Karau. Inspired by countless pit inspections and Pit Boss interviews during many Barbecue Tours, we figured the project should take 2 to 3 months, 4 tops. We were a bit off on that estimate ā¦
ABOUT Craig "AHUMADORA" Jull
I was born in Northland, New Zealand in a family of 5 kids raised on a dairy and beef farm. We learned to skin sheep and cows at a young age. My dad was also an earth moving contractor and at about 12- 13 y.o I first started practicing welding with all the used up electrodes. After my crazy teenage years when I was 20 I wanted a change of scenery, so I moved to Orange county, CA where I landed a job fabricating in a race shop. Carbon fiber funny bodies, roll bars, tube chassis on mostly drag cars. Got involved in open road racing where they close off public roads in Northern Nevada and Ft Stockton TX.
I Used to run an '89 Camaro with 650 hp and also was navigator in an ex Tony Stewart Nascar doing these races. (Been clocked at 221MPH on route 285 in Ft Stockton TX).
During this time I moved to Austin Texas and was working on the world challenge Porsche team, mechanic/ fabricator/ truck driver.
I used to stop at a BBQ joint on Route 290 between dripping Springs and Johnson City and that is where I first really got hooked on BBQ.
After many years busting my ass on race cars and working for some names like Hennessy, West Coast choppers and Boyd Coddington I got burned out, so backpacked around South America for 5 months then eventually ended up in Guatemala where I started learning Spanish.
The school was nearly broke, so I ended up buying it and setting up one of the first online Spanish schools by Skype. I moved to Uruguay for a while then Argentina. While in Buenos Aires I was missing good BBQ, so I decided to build a pit at my house. I met an American friend who wanted to start a BBQ restaurant and got me to build a large insulated pit. From there little by little started making a business out of it and eventually sold my online school to fabricate pits. Now I have 3 small shops building for North of Buenos Aires and recently opened a new shop in Mexico City. I am married with 3 kids who like my BBQ.
TOPIC: Smoking and Grilling on Stick Burners
A discussion on the use of stick burners (i.e. wood fired smokers/grills) including tips, techniques, and more featuring hosts Meathead and Clint Cantwell, as well as our resident smoker and grill expert Max Good, and a few very special guests including Ben Lang of Lang Smokers (bio below), Bill Karau of Karubecue (bio below), Pitmaster Club member "Ahumadora" (bio at the end), and special guest, John Markus, producer of the original BBQ Pitmasters TV contest.
ABOUT BEN LANG AND LANG BBQ SMOKERS
For more than two centuries the Lang family has been providing service to lovers of barbecued meat. From the early smoked meat business to the current day business under the direction of Ben Lang, Lang's BBQ Smokers cookers have been recommended by the best chefs in the world. They will attest that the food "gets better when you cook it on a Lang BBQ Smokers". Ben Lang, owner and operator of Lang started a revolution in the barbecue industry with his unique design. His design and line of smoker cookers remains the industry standard today. With new product development at the forefront at the Lang BBQ Smokers production site, the future will continue to see the Lang family tradition of excellence maintained and surpassed.
ABOUT BILL KARAU AND KARUBECUE (KBQ)
KBQ was founded in the Summer of 2004 by inventor Bill Karau. Inspired by countless pit inspections and Pit Boss interviews during many Barbecue Tours, we figured the project should take 2 to 3 months, 4 tops. We were a bit off on that estimate ā¦
ABOUT Craig "AHUMADORA" Jull
I was born in Northland, New Zealand in a family of 5 kids raised on a dairy and beef farm. We learned to skin sheep and cows at a young age. My dad was also an earth moving contractor and at about 12- 13 y.o I first started practicing welding with all the used up electrodes. After my crazy teenage years when I was 20 I wanted a change of scenery, so I moved to Orange county, CA where I landed a job fabricating in a race shop. Carbon fiber funny bodies, roll bars, tube chassis on mostly drag cars. Got involved in open road racing where they close off public roads in Northern Nevada and Ft Stockton TX.
I Used to run an '89 Camaro with 650 hp and also was navigator in an ex Tony Stewart Nascar doing these races. (Been clocked at 221MPH on route 285 in Ft Stockton TX).
During this time I moved to Austin Texas and was working on the world challenge Porsche team, mechanic/ fabricator/ truck driver.
I used to stop at a BBQ joint on Route 290 between dripping Springs and Johnson City and that is where I first really got hooked on BBQ.
After many years busting my ass on race cars and working for some names like Hennessy, West Coast choppers and Boyd Coddington I got burned out, so backpacked around South America for 5 months then eventually ended up in Guatemala where I started learning Spanish.
The school was nearly broke, so I ended up buying it and setting up one of the first online Spanish schools by Skype. I moved to Uruguay for a while then Argentina. While in Buenos Aires I was missing good BBQ, so I decided to build a pit at my house. I met an American friend who wanted to start a BBQ restaurant and got me to build a large insulated pit. From there little by little started making a business out of it and eventually sold my online school to fabricate pits. Now I have 3 small shops building for North of Buenos Aires and recently opened a new shop in Mexico City. I am married with 3 kids who like my BBQ.
- Happy Hour events are the first Thursday of each month. Mark your calendar!
- Nov 5, 2020: Pellet Cookers
- Dec 3, 2020: Holiday Meals on the Grill
- January 7, 2021: Cold Weather Grilling
- March 4, 2021: BBQ & Bourbon/Whiskey
- May 6, 2021: TBA
- All Happy Hours Will Be Every Other Month Beginning January 2021
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