Hey all, my name is Tim "Big Daddy Tug" McDonald, and yes, I am from Maine, born and raised and I have been doing Barbecue for about four years now.
I guess it all started with the Brinkman Smoker that I bought at a yard sale for $10
Now, my love affair with food goes back a lot further than that. (They don’t call me BIG Daddy Tug for nothing!) I have always loved cooking, experimenting with different foods and recipe ideas, tweaking them until I had just the right flavor combinations. Whether it was on a camping trip; cooking in a Dutch oven or over an open wood fire or at home on my own gas and charcoal grills, I would cook anything, anywhere, but, my passion was grilling! I LOVED GRILLING! Anywhere there was a grill, you would find me there. Give me a good piece of meat and a hot fire and I was a Happy Camper.
And then I bought that smoker…
A whole new world of Barbecue opened up before me. I learned the joys of cooking with smoke. Low and Slow became my new mantra. I started reading everything I could find, joining websites, asking questions and, of course, experimenting. I started making my own premium Barbecue sauces and meat rubs, smoking and grilling meats and vegetables of every variety, my friends and family loved it. So, my brother and I built my first big roaster/smoker/grill, I bought a couple other smokers and I’ve been at it ever since!
I have a deep passion for good food. To me, food is much more than mere sustenance; it is a gift that you give to your family and friends. I love to cook for people, to share that passion with them. To me, it’s all about sharing GREAT food with GREAT people and having a GREAT time doing it!
