Hey all, been a lurking member here for a while and decided its time for a formal introduction post. As in the title, I'm from Wisconsin and I have an addiction to cooking, mostly barbecue.
Here's the deets for me... I'm a middle-aged guy in the greater Green Bay area, but grew up all over the country, including lengthy stays in Texas where I learned from some of the greats in terms of BBQ, and in Louisiana where I fell in love with creole cuisine. I am a huge bourbon fan and love brewing my own beer. I have two young daughters that are trying to follow in my footsteps when it comes to cooking and experimenting with flavors. I own and operate 2 businesses, one doing custom laser engraved products for local businesses, and the other being a line of BBQ rubs, dip mixes, sauces, etc.
All that being said, BBQ is where my heart is (my wife says I have an addiction), and converted part of my garage into a BBQ Bar, which houses my 4-tap homebrew kegerator, a small propane fueled pizza oven, a griddle, a Kamado style cooker (CharGriller Akorn), a CharGriller Gravity 980, a Masterbuilt Electric Cabinet Smoker, A Masterbuilt Portable Fan-Controlled Offset Smoker, a ZGrills pellet smoker, and right outside the garage door my 120 gallon offset that I couldn't get in the garage due to the height of the smoke-stack.
My dream is to within the next 5 years open a restaurant somewhere in the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin.
Enough about me, glad to be here! I leave you all with some pics of the BBQ Bar I mentioned.
The Main Area (The Griddle has Been Since Replaced With a Larger 36" Unit)
And the 120 Gallon Biggun
And just for the heck of it, some of my recent cooks. A full BBQ tray, ribs, smoked/stuffed french onion meatloaf, and a smashburger...
Here's the deets for me... I'm a middle-aged guy in the greater Green Bay area, but grew up all over the country, including lengthy stays in Texas where I learned from some of the greats in terms of BBQ, and in Louisiana where I fell in love with creole cuisine. I am a huge bourbon fan and love brewing my own beer. I have two young daughters that are trying to follow in my footsteps when it comes to cooking and experimenting with flavors. I own and operate 2 businesses, one doing custom laser engraved products for local businesses, and the other being a line of BBQ rubs, dip mixes, sauces, etc.
All that being said, BBQ is where my heart is (my wife says I have an addiction), and converted part of my garage into a BBQ Bar, which houses my 4-tap homebrew kegerator, a small propane fueled pizza oven, a griddle, a Kamado style cooker (CharGriller Akorn), a CharGriller Gravity 980, a Masterbuilt Electric Cabinet Smoker, A Masterbuilt Portable Fan-Controlled Offset Smoker, a ZGrills pellet smoker, and right outside the garage door my 120 gallon offset that I couldn't get in the garage due to the height of the smoke-stack.
My dream is to within the next 5 years open a restaurant somewhere in the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin.
Enough about me, glad to be here! I leave you all with some pics of the BBQ Bar I mentioned.
The Main Area (The Griddle has Been Since Replaced With a Larger 36" Unit)
And the 120 Gallon Biggun
And just for the heck of it, some of my recent cooks. A full BBQ tray, ribs, smoked/stuffed french onion meatloaf, and a smashburger...
