Being titled a pitmaster, has to be earned, it is not just a business card title or won from winning a competition bbq contest!!! ...

Gumbo Jubilee was much more than a whole cow bbq, it was clearly about doing something extremely challenging, historical, and culturally...

When I first started cooking hogs publicly in New Orleans at the bbq fundraiser, Hogs for the Cause, to raise funds for families with...

This morning as I saw my Google alert, to be 1 of 16 people to selected to participate in this future event, The James Beard Foundation...

Pee Dee Whole Hog (SC) vs Eastern NC Whole (NC). For nearly 5 years, I kept hearing so much about Eastern NC BBQ. On the weekend of...

Since Sunday, June 3, 2018 I have been trying to process what happened at Sunday’s BBQ Dinner hosted by BJ Dennis and me on Joseph Fields...

When one takes time to look at US history, it shares an interesting perspective especially in the rare cases where you can read the...

Over a year have passed since being interviewed by Helen Freund for Smoked Stacks: New Orleans Searches for it owns barbecue style and I...

It is sad in 2017 that I must use the adjective “Black” to define a group of talented Louisiana Culinarians. Over the past few years, I...

In 2017, I have a lot to be thankful. I earned a NASA Early Career Achievement Award, I was featured on an entire episode of Cooking...