Welcome to the new site for Daddy's Girl competitive cooking team. DG is a partnership between a father and his daughter with the support of their family. I also have two sons that have endured my love of cooking barbecue and now that they have both escaped to TAMU and UTT, its just Stevie and I with mom on the sidelines enjoying the peace and quiet.
Just Some Thoughts About Barbecue Memories
When I was a kid I remember my dad and his friends frying fish, making chili, and cooking brisket or barbecue in general. I never questioned why the beer went in the foil wrapped brisket or why there were so many steps to making chili. Just a quick question. Why do you have to turn chili with a boat paddle to make it taste good? Everything revolved around oak and mesquite fires, sweet tea, beer, foil, salt, pepper, some onion and jalapenos. I guess it is still close to the same today.
However, like time itself, I too have changed. I have spent years watching, learning, and practicing this art. I cooked competitively, owned a barbecue restaurant, fed MY barbecue to the governor of Texas, Rick Perry himself. Now, today, I am slowing down, returning to the simple pleasures of life.
So, with all that said, I have decided to return to the barbecue circuit with the help of my daughter, Stevie. And...because women always seem to get their way, she has named the team and I guess she is making the rules. She reminds me of her mother when we were her age.
To keep things simple and let her learn the ropes, I have decided to forgo the traditional pull behind offset smoker and opt for a less complicated and more compact setup featuring a few Big Green Eggs with Guru's to match.
Get ready, it may take a few tries to get coordinated, but we will be standing on that podium before long in 2011!
Steve