Today I get to visit with three great folks at Smokin’ Pete’s, Larry “BBQ Grail” Gaian, his wife Celeste, and Barry “CB” Martin. I spent almost a week at Memphis in May with all of them, so this is a reunion. The four of us went out to dinner every night and ate both good and bad barbecue in the city.
Both Larry and Barry are well-known in the barbecue community. Larry runs a few websites, most notably The BBQ Grail, where he blogs, twitters and facebooks about all things barbecue. He is also the inventor of the MOINK ball, a delicious concoction I’ve made on this blog (and many other times).
Barry is the man behind the “CB” persona over at the Char-Broil forums, and he writes the blog and the Char-Broil newsletter. You’ll also see him at big events, talkin’ infrared with the masses.
I’ll try to add pictures of our gathering tonight. We’ll be eating barbecue at Pete’s, of course!