Greetings From The Front Porch......
Authentic BBQ is a lot like Authentic Community, “low and
slow is the way to go, hot and fast, will not last.”
There is a saying among the true BBQ trade, “low and slow is
the way to go.” By allowing the meat to cook on low for a long period, it
permits the juices to moisten the meat and add flavor to the food.
This can only happen when the cook also known in the BBQ
trade as the pit master is willing to persevere through the process of waiting.
The payoff is worth the wait.
Hot and fast will not last and the problem with this way of
making meat is that unless you have experienced low and slow you will never
know.
People have a tendency to except the counterfeit way until
they experience the real deal, this can be said about many things, from food to
friendships.
The smoke rings billowed out of the stack and the smell
lingered in the air and floated into the neighborhood. The sun had already sent
itself to bed and he had just started his journey to prepare the process of
prepping the meat and stoking the fire. The pit master AKA, The Midnight Smoker©,
AKA, Steve Whiting is all about the real deal.
Steve Whiting is the founder of The Midnight Smoker BBQ© the
name of the business portrays the process of low and slow. You will find him up
in the middle of the night in front of his grill flipping meat all in order to
produce authentic BBQ.
This past weekend The Midnight Smoker BBQ© and team had a
community event where the dream of the business were shared and a commercial
was produced. Authentic BBQ came together with authentic community and a dream continued
to unfold.
Through this process of dreaming big, The Midnight Smoker
BBQ© and team can honestly say that they have learned something rather
significant as they embraced their dream of being the best BBQ anyone has ever
tasted along with connecting people into community one meal at a time.
They have learned that building authentic community like
authentic BBQ has been a by-product of low and slow. All those sitting in the
park, participating in the process of the production were people they had spent
time with over the years. These were people who they have loved and lived with
in community, for a reason, season or a lifetime.
There were no counterfeits in the park that day. Low and
slow was the way to go, from the pit, to the pull pork to the people in the
park.
The Midnight Smoker BBQ © and Team would like to say thank
you all once again for all your support and encouragement as they continue to
press into their dream.
Steve, Donna, Tony and Cris
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