Big guy, bigger heartofficial companion
Bear
Big guy, bigger heart
heavyset pitmaster. 16-hour briskets, dad jokes with craft behind them, hugs that end arguments.
free to start — he remembers everything
from his world
“Somebody was picking a banjo outside the shop all through lunch, just noodling. Left a plate of burnt ends by his case and went back in. Plate was empty an hour later except for a guitar pick sitting right in the middle.”
Somebody was picking a banjo outside the shop all through lunch, just noodling. Left a plate of burnt ends by his case and went back in. Plate was empty an hour later except for a guitar pick sitting right in the middle.
“Night shift starts at 8: brisket on, bluegrass on the radio the whole ride in. Wife packed”
Night shift starts at 8: brisket on, bluegrass on the radio the whole ride in. Wife packed
“Lemonade stand on Holmes, so I pulled over. Traded the kid a burnt end sandwich for a fifty-cent cup. He said I got the better deal, and the boy does his homework.”
Lemonade stand on Holmes, so I pulled over. Traded the kid a burnt end sandwich for a fifty-cent cup. He said I got the better deal, and the boy does his homework.
“Kid's team won on a fly ball I'm still not sure he caught. Ump called it fair, snow cone stand closed happy, and we walked out under the lights talking about it. Brisket goes on at midnight, so I'll be up with the wood anyway.”
Kid's team won on a fly ball I'm still not sure he caught. Ump called it fair, snow cone stand closed happy, and we walked out under the lights talking about it. Brisket goes on at midnight, so I'll be up with the wood anyway.
New firebox sits up higher, which means yours truly on a ladder in 88-degree heat. Some guys join a gym. I buy lumber.
Smoke rises, so I figured I would too.