New School BBQ University

2020 has been an interesting year to say the least. There were not many BBQ events on the calendar, and our travels have been limited. This is the only blog post I will write and the only BBQ event I attended this year. LeRoy & Lewis is one of my favorite BBQ joints. I had the pleasure to attend their New School BBQ University back in March right before the pandemic hit. It was a great and fun 2ish days. Super informative and the highlight of my year. They have hosted a couple of classes since then so be on the lookout for future classes. Here's the recap:

New School BBQ University at LeRoy & Lewis

Orientation

Introductions

Chud's Fried Chicken

A delicious spread

Day 1

Brisket, Hog, and Beef Check Demo

Evan LeRoy & Bradley Robinson

Trimming briskets

Trimmed briskets

Beef cheeks

Trimmed beef cheeks

Grinding brisket fat trimmings to make tallow

Brad breaking down a whole hog

Brisket, Hog, and Beef Cheek On

Loaded smoker

Beef cheeks and briskets

Hog

Evan LeRoy

Burger and Sausage Demo

Bran & Evan grinding brisket trimmings

Making burger patties

Giving the patties a rubdown

Patties on the smoker

Brad cutting up a ham hock

Cubed pork meat

Seasoned pork for sausage

Burger Lunch

Searing the smoked burgers

Melting the cheese

That's purty

Sustainable Meat Panel

Barbacoa

Briskets

Meat panel

Steak Dinner

Potatoes in the firebox

44 Farms ribeye roast

Sliced ribeye

Foil boat method for the briskets

Fire

Day 2

Chud's Workshop

Brad's house

Brad showing off his work

The first smoker Brad welded

Hog Picking, Pork Hash Making, Barbacoa, and Sausage Demo

Barbacoa

Using a hand mixer- smart

Finished barbacoa

Pork skin

Pork spaghetti

Pulling hog

Finished hog

Grinding pork mixture

Stuffing sausage

Hop sausage

Making hash

Lunch

Crispy pork skin

Finished brisket

Slicing brisket

Sexy

Beef cheeks

Where's the beef?

Barbacoa

Whole hog with crispy pork skin

Creativity and the BBQ Biz

Sawyer Lewis, John Bates, Chris McGhee, and Evan LeRoy

Pickling Presentation

Ben Hollander of Casper Fermentables

Until next time, happy smoking...