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Gary Parker on Southern Barbecue
Gary Parker has been smoking Southern style barbeque since was a hungry kid in growing up in Austin, Texas. A technology career guy, Gary needed a diversion and food for his buddies at the race track, so he started smoking and serving up barbeque meats with all the fixins to his friends on a donation basis.
Now the owner of BBQ2U, a successful barbeque joint in Gig Harbor, Washington, Gary tells all about the South, the food and the joy he finds serving this community.
Gary Parker on Southern Barbecue
Latest Episodes
Together Over Barbecue: The Story of America and Barbecue
There is a whole version of American history based on the meats early settlers were cooking over a fire. Gary Parker knows this inside and out. Listen in as he share intereating and little known facts about how pigs, cows and chickens played a ...
The Top 5 BBQ Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Is something on fire over there? Burnt the steaks? Looking for tips to serve moist delicious barbecue every time? Learn from the pro - Gary Parker's been grilling, smokin' and standing in front of a barbecue for a LONG time. Let's listen.
How A Texas Barbeque Menu Gets Built
Barbecue gets talked about like it’s just meat and smoke, but the best places are built on something deeper: lived experience, regional technique, and the discipline to stay focused when everyone asks for “just one more thing.” Jennifer Norrie ...
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The History and Culture of BBQ in the South with Gary Parker
I think Gary Parker is the only Pit Master that knows this much about the History and Culture of Barbecue. Who knew that meat over a hot fire was a critical part of the history of the United States - and was a central means of nutrition for man...
