The American South
Rodney Scott was six when he realized barbecue was more than a meal. Growing up in small town Hemingway, South Carolina, he watched the grown-ups slow cook hogs it was always a hog, and always whole. Near the end, the men would hoist the pig, which weighed as much as a teenage boy, and turn it over to expose the meat that had been slowly cooking 10 to 12 hours, absorbing the smoke that rose as fat dripped onto the coals. Every time that this hog was flipped over and sauced, people were all over it, Scott said. I m like, this thing is like a magnet. It just draws people in.
Grand Rapids BBQ Masters Win Kingsford Fellowship
Grand Rapids Daddy Pete s BBQ has been recognized as one of only three BBQs in the country to win the Kingsford Fellowship award. Husband and wife Tarra and Cory Davis are the owners of Daddy Pete s and announced the news on their facebook page earlier this week.
Excited to announce that we’ve been selected as members of the FIRST class of Kingsford #PreserveThePit fellows! We re.
The fellowship award is part of Kingsford s Preserve The Pit initiative developed to honor the history and contributions of Black barbeque in the United States.
The Black community ignited American barbecue more than 350 years ago, but without the spark of a new generation at the pit, important stories, recipes and techniques risk being extinguished. Barbecue goes beyond just food; it’s been the backdrop of some of the most important cultural moments in Black history and at the center of many family, friend and civic gatherings. -Kingsford.com
Grand Rapids BBQ Masters Win Kingsford Fellowship
Grand Rapids Daddy Pete s BBQ has been recognized as one of only three BBQs in the country to win the Kingsford Fellowship award. Husband and wife Tarra and Cory Davis are the owners of Daddy Pete s and announced the news on their facebook page earlier this week.
Excited to announce that we’ve been selected as members of the FIRST class of Kingsford #PreserveThePit fellows! We re.
The fellowship award is part of Kingsford s Preserve The Pit initiative developed to honor the history and contributions of Black barbeque in the United States.
The Black community ignited American barbecue more than 350 years ago, but without the spark of a new generation at the pit, important stories, recipes and techniques risk being extinguished. Barbecue goes beyond just food; it’s been the backdrop of some of the most important cultural moments in Black history and at the center of many family, friend and civic gatherings. -Kingsford.com
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Daddy Pete s BBQ
A pair of Grand Rapidians are in the Kingsford charcoal brandâs inaugural class of barbecue professionals who will receive assistance to accelerate their business.
Cory and Tarra Davis, co-owners of Daddy Peteâs BBQ, on Monday were unveiled as members of Kingsfordâs inaugural class of Preserve the Pit fellows, an initiative created to continue and nurture the barbecue traditions ignited by the Black community.
The group of barbecue professionals will receive a grant, along with immersive training and one-on-one mentorship with industry leaders throughout 2021 to turn their business aspirations into a reality.
Award-winning Michigan BBQ restaurant lands $16,000 Kingsford fellowship
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Daddy s Pete s BBQ co-owners Tarra and Cory Davis have received a $16,000 fellowship from Kingsford. It provides training and mentorship with industry leaders.Provided by Kingsford
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - If you walk into Daddy Pete’s BBQ, and you meet owners Tarra and Cory Davis, the passion for what they do is evident. They smile, take orders and dish out some of the best tasting BBQ and side dishes in Michigan.
They’ve come a long way from backyard barbecues with friends to catering special events, and from running a food truck to opening a BBQ restaurant on the southeast side of Grand Rapids.