Nonnymus wrote:
I'm curious about how and when you all got started grilling and
barbecuing?

In my own case, my folks would get ribs from a black beer joint a few
blocks away (Bruner's). Ocey cooked the ribs slow over smoke and
sauced them with his own KC-type sauce. I'd almost eat the bones
they were so good. I was just a grade schooler when my dad let me
purchase my first shallow tray-type of charcoal burner. I'd not
cooked before, but quickly learned how to cook burgers and steaks
over the charcoal.

Yowza! Check out the Jameson book Smoke and Spice for information on the
legendary Bruner's. I cut my childhood KC barbecue teeth at another
legendary joint, Boyd's.

MartyB in KC