About Al Frugoni

In the year 2000 I lived in Rome and Spain for a year and came across an interesting woman from Texas. When she became my wife we moved to Buenos Aires and had our three children there. Each year as we visited the states, I began to incorporate US favorites into my cooking. Loving all the culinary variety that the US has to offer we could not stay away. In 2015 we left our Argentine businesses, bought some cowboy boots, and began to acquire a taste for the JALAPEÑO. We moved outside San Antonio in the Texas hill country. I fired up our new Texan grills and began to get schooled on Texan traditions. We had our traditional Argentine meats accompanied by the famous jalapeño poppers, German sausages from Fredericksburg, TX and that delicious brisket. I loved being a part of the variety of techniques in bar-b-queing and using different types of woods, sauces, rubs, and spices. With my Italian- Argentine culinary background I fused the favorite flavors of the US and just had fun with it on my own grill. Open fire grilling takes us back to simpler times and allows us for a moment to enjoy what is important. It can engage all ages. It doesn't matter if it is 105 or 20 degrees outside, rain or shine, I enjoy grilling. Nothing says more than sharing food with people. It brings us together and creates a moment.Read their story