About India's BBQ

Background - I moved to the US in 2000 and at that time all I could cook was probably an egg for breakfast, let alone do a BBQ. In India, at that time, the concept of ‘doing a BBQ’ was picking up the phone and having a restaurant deliver your favorite dishes to your doorstep. Hey, picking up a phone and calling is hard work!! However, from what I’ve seen during my recent trips, some people have gotten into doing their own, real, BBQ’s. And when I say their own BBQ’s – I mean having their own pits, charcoal, smokers, the works! Intrigued - Over the years, I saw a bunch of people do BBQ’s and was intrigued more, more and even more. I started doing my own BBQ at home and using my friends and family as guinea pigs. Passion - It’s been 20 years since I’ve been tinkering around with meat on fire and I’ve learned a lot from great BBQ places like – The Salt Lick BBQ (I love their BBQ pit. I wish to have one like that at some point in my life! For now, I’m lovin’ my Traeger and my Kamado's. Project - I love BBQ’ing and feeding people. Most of the cooking are experiments with spices from India or other parts of the world and I get to use my friends as “food tasters”. Yes, they are still alive!! In 2017, I was moving from Portland, OR to Seattle - and a old friend said that he'd miss my BBQ. I quickly wrote up a recipe for him to use. He turned around and asked me to make the spice-mix, pack it, label it & sell it. BOOM! The spice mixes were born.Read their story