Team Update Eric and Amy were on the road again for BBQ competitions. First stop was Sweet Home, OR for the Icebox BBQ Competition. They were pleased to bring home some hardware in the Steak categories, placing fourth and tenth respectively. They also placed eighth in People’s Choice and 23rd overall out of 39 teams.…
Congratulations, Sarah, CFP®! We are happy to share that Sarah has officially obtained her CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM certification! On top of her regular workload, the road to earning the CFP® mark after her name started in fall 2021 with taking the coursework for and completing a Certificate in Financial Planning from Bryant University, passing the…
Team Update Eric and his lovely wife, Amy, have reached a Paradigm shift in life: the transition to empty nest! One son is in college and the other in Japan Culinary School, so they decided to buy a travel trailer! They look forward to new adventures traveling to wineries, breweries, and most importantly, BBQ competitions.…
Team Update Eric’s last BBQ competition for the year is December 31st, for Ribeye steak and “anything sliders.” But more importantly, he and Amy will be spending the holidays with their boys before their empty nest approaches in mid-January. The oldest is heading back to Oregon State University and the youngest is pursuing Culinary in Japan.…
Team Update At the BBQ competition in July, Eric and his team finished 23rd overall out of 34 teams, with a personal finish of 14th place for burgers, and a team finish of 9th in People’s Choice, with the help of his BBQ Mac-n-Cheese! Afterwards, his family went camping at Lake Billy Chinook and traveled…
Team Update For Eric, it has been a whirlwind of celebrating and organizing milestone birthdays for his wife and mother-in-law. The whirlwind continued with his son graduating from high school, so the family attended his last symphony band concert and graduation ceremony, then organized his graduation party. Still the whirlwind doesn’t stop there, as Eric…
Team Update Eric’s BBQ team competition in Albany, OR was a huge success! His team finished fifth place in Ribs, Chicken, and People’s Choice! They would have won the People’s Choice but ran out of our pork belly burnt end sliders in 45 minutes. Coming up in May will be the most important event, as…
Team Update Christmas came early for Eric, with a brand-new smoker! With Thanksgiving in his sights and 21 people to serve, he was able to smoke two turkeys at once! Equipped with his new toy, Eric, and his friend from Florence, have entered a big BBQ competition coming up in January 2022. It looks like…
2021 Q3 Team Update Eric has been enjoying a summer of grilling vegetables, but out of left field, a client encouraged him to try grilling glazed donuts. It was awesome! He says adding a scoop of ice cream and chocolate syrup makes it divine, and if you get a glazed donut bar, you can cut…
Q2 Team Update Eric and Amy went to Memphis, TN to support the Best Damn BBQ Sauce Team in the Memphis in May World Championship BBQ Competition. The Best Damn BBQ team represented the Pacific Northwest well by placing top 10 in Sauce & Turkey! It was fun, exciting, very competitive, and another box…