Certified Master Smoker

[Davwud]

Hey Hounds.

So here in TO there's a new BBQ place opening up next month and an article has come out in which the "Executive Chef" (I didn't know you needed one at a BBQ joint) claims to be a "Certified Master Smoker." I had never heard of the term and did a Google search. It seems Google has never heard of this certification either.

So my question is, are they just blowing, uh, smoke??

Here is the article in question. http://www.postcity.com/Eat-Shop-Do/E...

DT

[Davwud]

Thanks gang. This is pretty much what I suspected. I guess these people think us people up here wouldn't know there is no such thing. So I was certainly right calling bull sh!t on this one.

Will keep you up to speed on this place. Not a good start AFAIC.

DT

[Bill Hunt]

Wife claims that I am a "certified master smoker," due to my cigars.

Somehow, I think that this certification might be different, or maybe not... ?

Hunt

[Tripeler]

Bill, I think you would have to be a Bong User to qualify for that one.

[ylsf]

Really curious about this too... I also thought it was a made up title when I read it, makes me less excited to try this place if/when it eventually opens.

[jjjrfoodie]

LOL.

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He’ll be smoking everything on site in a Cookshack 350 for anywhere from 12 to 14 hours, using mostly apple and cherry woods (which accentuate the smoke flavor without overpowering, he says).
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Cookshacks are nice but I have seen many a folk use them at home including myself and several neighbors. Real pro USA type outdoor smoker BBQ? Nope. Restaurant caliber? Sure. If you insist.

Certified Master smoker.
Hahahahahaha.

Let's see if the TO can handle his awesomeness.

[cheesemaestro]

There's a certificate for chain smoking?

[MGZ]

I love the title! I'm thinking I could do an online course for $299: "Read the following pages, once a week, and answer a series of questions. After six weeks, assuming you pass all of the "tests", I'll mail you a certificate that reads 'Master Smoker' at the top in an Old English type. You can either fill it in yourself, or for an additional $8.99, we will have it printed for you. Call now or this offer may not last".

My opinion - barbecue is more art than science. Practice is what matters to developing skill. Otherwise, your just using another appliance to cook. But, than again, to me, if you don't need an ax, you're not making barbecue!

[bagelman01]

Anyone can make up titles and hand out meaningless certificates....................................

[lcool]

Maybe just another food safety course with a cachet.I'll give it a look also.