{"id":224,"date":"2014-11-18T21:24:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T21:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2019-08-28T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T15:19:12","slug":"chef-bios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/chef-bios\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef Bios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/BBQ-cooking-app.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lang-Time-Temp-APP.png\" alt=\"Lang TIme and Temperature APP\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lang-Time-Temp-APP.png 275w, https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lang-Time-Temp-APP-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a>We regularly hear from backyard barbecuers, pitmaster competitors, and professional chefs from around the world. Each has their own flavor profile.<\/p>\n<p>Many openly share their love of &#8220;cooking on a Lang&#8221; but keep their award-winning recipes a secret.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to BBQ chefs that were willing to share, we have been able to develop his <strong>smoker cooker recipe BLOG<\/strong>, a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/langbbqsmokers.com\/BBQ-cooking-app.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lang Cooking App<\/a><\/strong> with some basic time, temperatures and wood, and our <a href=\"http:\/\/langbbqsmokers.com\/kitchen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Q-School<\/strong><\/a> with smoker cooking classes by award-winning chefs!<\/p>\n<h2>Chef Paul Kirk, Q-School Instructor and Recipe Blog Contributor<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_225\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bbqcookingclass.com\/chef-Paul-Kirk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"wp-image-225 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/chef-paul-kirk-e1416344428134-150x148.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Paul Kirk\" width=\"150\" height=\"148\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Paul Kirk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paul Kirk a chef, award-winning\u00a0barbecue competitor, cooking school instructor, and cookbook author.<\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"http:\/\/bbqcookingclass.com\/chef-Paul-Kirk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chef Paul Kirk<\/a><\/u> instructs many of Lang&#8217;s\u00a0Q-School smoker cooker cooking classes.\u00a0 To learn more about Chef Paul and the <u><a href=\"http:\/\/bbqcookingclass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Q-School BBQ cooking classes click here<\/a><\/u>. To learn more about this award-winning competitor check out his <a href=\"http:\/\/whoscooking.langbbqsmokers.com\/competitors-Chef-Paul-Kirk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">profile on Who&#8217;s Cooking on a Lang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Christiane Potts<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_265\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-image-265 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Christiane-Potts-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Christiane Potts\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Christiane-Potts-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Christiane-Potts-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Christiane-Potts.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christiane Potts<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This North Carolina gal has a flavor profile that &#8220;leans towards the sweet with a pinch of spice for fun&#8221;. She had recipes on All Recipes and the Greensboro Cooking Examiner to name a few and has been featured in Cooking Light. She is the founder and Mom Chef of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takingonmagazines.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taking On Magazines<\/a>. The Lang BBQ Cooking team is happy to have her on board sharing recipes low &amp; slow, fast &amp; hot, and on the grill.<\/p>\n<h2>Mitch Moody<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_549\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-549\" class=\"wp-image-549 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mitch-Moody-square-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Mitch-Moody-square\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mitch-Moody-square-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mitch-Moody-square-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mitch-Moody-square.jpeg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitch Moody<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mitch Moody was the Pitmaster at Anderson&#8217;s Bakery, Catering, and BBQ in Kathleen, Georgia. Mitch had been posting photos of his food on Facebook and it caught our eye. We asked if he&#8217;d be interested in sharing some recipes &#8230; and now he&#8217;s officially one of our recipe blog contributors. Mitch passed away and we miss him to this day still. He was amazing on a Lang! <a href=\"http:\/\/whoscooking.langbbqsmokers.com\/commercial-mitch-moody-cooking-on-a-lang.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go to Who&#8217;s Cooking on a Lang?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Douglas J. Morgan Jr<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_550\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"wp-image-550 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DouglasJMorgan-small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Douglas Morgan JR\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DouglasJMorgan-small-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DouglasJMorgan-small.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Douglas Morgan JR<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Doug grew up in North Carolina and learned to cook BBQ using North Carolina style sauces and rubs. After retiring from federal government services his is now the owner of Carolina BBQ in Virginia.\u00a0 When Doug develops his sauces he experiments &#8230; on his Lang BBQ Smoker. He has been kind enough to share some recipes with alternatives if you can&#8217;t purchase his sauces locally. <a href=\"http:\/\/whoscooking.langbbqsmokers.com\/commercial-douglas-j-morgan-cooking-on-a-lang.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More about Doug on Who&#8217;s Cooking on a Lang?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cathy Derechailo<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_228\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.langbbqsmokers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cathy-derchailo-chef-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cathy Derchailo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathy Derchailo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In this smoker cooker recipe blog Cathy shares some basic rubs, sauces and low and slow smoker cooking recipes. Cathy is quick to turn a phrase and modify a recipe to suit her gluten-free, salty profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We regularly hear from backyard barbecuers, pitmaster competitors, and professional chefs from around the world. Each has their own flavor profile. 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