One thing about these posts, I will not reveal the contents of the seminars. 1. I do not have the permission of the NBBQA. 2. I do not have the permission of the seminar presenter. 3. I along with other attendees paid good money and took time away from our jobs, businesses, and families, to attend.
On Thursday, March 24th, we had lunch with Kell and Janet Phelps of Douglas, Ga. For those who might be scratching their heads thinking, "I know that name", let me help you out on the brain strain. Kell is the publisher of Barbecue News (http://www.barbecuenews.com/), is also the President of the NBBQA (http://www.nbbqa.org/) and with the other members of his family and an army of volunteers, they are the organizers of the National Barbecue Festival (http://www.nationalbbqfestival.com/). We were joined by Marc Hash from Marion, Va. and Mike and Mary Lou O'Rouke of Suwanee, Ga.
We had Dave Anderson of Famous Dave's as the keynote speaker. Dave spoke about how he started his bbq business, and how he went from rags to riches. Famous Dave has a energy about him and the way he related the story of how he took a backyard hobby and turned it into a $500 million dollar empire. Say what? That's right, $500 million dollar bbq empire. Holy smokes, that's a lot of ribs and pork and people served.
Famous Dave spoke about being broke, filing bankruptcy and how he managed to turn that all around. Now, I have to ask you, how many people would tell you the failures so that you would appreciate the successes? Not very many. Most want to tell you how great they are and the things that they did right. If you would like to see for yourself, most of Famous Dave's speech was filmed by BBQ Superstars (http://www.bbqsuperstars.com/) and is on their website. Stop by and see Daryl Mast at the BBQ Superstars website. And, be sure to tell him that the Lawdawg sent you.
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