Helen’s Bar-BQ
Helen Turner is the hardest working woman in barbecue.
She is a world famous one woman machine and she truly loves the craft. In generally a list of all male pitmasters, Ms. Helen will run circles around them all. She shovel coals under the direct heat pits with the best of the best in the country. This locally owned & family friendly business is located in Brownsville, TN.
Ed Mitchell
Ed Mitchell has inspired pitmasters across the country.
When Ed Mitchell started to cook, most of the bbq in the south was prepared by black cooks in white owned establishments. Despite their talent for cooking bbq, Black owned bbq businesses struggled because of racism. Ed, with the help of his family, persevered in the industry and became a founding member of the Big Apple BBQ Festival in Manhattan, NY. The scale and publicity from this event established him as figure in Black BBQ.
Ed was the first bbq figure to go back to cooking Pasture Raised pork after the industry went to the industrial model. Ed and his son Ryan Mitchell continue to expand their business. They partnered with TrueMade BBQ sauces to replace sugar in sauces using vegetables to address the needs of people with diabetes.
Ed Mitchell has inspired pitmasters across the country in ways unimaginable, and we should all want a seat in his bbq class.
Learn more about Ed Mitchell on his website: https://www.thepitmasteredmitchell.com/