The Best in the Northwest!

Well, my story started when I was but a wee boy. After being born in Dundee, Scotland; my family made the trek to America when I was only a year old, but my roots are from the land of the Celts.  Most of my childhood and early adult life was spent in the Southwest, which is where I was first exposed to the American Cowboy.

 In the late 1990’s, I moved to Dallas, Texas where I met my wife, Lisa. Lisa and I moved to Austin, which is where I learned how to smoke barbeque. The first pit that I ever used was a converted 1940’s water heater that my next door neighbor’s Dad made. After my first experience of cooking real barbeque, I never looked back.

Gas and charcoal grilling has its place for preparing quick and easy meals, but only slow smoking can bring out the delicious flavor in certain types of meat. My chemistry background from school has helped me when experimenting with different types of salts, spices, peppers and marinades. I have developed my own homemade rubs, brines and sauces for all of my barbeque recipes.

Some of these include unique flavors such as my apricot jalapeño glaze for chicken and pomegranate fig sauce for baby back pork ribs. However, no Cowboy’s recipe book would be complete without his traditional rub and barbeque sauce. I pride myself in knowing that I start each of my products with the freshest ingredients, so I know exactly what goes into my Celtic Cowboy cuisine.

Lisa and I moved to Seattle in 2000, and the fire for smoking meat was still in my heart so I started experimenting with different woods and tastes from the Northwest. After several annual barbeque events at our home, I decided to follow my instincts and the encouragement of my friends and neighbors to start my catering business.

In addition, our annual barbeque has turned into a charitable event for the local food banks and various other charities. The chance to share my passion for barbeque and help out others at the same time was too good to pass up!