Friday, December 21, 2007

KCBS Board of Directors Candidate

Who is Phil Rizzardi?
A long time BBQ enthusiast, a Competitor, KCBS certified judge, and founder of

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"My desire is to bring a strong background in corporate management, technology, and love of BBQ to the KCBS Board of Directors, with member involvment, support and regional representations as my overriding goal."

Besides being a KCBS certified judge and competitor, I am the founder of the very successful online BBQ community, “The BBQ-Brethren” and the pit master for our flagship team. Like KCBS, The Brethren was established specifically to promote our craft, and to bring together BBQ enthusiasts from around the country. We are now over 4000 strong. Not only does this make me easily accessible to hear your voice, but also, it is this devotion and experience that will enable me to see to it that the ideas and concerns of KCBS cooks, judges, reps, and general membership are addressed.

Professionally, I am a Technology Manager for a major defense contractor and have been with them for 28 years. My responsibilities have included the management of a large staff and million dollar budgets. I'm formally trained to work with people, initiate change and assist in long-range growth of a corporation through team building. My management skills are geared towards being a leader, not a boss, fostering a loyalty in our employees that encourages them to work productively and efficiently. My staff works with me, not for me, and we do things together as a team. My technical responsibilities are to establish and implement processes that enable our division to perform our functions effectively and efficiently with minimal waste and overhead.

In my personal life, I’ve owned a small computer consulting company since 1984. Additionally, I have served as President of my hometown Civic Association since 1987 . In that capacity, I have the responsibility of meeting with elected town board members, developers, and representatives of businesses, to ensure they hear and understand the concerns of our residents. Our association has been responsible for many positive changes that have allowed our community to grow, improve, and prosper. On behalf of town residents, I have negotiated with the corporate offices of large business chains, and their attorneys. We fought hard against negative impacts and always supported the positive. A major accomplishment of our association was to have our Town Board address, update, and rewrite our community's outdated strategic plan, originally written in 1915. It is this practical experience that I offer as evidence of the skills I possess. I believe these are the assets required to assist in the growth of KCBS and work with the members of the board.

As both a competitive cook and a judge in the Northeast, I am witnessing the increased popularity of BBQ in this region. Like other areas of the country, the art of “low and slow” is gaining momentum and these areas need representation. My major short term goal is to strengthen representation of the new regions where BBQ is starting to boom. The Northeast is lacking in representation and recognition within KCBS, as is other understated regions such as PNW and West coast. These regions need representation as BBQ grows and flourishes. I would attempt to organize some regional representation within KCBS for theses areas by involving people from the many BBQ organizations such as NEBS, CBBQA, Mid Atlantic BBQ Association, etc. I would also drive to have KCBS meet directly with theses regions and ultimately strive to have KCBS become more regionally aligned.

In the long term I plan to utilize my professional abilities in Information Technology to assist KCBS to run more efficiently and effectively.

The KCBS board needs experienced business people running the business side of KCBS to help it grow and flourish. However, KCBS also needs people who will keep the ideals and goals of the BBQ enthusiast in mind. The membership needs someone to listen to and bring their issues to the attention of the Board. As the leader and founder of The BBQ Brethren, a large international BBQ Community of 4000+ members in 58 countries, I have the channels already in place to hear the voices and needs of many KCBS members and bring them directly to the table.

I have the open channel, the training, and the experience to hear, understand, and act on your issues. If elected to assist in the growth of KCBS and the growth of our craft, I will bring to the table a solid background in corporate business management and technology, a vision for the future, and a proven passion, and devotion to the art of BBQ.

I ask for your vote, thank you for your consideration and taking the time to read this.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at
bbqchef33@bbq-brethren.com

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Come on down!!


Longs Island and New York Citys ONLY KCBS and NEBS Sanctioned BBQ contest.




















Tuesday, January 09, 2007






This class is full, But heres something else going on at the Brethren site.





Dr. BBQ's Real Deal BBQ Cooking ClassHeld at Grillkings HQ, Franklin Square L.I.
(30 mins east of NYC)
A Full 2 Day Competition Cooking Class taught byRay Lampe a.k.a. Dr. BBQ
$150.00 p/p Brethren Exclusive!(checks or credit cards)
Join The Brethren teams and individual members as we do a full mock competition, taught by one of BBQ's favorite Champions.

Just as a competitions go, the class goes straight through the night, with everyone prepping and cooking their own chicken, ribs, pork butt and beef brisket.
You can bring the meats or it will be provided to you by Willie B's BBQ restaurant at a nominal cost. Bring or order all 4 meats, or only those you are interested in cooking. Its up to you. Cook all 4 categories, or only the ones you want. We will supply the championship sauces and seasoning. We will also include Dinner Saturday Night and Breakfast Sunday Morning.
3-4 large cookers will be available to share, or come with your own. We will be inside and out, so dress warm, but we can go indoors at any time.

This is being held at the same place as the judging classes.

Dr. BBQ will share all contest secrets, from meat prep, trimming, injections, seasonings, cooking techniques and professional presentation.
Although the class is aimed at KCBS contests, novice cooks attend, have a great time and bring the knowledge of championship BBQ back to the Backyard.
Saturday March 31 and April 1st at the Grill Kings Building in Franklin Square. L.I.

There are quite a few teams winning and giving big credit to this class. The class will be wrapped up at around 1:00 on Sunday, and your leftovers are yours to take home.

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Our very own Willie B got an asskickin review in PigTrip.net

Heres his first review with great results.. Way to go Willie B. !! You make us Proud. Willie B's restaurant is on 5th avenue in Bayshore, about 30 minutes east of NYC. Get out there soon!
Our Dr. BBQ cooking class held at Grillkings HQ in Franklin Square, NY filled up with 25+ BBQ cooks in 14 hours. Once you put 25-30 of the BBQ-Brethren in one place, we know it will become a Brethren Bash. The Class is held on March 31 and April 1. Some Details here.

Friday, August 18, 2006

Hey! We got a blog!!!

The BBQ Brethren!!! We got a blog... aint that a hoot!!


Who are we?? What are we?? We havent figured that out completely.

The short answer: A Web site based BBQ Group. The real answer, a brotherhood, community and extended Family.
Upon arrival to our site, you will see the surface, a BBQ group and a bunch of people posting on a forum. It goes much further, which will become evident in a short time. As you explore you will see the different forums, and aspects of group as well as a host of characters and personalities. We pride ourselves on being unique, and different form other forums out there. Here, we have a spirit, it is known as the “Spirit of the Brethren”. Members, often after only a few days, recognize this, they see the respect, the friendships and the true family atmosphere that resides here. The lack of flame wars, pissing contests and posturing. We are real, here 24/7 and it's rare that a question goes unanswered for any length of time.
Our forum is divided into several topics. The "Clean 3" are Qtalk, Competition and Discussion & Reflection. They are On topic forums where we try to pretty much stay on topic. It is our knowledge base and we prefer not to have to wade through tons of banter to find an answer. However, part of our culture is... we are a bunch of jokers and wise guys. One liners and wise cracks have been know to sneak in. We do our best not to let it get out of hand, and the moderators clean up when needed.
Woodpile is general purpose, where we hang out and shoot the breeze, Is also a free for all, no topics and just about anything goes.
We have some special purpose forums. News and Politics, jokes, for sale, announcements, etc. Read the descriptions, for each forum and you'll get the hang of it quickly.
One thing we insist though. No porn. None. We are family friendly. Not that the wife and kids will come here, but they may be sitting next to us, or in the room looking over a shoulder. Nothing should go up that can be embarrassing, or offensive.

The BBQ BRETHREN FORUMS.