| In addition to winning BBQ contests all of the US and | | | | own when you start cooking at home. |
| Canada, Konrad Haskins has appeared on TV, Radio | | | | Konrad personally teaches every class worldwide, and |
| and Newspapers including the Wall Street Journal. | | | | has recently been involved with some of the |
| Konrad's love of barbecue started started by | | | | members of TLC's Pitmasters show including Johnny |
| watching his Oupa (granddad) cooking whole steers | | | | Trigg (BBQ pitmaster), and Chris Lilly (Pitmaster and |
| on a spit when he was 5 years old in South Africa. | | | | Author of Bob Gibson's Competition BBQ Secrets). |
| He has spent his entire life learning backyard BBQ | | | | On the "Inside The World of Championship Barbecue" |
| before he started winning events in 2002 shortly | | | | DVD you can watch Konrad cook against Johnny |
| before turning pro in 2003. Konrad's experience | | | | Trigg and Chris Lilly at the American Royal |
| includes being the founder and manager of Teddy | | | | Invitational. Harry Soo started with a BBQ Institute |
| Bear's Barbecue restaurant and catering company in | | | | Pitmaster class and also took our competition class |
| Monroe, Washington. | | | | the next year to help him clinch the rookie of the |
| The BBQ Institute was founded in 2004 and has | | | | year award. |
| been teaching cooking classes in Texas since 2006. | | | | If you live in or near Texas, you have access to |
| Students travel from all over the United States and | | | | some of the best BBQ schools available, remember |
| the world to take the institutes BBQ classes, all of | | | | to book early to avoid dissapointment as these |
| which are available with plenty of helpful support so | | | | classes are very popular. |
| that you can be assured that you are not on your | | | | |