Fork & Embers
BBQ, history, humor, and bourbon.
Fire-cooked recipes, BBQ history, bourbon-country stories, honest gear, and a little Southern humor from Bardstown, Kentucky.
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BBQ Gear You Actually Need
You do not need a garage full of gadgets to cook better BBQ. This guide breaks down the tools worth buying first, the upgrades that make life easier, and the gear that can probably stay on the shelf.
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Designed by me. Made to belong near the fire.
Aprons, shirts, and gear designed by me, sourced with care, and made to feel like they belong in the Fork & Embers world. Useful, well-made, and not just another piece of throwaway merch.
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Recipes
Latest from the pit.
Fire-cooked recipes, sauces, sides, and BBQ ideas built around smoke, flame, flavor, and the stories that make the food worth cooking.
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Old-School Kansas City BBQ Sauce
Old-School Kansas City BBQ Sauce
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BBQ, history, comedy, and bourbon-country storytelling.
Fork & Embers videos are built around food with a story. I cook over fire, dig into the history behind the dish, and try to make the whole thing entertaining without turning it into a dry lecture.
Some videos are BBQ Passport deep dives. Some are recipes. Some lean into comedy, bourbon, family, regional food history, or whatever strange idea I talked myself into cooking that week. The point is always the same: tell a good story and make food worth eating.
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