Just in time for warmer weather, a Central Park couple has launched a new business that teaches at-home chefs how to become excellent backyard BBQ masters via fun classes at local breweries and distilleries.
Tony and Sarah Bolding moved to Northfield during the pandemic, and they decided shortly after to bring a Colorado branch of Backyard Pitmasters with them from their native Texas.
As a barbecue diehard who’s been competing in barbecue competitions for twenty years, Tony has a passion for at-home barbecue cooking. He loves sharing that passion with others through these classes.
Backyard Pitmasters Colorado offers a variety of 3-hour classes that teach everyday people the art of smoking great meat in a non-competitive and fun environment. The classes take place every weekend at local breweries, distilleries, and other community-driven venues. The full schedule is here; they’ll be at neighborhood favorite Station 26 on Saturday, June 10.
During each class, Tony and his team give hands-on instruction on smoking brisket and other cuts of beef, pork, seafood, and fowl. Attendees gain the tools and skills to choose the right meat, trim it, rub it, smoke it, baby it, cut it, serve it, and eat it. They also impart the finer points of wood selection and smoke profiles, fire ignition tips, heat management, and best practices to ensure a consistent outcome every time.
Backyard Pitmasters was founded in Houston, Texas, in 2016, and has since launched outposts in Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina. Tony and Sarah began offering classes in Colorado on April 1, and will continue those every weekend this spring, summer, and fall.
