Doug Pierce, The Arapahoe Cafe

'Doctor of barbecue philosophy'

Book signing with author and barbecue extraordinaire

Ardie Davis,

by Claire Higgins

Summit Daily News

June 2012

*****

Mobile app for the resort sort in Summit County,
By Jessica Smith
Summit Daily News

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AMERICAS BEST RIBS

Check out Chef Doug Pierce in "America's Best Ribs: Tips and Recipes for Easy, Lip-Smacking, Pull-Off-the-Bone, Pass-the-Sauce, Championship-Quality BBQ Ribs at Home" 2012 © Ardie Davis and Chef Paul Kirk, Buy on Amazon

At right: Doug Pierce, owner of Arapahoe Cafe and Bonnie Q BBQ in "America's Best Ribs"

SPOTLIGHT ON DOUG PIERCE

from Recipes for America’s
Best Barbecue-Homestyle:
What the Champions Cook
in Their Own Backyard

POSTCARDS FROM ARDIE

I got involved in competition BBQ 20 years ago quite by accident. A friend of mine borrowed our Ole Hickory Pit Smoker from the resort where I was a chef to compete in Frisco, CO ( the year before it became a KCBS sanctioned event).

I had nothing better to do that Saturday so I stopped by to check out the event. Well, my friend (also named Doug) was in the weeds selling Q so I jumped in to help out. I had a great time and the rest is history.

We competed the following year and I have every year since.

My entertaining “disaster”. That’s happened a couple of times. Go out & preheat the grill and return to fire your meats and you’ve run out of gas. Not good! Get a back up tank, it’s well worth it!

The best BBQ I’ve ever hosted was not in my backyard but on Main Street in Frisco during the June KCBS competition. Friends and family would stop by our site and we would host a “family meal” on Friday Night with a cooler of beer and then again on Saturday after the turn in we would serve all our Q that was leftover.

A hot summer day, cold beer, good friends and family! It doesn’t get much better than that.

And finally if I could host a fantasy backyard BBQ for a few folks here’s who is on the list…

Arthur Bryant - Kansas City , Arthur Bryant’s BBQ

Sonny Bryan-
Texas, Sonny Bryan’s BBQ

Big Bob Gibson- Alabama, Big Bob Gibson’s BBQ

James Neely- Memphis, Interstate BBQ

Ardie Davis- PhB, author

Paul Kirk- CWC BSAS PhB World Class Competitor

How much fun would it be to talk with these legends of BBQ over a cold beer. The different regions, styles and all the other BS that might come up would be just Smokin!

POSTCARDS FROM ARDIE DAVIS, PhB

Doug's BBQ recipe will be appearing in "Recipes for America’s Best Barbecue-Homestyle: What the Champions Cook in Their Own Backyard " by Ardie Davis. Below, enjoy postcards from Ardie!