Born and raised in the greater Kansas City area, so BBQ was never a hobby I picked up. It was just how we ate. When we got our first smoker a few years back, it was mine. Nobody else was touching it.
As a United Methodist pastor, currently in seminary, a lot of the best conversations I've had about God and about life happened around either a meat smoker or a table with smoked meat. I don't believe that's an accident.
Now the family's bigger, the smoker's bigger, and we needed a way to keep track of all the places we're hitting on the road and all the cooks I'm putting up at home. So I started building apps for it.
JUST LAUNCHED
NOW ON GOOGLE PLAY
BBQ Scorecard and BBQ Notebook are live as native Android apps. Install, log offline at the pit, sync when you're back on wifi.
Rate every BBQ joint across 10 competition-style categories — appearance, taste, tenderness, smoke, sides, sauce, portions, and how the place treats families. If the food's bad, the score says so.
Free cook log for pitmasters. Log every cook — rubs, wood, temps, weather, what to change next time. Import from MEATER and 10 other thermometer apps. Earn tiers as you cook — Brisket Boss, Hall of the Yardbird. Private by default.
How much brisket for fifty people? Plug in the guests and pick your pit. Raw weight to buy, cook time, batches on your smoker, when to light the fire, and what to grab at the store. If you’re feeding twenty, you don’t need an app for that.
Where’s the cheapest brisket in town? BBQ Board tracks meat prices from local butchers, grocery counters, and warehouse clubs. Community-updated. If the price shifts, submit it and everyone benefits. Launching in Milwaukee.
