IT ALL STARTED AT MY PARENTS' HOUSE. MY DAD WAS AWAY ON DEPLOYMENT AND MY MOM  EXPOSED MY SIBLINGS AND I TO ALL TYPES OF DIFFERENT FOODS. OVERTIME SHE GAVE US FREE RANGE OF THE KITCHEN. SHE ALLOWED ME TO EXPLORE MY CREATIVITY WITH FOOD WHICH LED TO THE BIRTH OF MY VARIOUS CONCOCTIONS. IT GOT TO THE POINT I WAS OUT COOKING MY MOM! THINKING BACK, IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE  MY AMBITION WAS TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL GROWING UP. THAT WAS THE PLAN ALL MY LIFE AND AFTER A YEAR OF PLAYING SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL, MY PRIORITIES SHIFTED AND MY MIND WAS NO LONGER IN THE RIGHT PLACE. I NOW KNOW THAT THIS WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. AFTER TAKING A COOKING CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL, MY PASSION FOR COOKING INCREASED AND MY LOVE FOR FOOD INTENSIFIED EVEN FURTHER. I HONED MY CULINARY SKILLS AND SHARPENED MY TECHNIQUES TO CHALLENGE MY CREATIONS. RECENTLY I READ THIS QUOTE, "IF YOU COME OUT OF QUARANTINE AND YOU HAVEN'T LEARNED OR DONE ANYTHING, THEN YOU'VE WASTED TOO MUCH TIME". FROM THERE, I DECIDED TO INVEST IN MYSELF AND TAKE STEPS TOWARD TRANSFORMING MY PASSION IN COOKING INTO THE SMOKER CO. I BOUGHT A SMOKER GRILL, GOT TO WORK, AND THE REST IS HISTORY, THE CHEF WAS BORN. MAKING SOMETHING THAT GETS PEOPLE SMILING AFTER THE FIRST BITE IS WHAT MAKES THIS JOURNEY SATISFYING.