110 Daniel Tate from Heavy Kettle Smokers

Heavy Kettle Smokers hail from New Zealand, and considering how much they love BBQ over there, the nickname of ‘The Land of the Long White Cloud’ seems fitting. Daniel Tate is the team captain of the competition BBQ team ‘Heavy Kettle Cookers’. His passion for BBQ is overwhelming, and he’s competed at almost every competition ever held in New Zealand. His passion has been recognised by some big name sponsors such as Kingsford charcoal and Matangi Angus Beef. His real passion however, is for Weber BBQs. In fact, Daniel and his team cook exclusively on Webers - kettle and Smokey Mountains. Daniel is very proud of his collection of both new and rescued Webers and clearly knows how to use them! In this episode we find out about how Daniel got into BBQ, and his life growing up in rural New Zealand cooking BBQ with his grandfather. We get into the BBQ scene in New Zealand - we learn about BBQ in NZ culture before the explosion of low’n’slow, including a quick lesson on the iconic ‘Hangi’. Then we explore the boom of low’n’slow and competitive BBQ in NZ. Finally, we close out the episode with a lesson from Daniel on how to restore rescued Webers to life and make them look brand new again.  To learn more about Heavy Kettle Smokers, check out: https://www.facebook.com/HeavyKettleSmokers/  Stay warm this winter with some killer hoodies and beanies from SHC:https://smokinghotconfessions.com/shop/