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Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ Class

By popular demand, 27 time Grand Champion Pitmaster and TLC's BBQ Pitmaster TV Series Harry Soo from Los Angeles will be at the Hampton Inn in Alameda on Feb 15 to conduct his Yelp 5-star rated barbecue class.

This class is geared towards applying competition-style BBQ techniques to your backyard cooking including food safety, meat selection, trimming, recipe injections, rubs, mops, sprays, sauces, temperature control, BBQ chemistry, bark formation, foiling meats, and determining doneness. The class will use a variety of smokers. 

In this six-hour class, you will work side-by-side with Harry to smoke, grill, bake, and prepare 15 different types of meats and sides. Sauces and rubs are all prepared from regular pantry ingredients. Class includes an all you can eat BBQ lunch of half-chickens, thighs, St. Louis style spareribs, Baby Back ribs, Rib Tips, Pork Butts, Beef Brisket, Sausage, Hot Links, Salami, and Santa Maria tri-tip. Our tri tip won 1st place in the Tri Tip Championship Throwdown in 2009 in Santa Maria, California, the tri tip capital of the world.Traditional BBQ sides that will be taught include from scratch classic BBQ beans, coleslaw, and Harry’s popular Slapilicious cornbread.

You will also learn how to prepare Harry’s famous Seared Ahi Tuna with Maui Onion Dressing.

Each student will take home a hefty box of BBQ leftovers and sides for your family to enjoy and a bound copy of SYD BBQ 101 class manual, Harry’s top-secret Slap Yo’ Daddy rub which will be made in class, a souvenir black Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ apron (commercial grade), a frameable certificate of completion of Slap Yo’ Daddy BBQ Pitmaster Class, and one year of free technical BBQ support.

Since 2009, Harry has proven that he can take you from zero to hero in six-hours in his entertaining action-packed barbecue class whether you’re a restaurateur, competitor, aspiring competitor, caterer, BBQ judge, or regular backyard cook. Of the 1,000+ pitmasters Harry has personally taught hands-on in small classes, many have gone on to win Grand Championships after class and four have made it to the prestigious Jack Daniels Invitational contest in Lynchburg, Tennessee. 

Harry also trained the first woman grand champion pitmaster from California and the first one from Arizona. Harry’s teaching has attracted a diverse clientele of students from around the world including Canada, Thailand, Korea, England, Netherlands, and Australia. Numerous Executive Chefs and classically trained chefs from prestigious institutions and multinational hotels (Four Seasons, JW Marriott, Disneyland Resorts, high-end casinos) have all found their way to Harry’s class.

More info at http://www.slapyodaddybbq.com/classes-2/

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