Born in 1959 in Kansas City Mo. Have been a lifetime resident.
Graduate class of 1977 North Kansas City HS.
Married Kathleen Gregory in 1979 to present day
Worked for several local companies as a welder, fabricator till joining the Kansas City Fire department in 1987 to 2006 retired at rank of Fire Apparatus Operator
Cooked my first BBQ contest in Nov of 1986 . Established Fast Eddy’s BBQ cooking team in 1990.
Board member of the KCBS 1992-1998.
Won many individual categories and overall contest wins in cooking KCBS events. This led to mfg. of his own pellet cooker
Opened Fast Eddy’s BBQ inc. in 1997 building pellet fired smoker ovens, Commercial and residential.
Partnered with Cookshack inc. in 2004 Currently have Fast Eddy by Cookshack smokers operating throughout the world with sales reps on every major continent.
opened Food Truck Central KC in 2016 , 2021 sold
2018 designed the first commercially listed pellet fired pizza oven
opened 451 Pizza in 2019 to present day
opened Grilling Pellets BBQ, fuel in 2022 to present
Has US patent on Pellet grill
has US patent pending on Pellet fired pizza oven
Off Road racer 1977-1983, 2009 to present.
Have many awards including 2017 Score Baja 1000 second place TT legends
Norra Mexican 1000 Challenger era over all winner 2016 and 2017