| About Ted Reader
Ted Reader is an award-winning chef and food entertainer, who's parlayed his passion for food into a culinary tour de force that includes more than a dozen cook books, shelves of food products, live culinary performances, TV and radio cooking shows and appearances as well as culinary demonstrations, a catering company and teaching.
Known for his pyrotechnic charm and fearless culinary spirit, it's no surprise that GQ magazine labeled him the "crazy Canuck barbecue kingpin”. The dude just loves to cook!
Ted's quest for creating "real food for real people" has seen this high-profile culinary barbecue guru demonstrate his flair for grilling in all venues from swanky ball rooms to the Pacific Ocean to a downtown Toronto parking lot. Today, he owns more than 100 barbecues, grills and smokers in all shapes and sizes and never goes anywhere without one in the back of his truck.
Already this year, Ted has been awarded two prestigious awards for his newest book, Napoleon's Everyday Gourmet Grilling. Ted's book was awarded Best Barbecue Book by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. North America's favourite chef entertainer also won the Cordon d' Or – Gold Ribbon BBQ Cookbook Culinary Academy Award in the 2008 Awards Program.
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Ted’s BBQ Rig
The smoker and trailer were built by Dead Serious Cookers (www.deadseriouscookers.com) in Texas. It’s a 10 foot long barrel smoker. It runs on hard wood (hickory, maple, oak, and cherry) and charcoal. Traditional smoker with three smoking doors, however another shelf has been added to it.
This rig holds upwards of 500 lbs of meat. It’s traditionally used for low and slow, high volume smoking. It is 100% manual. No fancy gadgets, no electronic smoker units in it. It is pure hardwood manpower. Three (3) Napoleon PT450RBI Grills have been added (www.napoleongrills.com) to the other side of the trailer. Each grill is 450 square inches of grilling space and each grill has the capability of running three different styles of heat.
- Propane powered grills that get up to 650 degrees F.
- Charcoal powered for when we compete and for real flavour.
- Infrared grills that get up to 1800 degrees F for when we really need to crank out some grilled food. We can plank, rotisserie and beer can on each of these grills as well!
It also has a rocket burner for deep frying turkeys or with the addition of a wok - we can make BBQ fried rice and stir fry’s. The rig is the most versatile grill that offers the most in cooking capabilities.
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