About Us

The Grillin’ Fools are:

Backyard BBQ guys who just happen to have cameras and a website
Beyond passionate about cooking anything and everything outside – some might call us fools
Dedicated to teaching others how to grill by showing them step by step, picture by picture instructions to make amazing meals on the grill without repeating the countless mistakes we’ve made
Ardent believers in giving back

From left: Greg, Smokin’ on the Water, Thomas; Scott, the original Grillin’ Fool, Thomas; and Tom, Big Green Eggspert, Jones.

The Grillin’ Fools are not:

Formally trained chefs although Tom has taken a few classes and the three of us have taught grilling classes
Restaurant owners – we’ve never owned a restaurant and never will
Caterers – Please don’t ask us to cater your next graduation/birthday/retirement/etc party
Competition Grillers. We just don’t have the time or the inclination although we do host our own Charity BBQ Competition strictly limited to backyard guys.
As a group, married to any individual grill manufacturer or fuel source (gas, lump charcoal or briquettes), although each of us has our own preferences for grills and fuel sources
Most of all, we aren’t beholden to the “accepted” or “traditional” grilling methods. We constantly challenge convention and do what we can to improve on the tried and “true”

Scott

Scott Thomas, the Original Grillin’ Fool, was sent off to college 22 years ago with a suitcase and a grill where he overcooked, undercooked and burned every piece of meat he could find. After thousands of failures, and quite a few successes, nearly two decades later he started a website to show step by step, picture by picture, foolproof instructions on how to make great things out of doors so that others don’t have to repeat the mistakes he’s made on the grill.

Continually challenging the traditional “rules” and “standards” of BBQ, Scott will grill anything from lettuce and leeks to brisket and bread. He has written feature articles for both St. Louis and Feast Magazines, been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and appeared on countless television and radio spots in his hometown of St. Louis. He is also one of the Char-Broil All-Star Bloggers and blogs for Sears at GrillingIsHappiness.com.

Scott is a husband and father of three, residing in St. Louis home of the rib of the same name and the birthplace of the pork steak. When not blogging he works in IT as a defense contractor for the Veterans Administration.

Scott’s two main grills are a Char-Broil TRU Infrared and a Kamado style grill he is not real happy with so he is in the market for its replacement.

Scott’s favorite thing to grill is a whole hog, followed by a wonderfully cross hatched steak and baby back ribs

Scott’s biggest mistake on the grill: Trying to grill melon!