Mike Kerslake

Mike Kerslake, or 'Qfan' as he is known in the bbq community, cut his teeth in the kitchen cooking up steaks, eggs and his 'famous' pound cake recipe (which, in hind-sight, weighed more like 5 or 6 lbs!).

The first hint of bbq prowess came in the late teens when he mastered the "Mikey Burger"; a 2 lb burger that sustained more than one beer-saturated young Canuck in its heyday! After his father received a top-shelf Ducane gas grill as a Christmas bonus, he was off to the races, creating bbq pizza, boiled-then-grilled ribs, nachos, steaks, fajitas etc...

Life in an apartment slowed the Qfan's bbq progress through the mid-90's, but the purchase of a detached home in late 90's went with an agreement with the Mrs that a 'real' bbq would have to occupy the deck space upon purchase. That agreement led to the Big Green Egg ceramic bbq/grill, which the Qfan is still working at learning and mastering. The rest of the story is still being written.....

Chris Capell

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