Team History & Member Profiles

 
       


Earl has been cooking for over 50 years. He was a cook in the Navy and has ran a restaurant, then drove a   truck for many years. Earl began as chief cook of the team serves as chief cook  for  church socials and community events. Earl is a KCBS certified judge.                                             

 

 

             

    

 EB's Bar-B-Que is located in Charlotte, NC. The team was established in 1997 after Earl and Brian cooked for Brian's Dad's church. Earl and C.J. (Brian's Dad) were friends for 50 years. Earl has cooked for years , starting in the Navy and continued after his discharge. C.J. knew Brian cooked and loved to do so. So, C.J. made the suggestion that Brian help Earl with the church event. After having worked with Brian, Earl made the comment that he had never had anyone who knew what to do without him telling them what to do. They have been cooking ever since.

In 1996 after Earl was leaving his part-time job at SAM's he noticed something going on at the Shriner's club next door. Earl wandered on over to check it out. There was a BBQ cookoff taking place. We were invited to join the competition, but felt it was too late to do so, and declined. However, the next year, Earl and Brian decided to compete. During this time, there had been discussions of opening a BBQ restaurant, and what would we name it. Since most BBQ places are named after the man who owned it, this presented a question. How were we going to name it after the 2 of them. The name was derived by taken the E from Earl and the B from Brian to form EB's.

 Brian's wife Candy first became involved after visiting a few BBQ sites which was recommended by others. Since she is the PC person on the team, she found herself reading BBQ mail lists and looking up BBQ related web sites. Finally, she started going to competitions in the fall of 1999. And the team has been rolling ever since!

Our neighbor Bob is becoming more involved with the team and is a tremendous help. He attended his first cookoff in April (2001) at King's Mtn.  Bob is the youngest member of the team and we hope to be priming him for chief cook one day. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

                                           

 

              

 

 
Brian began cooking at an early age, and has loved it ever since.  Brian started out as an assistant cook , and now serves as chief cook in competition. He still assists in church socials and other events. Brian is a KCBS certified judge. 


Candy is the PC nerd of the team.. She manages the team web site. Also is the person responsible for the presentations and running the turn-in boxes.  She handles the booth display. Candy serves as dishwasher, assistant  cook, and most recently fire tending. Candy is a certified KCBS  judge.                                      

 

 

 

                     
 

 

                          

 

 

                      

 

 

        

 
Bob Jones is our neighbor and newest member of the team. Bob has been smoking for about a about a year, and has been practicing a lot! He recently had to step up to a bigger cooker. Bob is a new father too.