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Quetorials

Quetorials

By: JD
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Howdy,

I love cooking the primitive way, with just wood and a fire. I've been fascinated and inspired by it since I was a boy.

After 35 years of meddling with fires trying to conjure up the next best cook, I stumbled upon a larger purpose. I realized my "why" was less about the end product and MORE about the spiritual pilgrimage of primitive style cooking.

The enjoyment of prepping wood, getting a fire going, establishing a coal bed... I love being entangled by the many challenges within a cook and that process became the gift I didn't know I needed. The theater of primitive style cooking is simply magical, carrying with it a therapeutic value that can only be measured by my genuine joy of cooking.​

Along the way my inspiration led me to launch Primitive Pits (2015), Workhorse Pits (2019), El Bandido Grills (2022) and The Wood Fire Mercantile, all now on one campus in beautiful Cleveland, Georgia.

​The Quetorials Podcast is a hodgepodge of my inspiration, fascination, tips of wood fire cookery. I hope you enjoy!

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Episodes
  • Special Guest / Joe Zavala of Zavala's BBQ/ BBQ Restaurant Ownership

    Special Guest / Joe Zavala of Zavala's BBQ/ BBQ Restaurant Ownership
    Feb 6 2026

    Joining me and Jordan on the podcast as our first ever guest is the great Joe Zavala. Joe is well-known in the Texas BBQ scene as the charismatic founder of Zavala's BBQ in Grand Prairie, Texas. We chat about the black and white of what it takes to start a BBQ restaurant cooking with wood 24 hours per day. The ups, the downs, the smiles and frowns of restaurant ownership. Hope you enjoy and share if you will.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Diving DEEP Into BBQ Operations

    Diving DEEP Into BBQ Operations
    Feb 4 2026

    We cover a barrage of topics in this Episode, join us as we discuss “Diving DEEP Into BBQ Operations" and much more.
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    44 mins
  • Skipping a Lawyer Could Cost You Your Restaurant

    Skipping a Lawyer Could Cost You Your Restaurant
    Jan 30 2026

    We begin a new series on the podcast to help navigate BBQ restaurant start up and running a successful business. Join us as we offer some deep knowledge of opening a successful commercial food operation. In this episode, we discuss “Skipping a Lawyer Could Cost You Your Restaurant" and much more.
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    48 mins
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