"Wherever you are, you could celebrate Thanksgiving today. Not the Thanksgiving of a bountiful harvest before the long winter, the holiday of pilgrims and pie. That's a holiday of scarcity averted. I'm imagining something else...
A modern Thanksgiving would celebrate two things:
The people in our lives who give us the support and love we need to make a difference, and...
The opportunity to build something bigger than ourselves, something worth contributing. The ability to make connections, to lend a hand, to invent and create.
There are more of both now than there have ever been before. For me, for you, for just about all of us.
Thank you Seth for re-framing Thanksgiving for our time!
I want to thank my sponsors and partners who have been incredibly supportive this year:Mike Mills and his team: Being discovered by Mike Mills was a milestone moment in our business. I'm proud to call Mike, Amy, Becky & crew friends. And a very special thank you to Mike for appearing in our first TV spot!
BBQR's Delight: Thanks to Meathead for introducing us! He calls us peanut butter and jelly we go so well together. I've had the pleasure of cooking with Candy- she's a real pro and a fixture in the BBQ community and a great friend.
Bad Byron's Butt Rub: It's true everything is better with a little Butt Rub! Butt Rub is one of those universal seasonings that works as well with pork, chicken, steak, even popcorn!Mama Mary's Gourmet Pizza Crusts: Our first partner. We discovered their crusts grilling at our first trade show. It became our first signature dish. They just introduced an extra thin and crispy crust that is fabulous. We use it on dessert pizzas too.
KCBS: The gang at KCBS and MMA Creative are incredible. KCBS has over 14,000 members now and I'm proud to incorporate their logo in our packaging and our TV spots. Sponsoring the KCBS Backyard BBQ Tour was a grrrrrate move this year. Mike and Chris Peters have grilled over 35,000 food samples on GrillGrates- including hundreds of grilled pizzas!Big Green Egg! What a great company! Thank you for sponsoring our contest and offering a Big Green Egg as the prize! There is still time to register! Name me another company that has a more rabid and enthusiastic customer! (not even Apple) Something for GrillGrate to aspire to!
The Good Shepherd Foundation: Finally and absolutely the best thing to happen to GrillGrate this year. I start my day there every morning I can. It is a pleasure and privilege to work with this great group of people. They pack and ship for us 5 days a week! Talk about grateful!God Bless!
Brad
