Oh hot damn! Just found this! This would be awesome, as long as our family's (yet-to-be-planned) trip to KC to see the cousin's new baby doesn't fall on the same day we end up scheduling this for. Beast is definitely my new favorite St. Louis BBQ restaurant (though, in all fairness, I have yet to try Hogtown, Knockout, Adam's, or Spare No Rib). I wonder if David Sandusky (the owner of Beast) would give us a tour of the smokers or do something special in that special event area they call the Skullery
https://beastbbqstl.com/skullery/ .
I used to go to G&W with my dad when I was a kid. Haven't been in quite a while though.
Bolyard's is another awesome local butcher shop I have been to more recently though...they might also be willing to put on some sort of class/seminar (probably for a fee though) with enough people and notice. They often host classes on breaking down a whole hog, making your own bacon, etc. Not sure if you're all wanting to make this an all-day event though, or just a couple hours?
I come to this site almost every day, but I rarely even look at any forum section other than Q-Talk. But this thread doesn't even show up to me in the Brethren Bashes forum. All I see there are the 2 stickied threads, one for Chicago and one for Texas.
Joel, since you're St. Louis' most prolific poster, you should put a link to this thread in your signature. I'll do the same :wink:
Btw, shouldn't we call this a MEAT-up?:biggrin1: