BBQ Tom

BBQ Tom

@tomtrainor.bsky.social

Software developer BBQ pit master and co-owner of Inclusive BBQ Events. Believes in judging BBQ not people.

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My heart is broken. While I tell most people when I travel that I’m from Boston, I grew up much closer to Providence. Thayer street is a place where the cool kids go. It pisses me off that someone would try to take that away. It doesn’t have to be this way. Do something, try something, make this end

I don’t give a flying fuck if the motivation for attacking Tylenol was financial or because Milania took it while pregnant. What he said was not only wrong but incredibly dangerous. Fevers cause brain damage. Pain causes stress on the body. Tylenol helps treat that with minimal side effects.

I really have no belief in an afterlife, but I have this image in my head of Charlie Kirk sitting on a bench at the gates when Robert Redford rolls up and starts giving him a lecture on politics, journalism and humanity. Then Redford gets waved through and flips Kirk the bird as he walks through.

I’m sure I’m not the only one with a mixed bag of emotions with what happened yesterday. Don’t want to celebrate the death of anyone but also don’t want to mourn the loss of someone who trafficked in hate. Maybe I just need a distraction.

Had a great time cooking the bbq contest at Otter River yesterday. BBQ Mom and me took first place in wings and third overall. Used Rub Smoke Love Gold Bark and finished with Head Country original mixed with some Blues Hog Raspberry Chipotle. #inclusivebbqevents #rubsmokelove #nebs #bbqmunity

After today’s press conference I don’t want to hear any politician claim to now support this bill because they have daughters or sisters or whatever. It’s not about you. You want to justify your support all you should say is as a human being I support this bill. That’s it, just a human.

@muellershewrote.com appreciated the Roxanne reference in today’s Beans. Listening at my office with earbuds in and blurted out Roxanne when you said it. May have to wait a little to leave my office so as to not get strange looks from those who may have heard. Oh well.

Up at the Kora Kares for Kids BBQ contest in Hiram, ME with the BBQ Mom running the contest. Yesterday, For people’s choice, threw together a cheeseburger queso and seasoned with @chatham58.bsky.social Rub, Smoke, Love Beefcake rub. Came out great. #rubsmokelove #bbqmunity

Someday I’d like to be in a waiting room where there isn’t a boomer watching stupid shit on their phone with the volume up! Get some earbuds or mute that shit! Have some consideration for other people!

So proud of my wife, the BBQ Mom for earning a golden ticket to next year’s Steak Cookoff Association (SCA) World Championship. Looks like we’ll be spending our 20th anniversary in Dallas!

As things seem to get worse every day, I wonder if most Americans are aware of exactly what is going on. Has anyone done a recent study/survey broken down by age demographics to see where Americans actually get their news from? Until we know that, we can’t even begin to combat it.

It’s really going to be 4 years of politicizing natural disasters in blue states isn’t it? I hope that doesn’t get in the way of helping the people on the ground but I have a feeling it will and that is just sad. #Pray4LA

Sad to hear about the death of President Carter. My high school history teacher always held him up as an example of a great leader mostly to what he did after his presidency in stark contrast to Nixon, Regan and Bush who did nothing for humanity. RIP.

It’s time for states to start requiring a basic competency exam in order to be on the ballot. This should be part of of the process along with getting enough signatures. You don’t even have to pass but results are public so people know.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

She’s at Mar-a-Lago?

To me one of the best ways to fight against the right is for the dnc or some liberal super pac to hire some sharp developers/hackers to figure out the x/twitter algorithms to get liberal posts in front of people. A group agile enough to pivot when it changes. That would be money well spent.

So now that Elon has bought the country can we finally put to bed all the Soros bullshit the right has been spewing for years? Besides, I for one never did receive my Soros check for being a liberal all these years anyways.

Was watching an old episode of Rosanne this weekend and noticed that Dan was always reading the paper for his news. Straight news. It was part of how he unwinded. How times have changed.

When watching football my biggest pet peeve is when showing a replay the commentator tells me to watch this. I’m always watching dude you don’t have to tell me!