Happy New Year to everyone! I am looking forward to some exciting things for 2019, but first I would like to do a quick recap of what we accomplished in 2018. If you don't know, we started developing "Fire & Water Cooking" in May 2018 as a way to help others learn how to use sous vide and mix it in with barbecue, smoking, and grilling. I had spent a few months really studying sous vide and found that it worked perfect incorporating it into my barbecue and other cooking I have been doing for over 40 years. The method of "Sous Vide" seems complicated at first, but it is really just another cooking method when you boil it down. Once you get the basic principles down, it is very easy to explore and expand its use! Sous Vide is not magic, but it does allow you to do some things not possible any other way. So I made Fire & Water Cooking to help people understand and discover how they can make some really awesome food and have fun doing it! Thank you for joining us in this adventure!
Here are some great pictures from 2018!
Below is a list of all the amazing things we accomplished in 2018 in just 7 months!
Created the Facebook group and grew to 4,000 members since May
Created the YouTube channel, produced over 80 videos and added over 1,000 subscribers since June
Created the Facebook Page as another option to help grow the group and YouTube channel. we have 2,000 followers now.
Created the Instagram and Twitter accounts to add more exposure,
Created the Fire & Water Cooking Amazon Store where you can buy the things we use and recommend
Created the Fire & Water Cooking Website and this Blog giving us a "Home Base" for all of our content.
Established relationships with some great companies like Kamado Joe, Camp Chef, Gourmia, Runnin Wild Foods, Tuo Cutlery, Pit Barrel Cooker, Duck Fat Spray, and a couple others.
Held several "Giveaway" prize drawings to reward our loyal followers!
Created two Fire & Water Cooking merchandise stores! For quality embroidered hats and shirts go HERE and for Screen Printed Shirts and mugs go HERE
Here are some exciting things we have planed for 2019!
Produce at least 2 videos per week, one using sous vide and another with just barbecue or other cooking methods
Once a month have a live stream Q&A session on both YouTube and Facebook
Add a couple more partner companies that offer great products for sous vide or barbecue like Anova, Heaven Made Products seasonings, Blackstone Griddles, and more.
Experiment with things like Dry Aging beef, developing signature rubs and seasonings, doing more side dishes and desserts.
Expanding our use of Instagram and other outlets to include shorter videos for more exposure.
Working with other Facebook groups and YouTube creators to expand our subscribers and membership.
More member involvement! We want to hear from you on what you want and what you need help with in 2019!
More Giveaways and prize drawings!
We really look forward to 2019 and growing and expanding the Fire & Water Cooking family! I hope you all hang around and learn and grow with us! Thanks again for all you do and for joining us on this journey.