Phoenix BBQ and Grilling School

Sunday, BBQ Sunday.Good vibes. Proper instructions. Good eats!We grilled pineapples, butternut squash, warm cabbage salad, and spaghetti squash.We smoked and grilled ... Pork, chicken, beef.... Peach cobbler + Mac & Cheese... Were quite tasty too!

This was an amazing experience! Learned so much from Tony and Ryan and exceeded all our expectations. They were so fun and made the atmosphere so enjoyable. We prepared so much food I couldn't believe it. Smoked brisket, pork, chicken, grilled pineapples, spaghetti squash, tenderloin, butternut squash, green chili Mac and cheese, peach cobbler, stuffed bell peppers, stuffed cabbage and more. I want to take more of their classes. We couldn't get enough. And we got to eat everything we cooked. Sooooo much food. Amazing!

Last Christmas, my wife bought me a smoker, then for V-day, she bought me Smoking 101 class for 2 at the Phoenix BBQ & Grilling School! Her idea was that I would take a buddy with me to this BYOB school, but I think my bros were as skeptical as I was at first. Upon receiving a couple of respectful declinations from them, I decided to nudge she-who-had-paid for the class to accompany. Even she was hesitant at first! Buuuuutttt thankfully I had more sway with her than I did with my friends, so we went together a couple of weeks ago and took a little of our own beer and wine with us (this is allowed and you can consume openly while there). And boy were we blown away. We learned some great tricks on smoking brisket, pork, chicken and a variety of styles of ribs. We also learned the basics on several different types of smokers. Further, in cooperation with our classmates, we created some tasty side dishes, learned an amazing bbq sauce recipe and some great rub recipes. The grand finale, DUH!, was when we got to take everything we had learned how to create off of the multiple smokers in use at the facility, prepare and devour it all (with lots of leftovers to take home)! My bros REALLY missed out but, frankly, I was glad that my wife and I did it together. It turned out to be something that will bring us closer together in the kitchen and enable us to work hand in hand to create meals we'll both enjoy in the future. Our instructor was amazing, as were all of the grill techs who were assisting us and ensuring we didn't screw up anything on the smokers. They also provide access to a web portal containing all of the recipes we learned so that we could reference them on our own afterwards.Can't recommend the Phoenix BBQ & Grilling School enough. Well worth it from a learning standpoint, great fun, and a great experience for my wife and I to have had together!

Spectacular place to learn some new recipes. You will be upping you grilling and smoking game by attending these classes. I have done both the grilling class where we cooked everything from Ahi Tuna to bacon wrapped filet along with four other steaks. The smoking class had us doing ribs three different ways, whole pork loin wrapped with a slab of pork belly. Lollipop chicken and sausage wrapped stuffed jalapeños Grilled wedge salad, grilled vegetables, and even grilled watermelon. Oh did I mention desert? I can tell my grill and smoker will be busier after attending these classes. Next up for me is the seafood class. You will not be disappointed. Bring a beverage or two to make it even more fun. Great time for a group or even a date night.

This was an amazing fun Saturday! I learned so many things that I can't wait to try at home. Did the class with the Hubby who is the family food smoker and he had a fantastic time. Food was great, Instructors had great humor will definitely plan to sign up for 201 class. I highly recommend. Thanks guys

Awesome class it is soooo much fun & you learn so much as well! There's a ton of delicious food you even get to take with you!

+If your new to food 'smoking' or want to know about it to decide if its for you, this is the place to go! Lots of INFO!!!! +I am more of a Grill guy, but learned some tips that apply. +Do make sure you bring drinks as they do not provide or have any available for purchase. +Also, make SURE to eat a little something before you go as the first food you get is 4 hours into the class (which makes sense since YOU do the cooking). +The products and prices on what they sell in the store are good (and they make sure you know it at the beginning of the class!)-You do spend time cleaning up a lot, and like any group, some do not do their share! Might be a good idea to 'assign' each table a cleaning task, just like they assign each table cooking tasks!!-Don't expect a fancy place, just a space in an industrial plaza and I guess that works as they do create a lot of smoke outside!!!

We attended the 6 hour class under instructor Mark and there was a lot of information presented just far too much non-BBQ stories. He spent most of the class talking about stories of his life and not how it relates to BBQ. I also expected to have far more hands on cooking and we only had 2 times where we prepared things and never touched the grills or cooked on them. The BBQ tech did all of that. We didn't make any BBQ sauce and just one was made with a big jar of BBQ sauce from the store. We got to eat some BBQ that was cooked the night before but we didn't get to cook brisket because it was frozen. There was one brisket cooked from the night before and we were going to taste the burnt ends but the tech dropped them on the ground. It is not worth the money spent and I'd recommend doing something online if you are trying to learn to BBQ. There is a ton of Free stuff online to learn from.

This was one of the best gifts I have given my husband. It was a fun way to perfect grilling skills.

Purchased a private at-home grilling class for 5 people on December 16, 2022 as a Christmas gift for my husband in the amount of $586. Purchase was completed by phone with Lana and I was sent a gift certificate via email stating the certificate was for a future date still yet to be determined. After a few attempts in January to secure the date through phone calls and text messages with Lana, she agreed in a text message on February 6, 2023 that the private grilling class would be held at our home on Saturday, September 10, 2023. She also said she would call in May, 2023 to confirm time and details. No call came. In July I began reaching our to confirm the date and time by repeated calls and text messages. It became 2 months calling, texting with no response from Phoenix BBQ and Grilling. During that time, their voice message said they were closed for the summer and would re-open in September. On September 2, the voicemail message was changed saying they would open on September 15, 2023. That would be 5 days after our agreed upon date of September 10th for our grilling class that was already paid for back in December 2022. By September 2, 2023 with still no response from the owners, I messaged one last time that I would be cancelling my class due to no response from them and I would like a refund but due to their lack of any communication since February 6, 2023, I would be contacting my credit card company to dispute the charge. September 25th, 15 days after our agreed upon at-home grilling class, I get a text message from the company that they did not have us in their reservation system. While that could be the case, that does not excuse them for ignoring 2 months of phone calls and texts, or not following through with the promise back on February 6th 2023 that they would call me in May, in her words, to "settle everything". On October 2, 2023, in a text message, they finally agreed to refund my money via check, after asking if I would consider booking the class again, and that I would have a check by the end of the month. Are you kidding me? They have had my $586 since December 16, 2022 and never delivered on their commitment. Why would I want to put myself through this scenario a second time? I responded we are prepared to go to small claims court and suddenly she can zelle me the money right away. Proceed with caution if you decide to work with this company.