What is your
business’ name? Delwood’s
Barbecue LLC and I’m Woody Cavenaugh!
What sort of items do
you make?
Barbecue Sauce, Marinade, and Pig
Pickin’s at your home. Coming soon: Pimento Cheese and Pub Cheese!
When and how did you
learn your craft?
I am a classically trained buccaneer in
the old style. I was around it since I
was born but I wasn’t allowed to so much as pick up a shovel until I was in my
20’s. Under my father’s watchful eye I
was able to lead cook a pig in my 30’s.
He died satisfied in the knowledge that he had created a master in his
own image.
Where do you get your
inspiration from?
I find inspiration in the Steampunk
subculture. It allows me to be very true
to the history of Eastern NC barbecue yet still be allowed my own flights of
fancy.
How did you get
started doing this as a business? After
my father died I inherited his pig cooker and gear. Learning this, a friend of mine asked me to
cook a pig for his wedding. It went well
enough that his guest (and subsequently their guests at later events) convinced
me that I needed to sell sauce and cook pigs for a living, thus my destiny was
finally revealed to me.
Do you have any
advice for other crafters/artisans just starting out? Be aware that the career destination that you
think is your calling, may only be a starting point to something tangential to
that. I used pimento cheese as a
vehicle to demonstrate the versatility of my sauce. Now I’m in the pimento cheese and pub cheese
business as well.
Delwood’s Barbecue LLC will be a featured
artist at the First Friday
Indie Market on
April 4, 2014. The market is located on the corner of MKL and Elm St
in Downtown Greensboro, NC and is open from 4-9pm.
Want
to see more of Delwood’s Barbecue LLC?
Check out Woody’s Facebook page at: https://facebook.com/delwoodsbbq
