About Us

Brendan Burek – Owner/ Pitmaster

Burek’s Transformer BBQ has won dozens of awards on the competition circuit as well, and was New England Barbecue Society Team of the Year for Ribs in 2008. Transformer BBQ finished 2010 as Reserve Grand Champions at both the KCBS BBQ and Grilling contests at the New England BBQ Championship; as well as Reserve Champion at the Maine State BBQ Championship (yes… 2nd to Steve). Transformer BBQ also finished 3rd at the CT State championship, with awards in every single category. The team completed a solid year, finishing in the top 5 in every single contest entered in 2010.

Steve Farrin – Owner/ Pitmaster

Farrin’s team “I Smell Smoke!!!” was the third ranked competition squad out of more than four-thousand in the country in 2009 on the Kansas City Barbeque circuit, and has been New England Barbecue Society’s team of the year 4 of the last 5 years (finishing 2nd just to give someone else a chance). Steve currently holds the State Grand Champion titles in New York, Maine and Connecticut; as well as the 2010 MASS State Grilling Title.