Fire. Wine. Experience.
Exploring the possibilities of barbecue, live-fire cooking, wine pairing, and memorable hospitality experiences.
Stop following recipes and start commanding the flame. Follow Chef Mike Belobradic’s Northern Barbecue™ Method to develop the technical skill and fire-management confidence used by accomplished live-fire chefs.
Build real skill. Understand your fire. Cook with intention.
Welcome to Smoke Fire Grill™
Founded by chef, educator, and hospitality consultant Mike Belobradic, Smoke Fire Grill™ brings together a passion for barbecue, live-fire cooking, wine appreciation, culinary education, and guest experience design.
Whether you are a backyard cook looking to improve your barbecue skills, a winery planning a food and wine event, or a hospitality organization seeking a unique culinary experience, Smoke Fire Grill offers the expertise, education, and guidance to help bring your vision to life.
From barbecue courses and coaching to winery experiences, speaking engagements, and hospitality consulting, our work is built around a simple set of beliefs: that food tastes better when it’s shared, that fire brings people together, and that the best experiences are the ones people remember long after the meal is over.
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Three Ways to Work with Me
No matter where you are in your barbecue, culinary, or hospitality journey, there is a way to work together.
Learn
Improve your barbecue and live-fire cooking through courses, coaching, workshops, recipes, and educational content designed to help you become a more confident outdoor cook.
Whether you are just getting started or looking to refine your skills, you'll find practical guidance rooted in decades of real-world experience.
For those who want to formalize their learning, the Northern Barbecue™ Method offers a formal learning stream. Visit the Foundations in Fire course sign-up page.
Experience
Create memorable food and wine experiences through educational events, Fire & Wine programs, guest speaking engagements, and hospitality activations.
Perfect for wineries, event venues, corporate groups, tourism organizations, and anyone looking to create meaningful connections around food and drink.
Explore more about winery and event experiences.
Consult
Develop culinary programs, hospitality experiences, live-fire initiatives, and food-focused events with strategic consulting designed to support both guest engagement and business goals.
Ideal for wineries, hospitality organizations, event professionals, caterers, and culinary brands.
Explore Consulting Services.
Northern Barbecue™
Cooking Courses for Live-Fire Cooks
The Northern Barbecue™ Method is a practical, self-guided learning system that helps outdoor cooks develop:
Technical skill
Cultural culinary awareness
Fire management confidence
Adaptability across any grill, smoker, or brick oven
Level-up your charcoal cooking skills with Foundations in Fire, the barbecue course with global fire.
Chef Mike Belobradic:
A Unique Perspective
Most professionals specialize in one area.
My work brings together culinary training, barbecue expertise, wine education, hospitality experience, and more than three decades of marketing and strategic leadership experience.
That combination allows me to help people cook with greater confidence, organizations create more engaging guest experiences, and hospitality businesses develop programs that connect food, wine, and storytelling in meaningful ways.
Highlights include:
Formally trained chef
Creator of the Northern Barbecue™ Method
WSET wine education
KCBS Certified Barbecue Judge
25+ years barbecue and live-fire cooking experience
30+ years marketing and digital strategy experience
Speaker, writer, educator, and hospitality consultant
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