JB JOSH BLACK

Pit Master, Arlington, TX

Performed all duties required of the position including: trimming brisket, chicken, pork belly and Pork ribs as well as prepping and seasoning all proteins for cooking. Ensuring the boxes of delivered proteins were accounted for and put away using FIFO and cycling proteins accordingly as needed. Smoking/cooking all proteins for service. Implement proper fire management according to daily conditions and proteins to be cooked. Cooking and pulling proteins in a timely manner at prescribed temperatures.

Pit Manager, Mansfield, TX

Design a system of operations to work around pit masters schedules, needs of the restaurant, pit space available and demanding the highest quality of smoked proteins served to guests. Take inventory and verify numbers and pars are in stock always to be efficient and provide prescribed quantities of food cooked per daily requirements. Ensure FIFO of walk-in proteins are being utilized. Working around any issues and making decisions and creating solutions to all issues.

• Aircraft Mechanic III who performed all tasks required of me on the U-2 aircraft to ensure the Air Force had safe, well-maintained aircraft ready at all times

Aircraft Mechanic for the Air Force 2007-2016. Maintained F-16 and U-2 aircraft including any and
all servicing, maintenance, component replacement and phase requirements. Received an
Honorable Discharge as a decorated Staff Sergeant before transitioning to civilian life as a contract
aircraft mechanic.

• I have been running different pits of my own in a backyard and small catering capacity for 10+ years
• Food server from 1998 to 2006 at various restaurants in Dallas and San Diego
• In 2002-2003, I managed a Sonic Drive-In for my stepfather in Cedar Hill, TX
• After joining the military in 2007, I worked with professional cooks and BBQ pitmasters
• Over the years, I was a line cook, caterer, server, and pitmaster for friends and co-workers who ran businesses in Yuba-Sutter and Nevada County, California