The Acme Barbecue College

Once upon a time, in Alhambra, CA, you could go to school just for BBQ. One presumes that this is where Wile E. Coyote learned how to cook a Road Runner--if one such could ever be caught!

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 01, 2023
Category: Education | Food | Regionalism | 1950s

Comments

In Kansas City the BBQ firm of Gates and Sons operate a similar school for pitmasters called "Rib Tech".

Posted by Brewvet on 11/01/23 at 08:15 AM

I remember KTTV channel 11. In the 50´s we had 2 4 and 7 as the national channels and 5, 9, 11 and 13 as the local L A channels.

Posted by Richard Webster on 11/01/23 at 08:45 AM

That´s funny. For the first time a comment appeared under my real name even though it still shows F. U. D. on the form. Must be your new server ?

Posted by F.U.D. in Stockholm on 11/01/23 at 08:50 AM

It's a shame that Wile E Coyote will be remembered by most for his failed attempts at securing dinner, as opposed to the brilliant painter of tunnels that he actually was.

Posted by michael l west on 11/01/23 at 10:12 AM

F.U.D. -- Interesting that it did that. Yeah, I guess it must have something to do with the new server, though I don't know why specifically.

Posted by Alex on 11/01/23 at 10:16 AM

I lived just a few miles from there in the late 50's. Why couldn't my Dad have spent a little time at that school instead of the golf course?

Posted by Ed Dart on 11/01/23 at 08:52 PM

Alex, it took me a while to post (under Trick or Treat!...) until I notice it had forgotten my name & I re-entered it. Also, it no longer picks up the "Location" field -- no big deal, IMO.

Posted by Virtual on 11/02/23 at 07:24 AM

Virtual -- As long as everything is mostly working okay, I'm considering that a success. In the over 20 years I've had a website, this was the first time a webhost told me I needed to complete the process of moving to a new server entirely on my own. Before they had always done that for me. Figuring out how to export and import the mysql database turned out to be pretty straightforward, but, not being a techie, I'm not sure if there were any small details I should have done but was unaware of.

Posted by Alex on 11/02/23 at 11:52 AM

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