Brian Suter

I was born in New Orleans, LA. It’s hard not to love food growing up in south Louisiana. The seafood was always the best, but with the added French, Italian, and Creole influences, that took it to another level. As far as food goes, my grandmother always told me to try something before turning my nose up at it. So, that is what I always did, and from a pretty young age.

I never had to cook growing up because my mom is an amazing cook. (I’ve included some of her recipes on this site.) It wasn’t until I moved out of my parents house that I started to cook. But, the more I cooked, the better I wanted to be at it. I started out finding some old recipes my mom had saved. These were recipes that were included with the Louisiana Power and Light Utility bill every month. They were pretty easy and usually very good. After that, I found the Food Channel on cable an a new world opened up for me. Bam!

I started trying many new recipes from FoodTV chef’s that I found on the internet. With all of the information available, I started trying different and more complicated things. It was always fun, and I loved cooking for family and friends.

I moved to Central Texas many years ago. One of the first meals I ate when I got to Texas was smoked brisket from Rudy’s. I was hooked. I wanted to learn how to make this myself. This website has many bbq recipes, but it also has a lot of recipes I picked up over the years. One thing about me is that I usually only make something new by the recipe once. After that I change things up to suite my tastes. You may find that recipes on this site change from time to time. That is just because I changed something and it turned out better.

The name Dawn Busters has multiple meanings for me. The obvious is when you are cooking something low and slow, many times I am up at the break of dawn to check pit temp, check the meat, spritz, etc. The other meaning is more personal. My grandfather was a member of the Dawn Busters morning radio program on WWL in New Orleans in the 40s and 50s. He played trumpet in the house band and got to meet many celebrities through his year of being on that program. My dad always talked about listening to the Dawn Busters in the mornings and even sometimes going down to the Roosevelt Hotel where the WWL studio was to watch his dad play. IT was a great time for the city of New Orleans.